FA Community Shield Tickets
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About FA Community Shield
The English Premier League is almost like a football version of the city that never sleeps. As soon as one season ends with the prizes of Champions, Champions League places, the consolation prizes of Europa League places, and by no means least the FA Cup Final then in next to no time we are thrown into the frenzy of the opening of the transfer window.
Then comes pre-season where the fixtures can vary from a lightweight Premier League club’s eleven facing off against lower league opposition to tours and novel tournaments against top teams from all points of the globe. But tradition has not been completely thrown out of the window and on the Saturday prior to the start of the Premier League campaign Wembley Stadium is the setting for the long established “pipe-opener” to the season, the FA Community Shield.
It is contested by what ought to be the two most attractive and successful teams in English football, the winners of the Premier League matched against the holders of the FA Cup. The first time there was a Cup and League double – when Tottenham Hotspur won both in the 1960-61 “double”, an FA XI provided the opponents. Since then should one team hold both trophies, the Premier League runners-up will be the second side contesting the trophy.
How important is the Community Shield (formerly known as the Charity Shield) in the scheme of things? It is probably regarded as a lesser trophy than either the FA Cup or the League Cup but is nonetheless a piece of silverware that any club would be more than pleased to display in a glass fronted cupboard in their boardroom. It provides another opportunity for the fan base to have an outing on the biggest stage in English, if not world, football and winning can give a team a psychological boost as they head down into the long and highly combative Premier League season.
It is also a public chance for football to show itself in its better light. As the name suggests, the match exists to further the FA’s work among the community of football, away from the multi-million pound entities of the Premier League. Proceeds go to many community-based schemes abs revenue from gate receipts and the sale of programmes goes to the 1 24 clubs competing in the FA Cup from the first round proper – not to add to their corporate profits but to be further distributed to local charities and projects with which each club is associated. The balance goes to the FA’s existing charity partners.
Ideally some great football in the summer sunshine with the knowledge that good causes will benefit. More often than not, that is just the case so why not check your diary and book your ticket?
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