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| Event | 40thFA Charity Shield | ||||||
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| Date | 11 August 1962 (1962-08-11) | ||||||
| Venue | Portman Road,Ipswich | ||||||
| Referee | Ken Dagnall (Bolton) | ||||||
| Attendance | 20,067 | ||||||
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The1962 FA Charity Shield was the 40thFA Charity Shield, an annualfootball match played between the winners of the previous season'sFootball League andFA Cup competitions. The match took place on 11 August 1962 atPortman Road in Ipswich, and was played between1961–62 Football League championsIpswich Town and1961–62 FA Cup winnersTottenham Hotspur. Watched by a crowd of 20,067, the match ended in a 5–1 victory for Tottenham Hotspur.
This was Ipswich's first appearance in the Charity Shield while Tottenham Hotspur were making their fourth, having last competed for the trophythe previous season. Tottenham'sJimmy Greaves opened the scoring andBobby Smith doubled his team's advantage before half time. Greaves scored a second 13 minutes into the second half, and late goals fromJohn White andTerry Medwin came either side of aRoy Stephenson consolation goal for Ipswich.
TheFA Charity Shield was founded in 1908 as a successor to theSheriff of London Charity Shield.[1] It was a contest between the respective champions of theFootball League andSouthern League, and then by 1913 teams of amateur and professional players.[2] In 1921, it was played by the Football League champions andFA Cup winners for the first time.[3]
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Ipswich had won the league in the previous season, three points clear ofBurnley and losing just twice at home atPortman Road throughout the season.[4][5] Despite being promoted from theSecond Division the previous season, they went on to win back-to-back league titles.[6]Ray Crawford was the previous season's league top scorer, with 33 goals in 41 matches.[7] Ipswich were managed by former Tottenham playerAlf Ramsey,[7] and had defeated the London club twice in the league the previous season.[8] Tottenham Hotspur had beaten Burnley 3–1 atWembley in theFA Cup final three months earlier.[9] The club finished third in the league, four points behind Ipswich.[4]Jimmy Greaves was Tottenham's top scorer the previous season, scoring 29 goals in 28 games.[7]
Ipswich had never featured in a Charity Shield match in their history. Tottenham had appeared four times, the most recent visit being in theprevious year where they defeated aFootball Association representative team 3–2. As of 2024[update], Ipswich have not played in a Charity Shield match since1978 where they lost toNottingham Forest 5–0, while Tottenham have competed for the title four times, losing once and sharing the trophy three times, most recently drawing 0–0 with London rivalsArsenal in the1991 FA Charity Shield.[10]
The match kicked off in sunny, breezy conditions,[11] at 3 p.m. at Portman Road in front of a crowd of 20,067 and was refereed byKen Dagnall. Ipswich were in charge early on in the match and saw an early chance from Crawford go wide as he failed to convertJimmy Leadbetter'scross. Ipswich'sInside forwards were covering a lot of ground in both attack and defence, and this soon took its toll as Tottenham remained patient and took the lead through Greaves in the 36th minute.Peter Baker's pass toBobby Smith was flicked into space for Greaves to run on and shoot past Ipswich's goalkeeperRoy Bailey. Five minutes later Smith'sbackheel from a Greaves pass deceived Ipswich defenderAndy Nelson, and Smith doubled Tottenham's lead, who went in 2–0 at half-time. The second half saw Tottenham's veteran defensive midfielderDanny Blanchflower move up the pitch and provided space for his forwards, withJohn White's pass allowing Greaves to slip the ball past Bailey for 3–0. An injury to Ipswich defenderLarry Carberry left the East Anglian club even weaker; Greaves beat five players only to slice his shot wide of the target after side-stepping Bailey. With less than ten minutes remaining, Whiteheaded in from aTerry Medwin pass.Roy Stephenson scored a late consolation goal for Ipswich but Medwin completed Tottenham's scoring, with a shot following a pass from Greaves to end the match 5–1.[8]
| Ipswich Town | 1–5 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Stephenson 84' | [11] | Greaves 36',58' Smith 42'White 81'Medwin 87' |
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The trophy was presented to the Tottenham captain Blanchflower byGraham Doggart, the chairman of the Football Association.[12] Remarking on the willingness of the Tottenham players to move out of position, their managerBill Nicholson said: "there is no guarantee we shall ever do the same thing twice or stick to any particular pattern".[7] Ramsey was not unduly moved by the result, noting that new signingBobby Blackwood had been left out as the Charity Shield was "an honour match for the team which won the championship last season".[7]
Ipswich went on to finish 17th in the1962–63 season while Tottenham finished runners-up behindEverton.[13] Tottenham Hotspur were beaten in third round of the1962–63 FA Cup by Burnley;[14] Ipswich lost 3–1 toLeicester City in the fourth round.[15]
