The 1910 FA Charity Shield was the third Charity Shield, a

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match contested by the winners of the previous season's

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and Southern League competitions. The match was played on 5 September 1910 between 1909–10 Football League winners

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and 1909–10 Southern League champions

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. The match was played at Stamford Bridge,

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, and ended with a 1–0 win for

. The goal was scored by

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, an amateur, with 18 minutes of play remaining. In the five years that the Charity Shield was contested by the winners of the Football League and Southern League between 1908 and 1912, this was the only occasion on which the Southern League champions prevailed. The victory remains Brighton's only national honour to date and they were crowned the 'Champions of all England'.

Match details

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