1995 FA Charity Shield

1995 FA Charity Shield
Date 13 August 1995
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire)
Attendance 40,149

The 1995 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Littlewoods FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 13 August 1995 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Blackburn Rovers, who had won the Premier League and FA Cup winners Everton. It was Blackburn's second successive Charity Shield appearance, while Everton were appearing in their eleventh and their first since 1987. Everton won the match 10 with a goal from Vinny Samways when he caught Tim Flowers off his line and lifted the ball over him from the left of the penalty area and into the right corner of the net. Dave Watson lifted the trophy for Everton.

Match details

13 August 1995
16:00
Blackburn Rovers 01 Everton
Samways  57'
Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 40,149
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (Oxfordshire)
Blackburn Rovers
Everton
GK 1 England Tim Flowers
RB 3 Republic of Ireland Jeff Kenna  31'
CB 25England Ian Pearce
CB 16England Chris Sutton
LB 6 England Graeme Le Saux
RM 7 England Stuart Ripley  68'
CM 23England David Batty
CM 4 England Tim Sherwood
LM 8 Scotland Kevin Gallacher  80'
CF 10England Mike Newell
CF 9 England Alan Shearer
Substitutes:
GK 13England Bobby Mimms
DF 12England Nicky Marker  80'
MF 26Republic of Ireland Gary Tallon
MF 14England Lee Makel  68'
MF 22England Mark Atkins  31'
Manager:
England Ray Harford
GK 1 Wales Neville Southall
RB 2 England Earl Barrett
CB 6 England Gary Ablett
CB 4 England David Unsworth
LB 3 England Andy Hinchcliffe
RM 20England Tony Grant  46'
CM 18England Joe Parkinson
CM 10Wales Barry Horne
LM 11Sweden Anders Limpar
AM 16England Vinny Samways
CF 8 England Paul Rideout
Substitutes:
GK 13Australia Jason Kearton
DF 5 England Dave Watson  46'
DF 15England Matt Jackson
MF 14England John Ebbrell
FW 12Nigeria Daniel Amokachi
Manager:
England Joe Royle

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shootout if scores level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also

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