1935 FA Charity Shield - Wikipedia

1935 FA Charity Shield

Event	FA Charity Shield
Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal 1 0
Date	23 October 1935
Venue	Highbury, London
Attendance	"Under 15,000" [1]
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The 1935 FA Charity Shield was the 22nd FA Charity Shield, a football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested by league champions Arsenal and FA Cup winners Sheffield Wednesday, and was played at Highbury, the home ground of Arsenal. Sheffield Wednesday won 1–0.^[1]

Arsenal were making their fifth appearance out of six Charity Shields,^[2] and they had won the previous four in which they had played, including a 2–1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in the 1930 final.^[3] Sheffield Wednesday were making their second and as of 2016 most recent appearance in the competition.^[4]

The match was criticized as a poor game^[1] in which Arsenal under-performed.^[2] Wednesday were praised for their direct attacking play and solid defending.^[2] The only goal of the game was scored by Neil Dewar, after Arsenal failed to clear the ball at a corner.^[1][2] The second half of the match was broadcast with live commentary by George Allison – who was also the Arsenal manager – on the BBC's Regional radio station.^[5]

Arsenal

Sheffield Wednesday

GK Alex Wilson DF George Male DF Eddie Hapgood (c) MF Frank Hill MF Bernard Joy MF Wilf Copping FW Jack Crayston FW Jackie Milne FW Jimmy Dunne FW Bobby Davidson FW Cliff Bastin Manager: George Allison

GK Jack Brown DF Joe Nibloe DF Ted Catlin MF R. Rhodes MF Walter Millership MF Horace Burrows FW Mark Hooper FW Bobbie Bruce FW Neil Dewar FW Ronnie Starling (c) FW Ellis Rimmer Manager: Billy Walker