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1936 FA Charity Shield
The 1936 FA Charity Shield was the 23rd 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 FA Cup winners Arsenal and league champions Sunderland, and was played at Roker Park, the home ground of Sunderland. Sunderland won 2-1. Arsenal were making their sixth out of seven and fourth consecutive appearance in the Charity Shield, reflecting their dominance of the English game in the 1930s. Arsenal had lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday in 1935, but had won in their previous four appearances. Sunderland were contesting their first Charity Shield, although they had won the competition's precursor, the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, in 1903. As in the previous year the match was criticized as a "drab and disappointing" game which "never rose to great heights". The Daily Mail complained that as a mid-week game with little prestige in victory, the Charity Shield offered little incentive to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Community Shield
The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup, then the league runners-up provide the opposition. The fixture is recognised as a competitive super cup by The Football Association and UEFA. Organised by the FA, proceeds from the game are distributed to community initiatives and charities around the country. Revenue from the gate receipts and match programme sales is distributed to the 124 clubs who competed in the FA Cup from the first round onwards, for onward distribution to charities and projects of their choice, while the remainder is distributed to the FA's national charity partners. The fixture was first played in the 1908–09 season, replacing the Sheriff of London Charity Shield. The current holders are FA Cup winners Liverpool, who defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raich Carter
Horatio Stratton "Raich" Carter (21 December 1913 – 9 October 1994) was an English sportsman who played football for Sunderland, Derby County and Hull City, as well as representing England on thirteen occasions. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1946. He later became a football manager. In 2013 he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. Background Carter was born at Hendon, Sunderland, the son of Robert Carter who played football for Port Vale, Fulham and Southampton. His Christian names come from his maternal grandfather and mother's maiden name respectively. He had an elder brother who died as a baby and 2 sisters. As a boy, Carter attended Hendon Board School. He excelled at most sports, including football, cricket and athletics. According to family legend, at the age of 3, Raich was promised a trial with Leicester City when he reached 17 by their scout George Metcalfe, a former South Shields player. On 23 April 1927, he made his Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Cochrane
Johnny Cochrane was a Scottish football manager. Career Cochrane was born in Paisley. As a player, he had a short spell with Johnstone in Scottish Division Two, records showing he also acted as the club's secretary, then was their manager in 1915. Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012 Cochrane was manager of St Mirren from 1916 until 1928. He helped the club win the Victory Cup in 1919, the Barcelona Cup in 1922 and the Scottish Cup in 1926, as the ''Buddies'' won 2–0 against Celtic at Hampden Park. The Paisley-born manager arrived at Sunderland in 1928, replacing Bob Kyle. He went on to manage the Wearside club for 500 games, winning the Football League First Division in 1935–36 season. Cochrane also led Sunderland to success in the FA Cup with a 3–1 win over Preston North End in the 1937 FA Cup Final. He retired as Sunderland manager on 3 March 1939. He managed Reading later in 1939, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Gallacher
Patrick Gallacher (21 August 1909 – 4 January 1992) was a Scottish footballer who played for Stoke City, Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a striker. Club career Gallacher was born in Bridge of Weir and started his footballing career Linwood St Conval and Bridge of Weir before moving to Sunderland. He made his debut on 21 September 1929 against Arsenal in a 1–0 loss at Roker Park. He was part of the 1937 FA Cup Final winning side against Preston North End. In his career at Sunderland, Gallacher made 309 appearances and scored 108 goals in all competitions. He helped the ''Black Cats'' to win the First Division in 1935–36, scoring 20 goals in that title winning season. He then moved on to Stoke City in December 1938. He only managed to play four matches for Stoke due to injury and left at the end of the 1938–39 just before the outbreak of World War II. He then made wartime appearances for Dundee United and Morton in Scotland and also played in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Gurney
Bobby Gurney (13 October 1907 – 14 April 1994) was a football forward who is the highest goal scorer in the history of his only senior club as a player, Sunderland. Early years Born in Stewart Street, Silksworth, Sunderland, his father Joe was a miner at Silksworth Colliery. His mother, Elizabeth, stayed at home to look after Bobby, his three brothers and one sister. Bobby took up football as a child, playing for his village team. His older brother, Ralph, also played football, as a goalkeeper. All his brothers went into pit jobs after leaving school. Sunderland Bobby was signed to Sunderland in May 1925, after being spotted by Charlie Buchan while playing for top non-league side Bishop Auckland. He made his debut nearly a year later against West Ham United on 3 April 1926, scoring once in a 3–2 defeat. He would play for the next three seasons alongside a striker who hit at least 35 league goals in each of his four full seasons at Roker Park, Dave Halliday, the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Duns
Leonard Duns (28 September 1916 – 29 April 1989) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as outside right. He was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. Club career Duns made his debut for Sunderland on 2 November 1935 in a 2–2 tie against Portsmouth at Fratton Park. In the first five games in the 1937 Cup run, Duns scored at least once, and by the age of 21 he had won both the FA cup and the league championship. He also won the 1936 FA Charity Shield The 1936 FA Charity Shield was the 23rd 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 FA Cup winners Arsenal and league champions Sunderland, an .... In his career at Sunderland, he made 248 appearances and scored 54 goals. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Duns, Len 1916 births 1989 deaths English footballers Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne Sunderland A.F.C. players Brentford F.C. wartime guest players Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy McNab
Alexander McNab (27 December 1911 – 12 September 1962) was a Scottish footballer. Although not seen as one of the most important members of the squad in his time at Sunderland, he had a role in two of their greatest successes: he was on the pitch for the league championship clincher in 1936, and replaced injured captain Alex Hastings in the 1937 FA Cup Final. He also won the 1936 FA Charity Shield. In 1938, McNab joined West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £7,000 but war intervened and he went to various clubs on loan including Nottingham Forest, Northampton Town and Walsall. He eventually signed for Newport County in 1946. McNab later played for Dudley Town and managed Northwich Victoria {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ... from 1948 to 1949 before eventually ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Johnston (footballer)
Robert Johnston (2 June 1909 – 27 September 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and Scotland as a central defender. Johnston made his debut for Sunderland on 25 April 1931 against West Ham United in a 3–0 win at Upton Park. He joined Sunderland aged just 20 from the Scottish Junior leagues and found it hard to break into the team, though he played more regularly after others left. Johnston played for Sunderland from 1929 until 1939 making 146 league appearances, without scoring a goal. While on a squad tour to Spain in the summer of 1935, Johnston suffered from an attack of malaria; he recovered to play a part in the club's Football League title-winning campaign in the 1935–36 season, as well as the 1936 FA Charity Shield and the FA Cup victory at Wembley in 1937. Although his playing career was curtailed by the Second World War, he worked as a coach for Sunderland between 1951 and 1957. Johnston represented Scotland once, in a 5–0 victory again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie M
''Charlie Muffin'' (published in the United States under the title ''Charlie M.'') is a spy thriller novel written by Brian Freemantle. The book was published in 1977. Synopsis Charlie Muffin is one of the top operatives in British Intelligence, despite his working-class background and scruffy appearance, and has been responsible for breaking up a major Soviet spy network in England, sending the network's leader Alexei Berenkov to prison for forty years. However, a new Director, Sir Henry Cuthbertson, who has a military background rather than in espionage, has reorganised the Department according to his own regimented and prejudicial ideas...which don't include a true professional like Charlie, whom he looks down upon and despises, and has appointed two of his favourites, Snare and Harrison, to major field positions, despite their obvious lack of experience. Charlie, Snare and Harrison are on assignment in East Berlin and are about to separately make the crossing over to West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Hall (footballer, Born 1908)
Alexander Webster Hall (6 November 1908 – 5 September 1991) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back. Club career Sunderland acquired Hall from Dunfermline Athletic for £750 in 1929. He made his debut on 4 May 1929 in a 0–4 loss against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, and was placed on the reserve list until the 1934–35 season. In his time at Sunderland, he made 235 appearances (discounting three void league games in 1939) with only one goal, and led the club to victory in the 1936 FA Charity Shield and 1937 FA Cup Final. The Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... saw him move to Hibernian, initially as a guest player then a permanent signing, where he played over 200 wartime games then made one appearance in the 1946–47 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Collin
George Collin (13 September 1905 – 1 February 1989) was an English Association football, footballer who played at Defender (association football), left-back. He played for Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, Port Vale F.C., Port Vale, and Burton Town F.C., Burton Town, but is most notable for his nine years with Derby County F.C., Derby County from 1927 to 1936. He helped the "Rams" to finish second in the Football League First Division, First Division in 1929–30 and 1935–36. Career Collin played for Sunderland based junior club West Stanley, before moving to London in 1924 for a trial with West Ham United F.C., West Ham United. He instead signed a Association football contracts, contract with Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, before moving on to A.F.C. Bournemouth, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. He suffered a badly Bone fracture, broken leg at Dean Court, but managed to return to full fitness. He joined Derb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
