1959 FA Charity Shield

1959 FA Charity Shield

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

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.

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, 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