1925 FA Charity Shield
| Event | FA Charity Shield | ||||||
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| Date | 5 October 1925 | ||||||
| Venue | White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London | ||||||
| Attendance | c. 5,000 | ||||||
The 1925 FA Charity Shield was the twelfth staging of the FA Charity Shield, an annual association football match arranged to raise funds for charitable causes supported by the Football Association (the FA), the governing body of football in England. For the fourth time, the match was contested by select teams of amateur and professional players. It was played on 5 October 1925 at White Hart Lane, London, and ended as a 6–1 win for the Amateurs. Claude Ashton scored four goals and Frank Macey two for the Amateurs; Charlie Hannaford scored the Professionals' goal.
For the third year running, the Football Association decided the Shield should be contested not by club sides but by teams of amateur and professional players selected by the FA's International Selection Committee. While the Amateur XI was made up of the top players in amateur football, including several with international experience, the professionals were chosen from among those who had taken part in the FA XI's tour of Australia from May to August, so included only players whose clubs had been prepared to release them for several months and risk their exhaustion or injury. The match was to be played in the afternoon of Monday 5 October 1925 at White Hart Lane, the north London ground of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
The teams lined up as originally selected, with two exceptions. Alfred Bower was chosen to captain the Amateurs, but dislocated his shoulder; he was replaced as left back by E.H. Gates of London Caledonians and as captain by Claude Ashton. The Professionals' forward line had to be reorganised at short notice after Stan Seymour replaced the injured Bert Batten of Plymouth Argyle, who had scored 47 goals on the Australian tour.
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