Golden Greenery

Before the Zhuo Yang era of Chinese football, it was normal for fans to ridicule and abuse domestic players and even the national football team. Countless people claimed, 'I'd be better than you if I were to play' and 'I would definitely qualify if I were to play against 11 death row inmates'.

But even the most fierce keyboard warrior knows in his heart that these words are nonsense, and no one believes in the idea of ​​amateurs challenging their careers.

But the British believe it.

More than a hundred years ago, in the year when the fishing ports of New Territories and Weihaiwei were forcibly taken away, a group of London fans couldn't stand the increasingly popular football league and strongly demanded to play a game with them.

Therefore, the Football Association responded to the voice of the people and organized a serious game between professional players and fans.

The pure technical content of English football in those days was far less than it is now. It was mainly about physical confrontation. Long passes, long passes, and head-to-head confrontations were about the soul. It was about who could run faster and have better health. So it is no wonder that the people were dissatisfied.

Not to mention, in that game, the amateur team and the professional team played back and forth, and they were not beaten to death. Of course, there are a large number of elites in rugby, cricket and other industries among the amateurs, and even boxers. When it comes to physical fitness, they are no worse than professional players.

The game caused a huge sensation, even more intense than the football championship game at the time. Seeing that it was profitable, the Football Association retained this tournament. It was held once a year and was called the 'London Sheriff's Shield', which lasted for ten years.

Ten years later, professional players quit. It's not that they can't kick, but that they can't beat them. These amateurs are too unscrupulous and use unscrupulous tricks during the game. It's normal for professional players to break their arms and legs.

We are here to play football, not to risk our lives. The Football Association has no choice but to pit a professional club champion team against an amateur football club champion team. Both sides are also football fans, so things in the circle are easier to talk about.

The competition was also renamed the 'Charity Shield', with the first Charity Shield between Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers. Since then, except for the two world wars, which have been suspended for a total of fifteen times, the Charity Shield has not been interrupted once a year.

Over the years, the organizational format of the game has been changing, until the Super Cup format of the league champion versus the FA Cup winner was established.

There is no other Super Cup in England, in a sense the Charity Shield is. However, the Charity Shield is not as serious as the Super Cup of other leagues in terms of importance.

Since the name was changed from the beginning, since it has always been in the name of 'charity', most of the income from the game will be donated. No matter whether they win or lose, neither side of the game will benefit much financially. Instead, they will each donate 50,000 pounds. Just a false name does not make the club absolutely take it seriously.

Therefore, the status of the Charity Shield in English football has always been very low, at least far behind the Premier League, FA Cup, and League Cup. That is, there are no other top national events, otherwise the Charity Shield ranking will have to be lower.

The Football Association's ingenious system of four substitutions + goal in the whole game, with six substitutions in 201, finally made the long-established Charity Shield a secondary game between official matches and friendly matches.

As mentioned above, most of the ticket revenue from the Charity Shield will be donated to charity. This "majority" is not all, accounting for 55%, and the remaining 45% will be allocated by the FA Board of Directors.

In 2002, the British government raised objections to the 45% of ticket revenue, arguing that it could not be enriched in the name of 'charity'. It just so happened that Coca-Cola sponsored the game this year, and the revenue from the game would be greatly increased. The FA simply played a trick and renamed the game the current Community Shield.

Now, you have nothing to say. However, the official name is Community Shield, but people still call it Charity Shield.