1959 FA Charity Shield

1959 FA Charity Shield
Date	15 August 1959
Venue	Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance	32,329
	← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 FA Charity Shield was the 37th FA Charity Shield, an English football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup titles. This year's match was contested by league champions Wolverhampton Wanderers and FA Cup winners Nottingham Forest.

The match was held at the start of the season for the first time, and was staged at Wolves' stadium, Molineux. The hosts won the game 3–1,^[1] giving them their only outright Shield win (in addition to three shared wins).

Match details edit

15 August 1959

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Nottingham Forest
Murray 38' Broadbent 56' Lill 81'		Wilson 37'

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 32,329

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Nottingham Forest



	1	Malcolm Finlayson
	2	Eddie Stuart (c)
	3	Gwyn Jones
	4	Eddie Clamp
	5	George Showell
	6	Ron Flowers
	7	Mickey Lill
	8	Bobby Mason
	9	Jimmy Murray
	10	Peter Broadbent
	11	Norman Deeley
Manager:
Stan Cullis



	1	Chic Thomson
	2	Billy Whare
	3	Joe McDonald
	4	Jeff Whitefoot
	5	Bob McKinlay (c)
	6	Jim Iley
	7	Billy Gray
	8	Bernie Kelly
	9	Tommy Wilson
	10	Johnny Quigley
	11	Stewart Imlach
Substitutes:
	12	Peter Knight
Manager:
Billy Walker

References edit

^ "England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

[1] "England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

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