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The 1995 FA Charity Shield was the 73rd FA Charity Shield

FA Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...

, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

competitions. The match was played on 13 August 1995 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

, who had won the Premier League and FA Cup winners Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

. It was Blackburn's second successive

1994 FA Charity Shield

The 1994 FA Charity Shield was the 72nd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions...

Charity Shield appearance, while Everton were appearing in their eleventh final and their first since 1987. Everton won the match 1-0 with a goal from Vinny Samways

Vinny Samways

Vincent "Vinny" Samways is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.Samways was born in Bethnal Green, London, and began his football career in Tottenham Hotspur's youth system. He won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1991, and helped them reach the semi-finals of...

Match details


	style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	EVERTON:
GK	1	Neville Southall Neville Southall Neville Southall MBE is a former Wales international footballer, best known for his time with Everton. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985...
RB	2	Earl Barrett Earl Barrett Earl Delisser Barrett is an English former footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Manchester City, Chester City, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Everton, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. He played mainly at right back though could also adapt to a central...
CB	6	Gary Ablett
CB	4	David Unsworth David Unsworth David Gerald Unsworth is an English former footballer who played in the position of centre-back or left-back, and is currently first team coach at Preston North End....
LB	3	Andy Hinchcliffe Andy Hinchcliffe Andrew George "Andy" Hinchcliffe is a former English footballer. Formerly of Manchester City, Everton and Sheffield Wednesday, he played as a left sided defender or wing back....
RM	20	Tony Grant Tony Grant (English footballer) Tony Grant is a former professional footballer.-Early career :Tony Grant signed as a trainee for Everton. He made his debut for 'The Toffees' two years later. In the 1–0 defeat at Manchester City in December 1993, Grant scored his first professional goal. He bagged his first league goal at...
CM	18	Joe Parkinson Joe Parkinson Joe Parkinson is a former professional footballer, who played in midfield for Wigan Athletic, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Everton....
CM	10	Barry Horne Barry Horne Barry Horne was an English animal rights activist. He became known around the world in December 1998, when he engaged in a 68-day hunger strike in an effort to persuade the British government to hold a public inquiry into animal testing, something the Labour Party had said it would do before it...
LM	11	Anders Limpar Anders Limpar Anders Erik Limpar is a Swedish former footballer of Hungarian origin, who played as a winger...
AM	16	Vinny Samways Vinny Samways Vincent "Vinny" Samways is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.Samways was born in Bethnal Green, London, and began his football career in Tottenham Hotspur's youth system. He won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1991, and helped them reach the semi-finals of...
CF	8	Paul Rideout Paul Rideout Paul Rideout is a retired English professional football player who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a youth coach with Sporting Kansas City, heading their U-16, U-17 and U-18 teams.-Playing career:...
Substitutes:
GK	13	Jason Kearton Jason Kearton Jason Kearton is an Australian former professional football goalkeeper.-Career:He began his career in his native land, firstly with Coalstars and then with the Brisbane Lions...
DF	5	Dave Watson Dave Watson David "Dave" Watson is an English former professional footballer who made 12 appearances for the English national team. He is now the youth team coach at Newcastle United.-Playing career:...
DF	15	Matt Jackson Matt Jackson Matthew Alan "Matt" Jackson is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender throughout his career and represented and captained England at U21 level.-Career:...
MF	14	John Ebbrell John Ebbrell John Ebbrell is a retired English football midfielder, currently managing the Centre of Excellence at Tranmere Rovers.-Everton:...
FW	12	Daniel Amokachi Daniel Amokachi Daniel Owefin Amokachi nicknamed "The Bull" is a former football striker from Nigeria.- Career :While playing for Ranchers Bees, Amokachi was discovered by Nigerian national team coach Clemens Westerhof, who brought the talented player to the 1990 African Nations Cup, and soon Amokachi moved to...
Manager:
Joe Royle Joe Royle Joseph "Joe" Royle is an English football manager. In his club career, he played for Everton , Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the England national team...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> BLACKBURN ROVERS: | GK 1

Tim Flowers

Timothy David "Tim" Flowers is an English former football goalkeeper and the former manager of Conference North team Stafford Rangers.-Club career:...

RB 3

Jeff Kenna

Jeffrey Jude Kenna is an Irish football manager and former player who played the largest part of his career as a defender with Southampton and Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League. He has managed Galway United and St Patrick's Athletic...

CB 25

Ian Pearce

Ian Anthony Pearce is an English footballer who plays as a defender, spending the majority of his career in the Premier League. He is currently playing for Kingstonian in the Isthmian Premier League....

CB 16

Chris Sutton

Christopher Roy "Chris" Sutton is an English football manager and former player.In his career, Sutton played for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English...

LB 6

Graeme Le Saux

Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...

RM 7

Stuart Ripley

Stuart Edward Ripley is a retired English footballer, who played as a winger.With speed as his main asset, he also scored numerous goals, especially in his early career at Middlesbrough.-Football career:...

CM 23

David Batty

David Batty is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder....

CM 4

Tim Sherwood

Timothy "Tim" Sherwood is an English former professional footballer who was captain of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership title-winning side...

LM 8

Kevin Gallacher

Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish former professional footballer and now a sports pundit.He is the grandson of the late Celtic forward Patsy Gallacher, who died before he was born.-Career:...

CF 10

Mike Newell

Mike Newell (footballer)

Michael Colin "Mike" Newell is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player he notably was a member of the Blackburn Rovers team which won the Premier League in 1995, as well also playing for Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic, Luton Town, Leicester City, Everton,...

CF 9

Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...

Substitutes: GK 13

Bobby Mimms

Robert Andrew "Bobby" Mimms is an English former football goalkeeper.-Playing career:Born in York, Mimms began his footballing career as an apprentice at Halifax Town. However, he failed to break into the first team and joined Rotherham United in November 1981 for a fee of £15,000...

DF 12

Nicky Marker

Nicky Marker born 3 May 1965 was a defender who played for Blackburn Rovers during their Premiership winning years at the height of his career. The other clubs he played for included Sheffield United, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City, Cheltenham and Tiverton....

MF 26

Gary Tallon

Gary Tallon is an Irish former professional footballer who played in midfield, principally for Mansfield Town.-Career:...

MF 14

Lee Makel

Lee Robert Makel is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cowdenbeath.-Club career:Makel began his career with Newcastle United as a trainee in 1991 and made 14 appearances. He moved to Blackburn Rovers for £160,000 in 1992 but only played six league matches in three years for the club...

MF 22

Mark Atkins

Mark Atkins (footballer)

Mark Nigel Atkins is an English former footballer who won the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers. He is currently the manager of non-league Matlock Town....

Manager:

Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...

MATCH RULES

90 minutes
Penalty shootout if scores level
Five named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

Match details

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