The 1975 FA Charity Shield was the 53rd
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 ...
, an annual
football
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match played between the winners of the previous season's
First Division and
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
competitions. The match was played on 9 August 1975 at
Wembley Stadium
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and contested by
Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
, who had won the
1974–75 First Division, and
West Ham United
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, who had won the
1974–75 FA Cup
The 1974–75 FA Cup was the 94th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Ham United won the competition, beating Second Division side Fulham 2–0 in the ...
. Derby County won the match by 2–0.
Match details
Summary
Kevin Hector
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opened the scoring for Derby in the 20th minute when he scored with a low right footed shot from the right of the penalty area.
Roy McFarland
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Playing career
Born in Liverpool, McFarland was a player f ...
got the second goal for Derby from two yards out after a corner from the left was headed back into the six yard box by
Francis Lee.
Details
See also
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1974–75 Football League
The 1974–75 season was the 76th completed season of The Football League.
Dave Mackay guided Derby County to their second league title in four years having overcome strong competition from Liverpool, Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Sheffield ...
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1974–75 FA Cup
The 1974–75 FA Cup was the 94th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. West Ham United won the competition, beating Second Division side Fulham 2–0 in the ...
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1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
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Charity Shield 1975
Charity Shield 1975
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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 ...
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 ...