Charity Final

With Manchester City facing Arsenal in the Community Shield tomorrow it seems appropriate to remember a time when City, like Arsenal this year, we’re given a place in the Charity Shield (now Community Shield). Coincidentally, on this day (August 5) in 1972 City faced another team who had been given a place in the Shield match (though this team had actually won something) and that was the Third Division Champions Aston Villa. This was the first time the Blues had played a Charity Shield match at Villa Park (but not the last). Here’s a feature on it and a match report from the game.

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