1959 FA Charity Shield

The 1959 FA Charity Shield was the 37th FA Charity Shield, an English 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers and FA Cup winners Nottingham Forest.

1959 FA Charity Shield

Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest 3 1
Date	15 August 1959
Venue	Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance	32,329
← 1958 1960 →

The match was held at the start of the season for the first time, and was staged at Wolves' stadium, Molineux. The hosts won the game 3–1,^[1] giving them their only outright Shield win (in addition to three shared wins).

Match details

15 August 1959

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Nottingham Forest
Murray   38' Broadbent   56' Lill   81'		Wilson   37'

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 32,329

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Nottingham Forest

1   Malcolm Finlayson 2   Eddie Stuart (c) 3   Gwyn Jones 4   Eddie Clamp 5   George Showell 6   Ron Flowers 7   Mickey Lill 8   Bobby Mason 9   Jimmy Murray 10   Peter Broadbent 11   Norman Deeley Manager:   Stan Cullis

1   Chic Thomson 2   Billy Whare 3   Joe McDonald 4   Jeff Whitefoot 5   Bob McKinlay (c) 6   Jim Iley 7   Billy Gray 8   Bernie Kelly 9   Tommy Wilson   10   Johnny Quigley 11   Stewart Imlach Substitutes: 12   Peter Knight   Manager:   Billy Walker

References

1. "England – List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2012.