The 1962 FA Charity Shield was the 40th

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, an annual

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match played between the winners of the previous season's

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and

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competitions. The match took place on 11 August 1962 at

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in Ipswich, and was played between

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champions

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and

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winners

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. 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 trophy the previous season. Tottenham's

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opened the scoring and Bobby Smith doubled his team's advantage before half time. Greaves scored a second 13 minutes into the second half, and late goals from John White and

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came either side of a Roy Stephenson consolation goal for Ipswich.

Pre-match

The

was founded in 1908 as a successor to the

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. It was a contest between the respective champions of the

and Southern League, and then by 1913 teams of amateur and professional players. In 1921, it was played by the Football League champions and

winners for the first time. Alf Ramsey (1969)

Ipswich had won the league in the previous season, three points clear of

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and losing just twice at home at

throughout the season. Despite being promoted from the

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the previous season, they went on to win back-to-back league titles.

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was the previous season's league top scorer, with 33 goals in 41 matches. Ipswich were managed by former Tottenham player

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, and had defeated the London club twice in the league the previous season. Tottenham Hotspur had beaten Burnley 3–1 at

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in the

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three months earlier. The club finished third in the league, four points behind Ipswich.

was Tottenham's top scorer the previous season, scoring 29 goals in 28 games. Ipswich had never featured in a Charity Shield match in their history. Tottenham had appeared four times, the most recent visit being in the previous year where they defeated a

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representative team 3–2. , Ipswich have not played in a Charity Shield match since

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where they lost to

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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 rivals

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in the

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Match

Summary

The match kicked off in sunny, breezy conditions, at 3 p.m. at Portman Road in front of a crowd of 20,067 and was refereed by

Ken Dagnall Kenneth Dagnall (30 January 1921 – March 1995
and latter place of residence: article at the ''ChorleyCi ...

. Ipswich were in charge early on in the match and saw an early chance from Crawford go wide as he failed to convert

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. Ipswich's

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s 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 to Bobby Smith was flicked into space for Greaves to run on and shoot past Ipswich's goalkeeper Roy Bailey. Five minutes later Smith's

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from a Greaves pass deceived Ipswich defender Andy Nelson, and Smith doubled Tottenham's lead, who went in 2–0 at half-time. The second half saw Tottenham's veteran defensive midfielder

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move up the pitch and provided space for his forwards, with John White's pass allowing Greaves to slip the ball past Bailey for 3–0. An injury to Ipswich defender

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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, White

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in from a

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.

Details

Post-match

The trophy was presented to the Tottenham captain Blanchflower by

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, the chairman of the Football Association. Remarking on the willingness of the Tottenham players to move out of position, their manager Bill Nicholson said: "there is no guarantee we shall ever do the same thing twice or stick to any particular pattern". Ramsey was not unduly moved by the result, noting that new signing

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had been left out as the Charity Shield was "an honour match for the team which won the championship last season". Ipswich went on to finish 17th in the 1962–63 season while Tottenham finished runners-up behind Everton. Tottenham Hotspur were beaten in third round of the

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by Burnley; Ipswich lost 3–1 to

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in the fourth round.

References

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