1975 FA Charity Shield

1975 FA Charity Shield

Event	FA Charity Shield
Derby County West Ham United 2 0
Date	9 August 1975
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Gordon Kew
Attendance	59,000

The 1975 FA Charity Shield was the 53rd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 9 August 1975 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Derby County, who had won the 1974–75 First Division, and West Ham United, who had won the 1974–75 FA Cup. Derby County won the match by 2–0.

Match details

Summary

Kevin Hector opened the scoring for Derby in the 20th minute when he scored with a low right footed shot from the right of the penalty area. Roy McFarland got the second goal for Derby from two yards out after a corner from the left was headed back into the six yard box by Francis Lee.

Details

9 August 1975

15:00 BST

Derby County	2–0	West Ham United
Hector 20' McFarland 43'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,000

Referee: Gordon Kew (Amersham)

Derby County

West Ham United

GK 1 Colin Boulton DF 2 Rod Thomas DF 3 David Nish MF 4 Bruce Rioch DF 5 Roy McFarland (c) DF 6 Colin Todd MF 7 Henry Newton MF 8 Archie Gemmill FW 9 Francis Lee FW 10 Kevin Hector MF 11 Charlie George Substitutes: GK 12 Nigel Batch MF 13 Steve Powell FW 14 Jeff Bourne Manager: Dave Mackay

GK 1 Mervyn Day DF 2 John McDowell DF 3 Frank Lampard MF 4 Pat Holland DF 5 Tommy Taylor DF 6 Kevin Lock FW 7 Alan Taylor MF 8 Graham Paddon FW 9 Billy Jennings  72' MF 10 Trevor Brooking (c) FW 11 Bobby Gould  63' Substitutes: MF 12 Keith Coleman  72' MF 13 Keith Robson  63' GK 14 Bobby Ferguson Manager: John Lyall

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time Maximum of three substitutions

See also

• 1974–75 Football League
• 1974–75 FA Cup