The 1936 FA Charity Shield was the 23rd
FA Charity 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 Le ...
, a
football
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match between the winners of the previous season's
First Division and
FA Cup
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competitions. The match was contested by FA Cup winners
Arsenal
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and league champions
Sunderland
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, and was played at
Roker Park
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, 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
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, 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
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complained that as a mid-week game with little prestige in victory, the Charity Shield offered little incentive to competitive football.
With the score 0-0 at half time, Sunderland managed to gain momentum with attacks from their
half-backs, and took the lead on 53 minutes through a Burbanks goal.
Arsenal responded more positively and equalized on the 77th minute.
The winning goal came controversially when Carter's long distance shot bounced down off the crossbar before being cleared by Arsenal, but was determined to have crossed the line by the
linesman.
The second half of the match was broadcast with live commentary by
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