1971 FA Charity Shield

1971 FA Charity Shield
Leicester City Liverpool
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Date7 August 1971
VenueFilbert Street, Leicester
RefereePat Partridge
Attendance25,104
WeatherSunny
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The 1971 FA Charity Shield was a football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at Filbert Street on Saturday 7 August 1971.[1]

Arsenal won the double in 1970–71 but were unable to take part in the Charity Shield because they had contracted to go on a pre-season tour that clashed with the fixture.[2] The 1971 FA Cup Final runners-up Liverpool and second division winners Leicester City were invited to take part instead.[3]

Leicester won the game with a goal from Steve Whitworth, when he tapped the ball in at the near post after initially crossing the ball into the box.[4]

  1. ^ "Leicester 1–0 Liverpool". LFCHistory.net. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Arsenal in the Charity Shield – an update | the History of Arsenal". 14 June 2014.
  3. ^ "1971 FA Charity Shield on ITV". ntlworld.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  4. ^ "The forgotten story of ... Leicester City winning the 1971 Charity Shield". Guardian. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2019.