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1953 FA Charity Shield

Event	FA Charity Shield
Arsenal Blackpool 3 1
Date	12 October 1953
Venue	Highbury, London
Attendance	39,853

The 1953 FA Charity Shield was the 31st FA Charity Shield, a football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup titles. This year's match was contested by league champions Arsenal and FA Cup winners Blackpool.

The match was tied 1-1 at half time , but the game eventually ended 3-1,

Match details

29 October 1953

Arsenal	3–1	Blackpool
Lishman , Lawton		Mortensen

Highbury, London

Attendance: 39,853

1 Jack Kelsey 2 Len Wills 3 Walley Barnes 4 Alex Forbes 5 Bill Dodgin, Jr. 6 Joe Mercer 7 Cliff Holton 8 Jimmy Logie 9 Tommy Lawton 10 Doug Lishman 11 Don Roper Manager: [[]]

1 George Farm 2 Eddie Shimwell 3 Tommy Garrett 4 Ewan Fenton 5 Harry Johnston 6 Hughie Kelly 7 Stanley Matthews 8 E Taylor 9 Stan Mortensen 10 Jackie Mudie 11 Bill Perry Manager: [[]]

References

Category:FA Community Shield Fa Charity Shield, 1953 Charity Shield 1953 Charity Shield 1953 Comm