Liverpool v Arsenal 11/08/1979 Charity Shield

So the new football season begins on a beautiful afternoon here at Wembley, with Arsenal and Liverpool facing off inside this stadium for the first time since 1971, when Arsenal beat Liverpool in the Fa Cup final. Now Arsenal, on the other side, are the cup holders again arranged by their captain Pat Rice while Liverpool are led closer to the camera by Phil Thompson, the new captain who succeeds Emily Hughes and therefore manages to his club at Wembley for the first time, followed by Ray Clements, the England goalkeeper, who is also very familiar with this stadium, and indeed Pat Jennings.

On the other side it's too Kenny Dalglish simply signaling to the Liverpool fans who are in fact situated at the other end of the stadium from the players' tunnel. Indeed, Wembley has predicted a record attendance this afternoon for the

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, the previous best of 82,000 in two years. Ago and Arsenal fans gathered again as they were on the final day of the cup at the end of the players' tunnel. Today they are wearing the yellow shirts again. Arsenal lost the toss, hence the yellow flags we saw in the cup last afternoon and the red one, of course, belongs. to Liverpool, whose fans are at the other end of the stadium from the tunnel where the Manchester United clan met in May, so now the team news and it's much the same as you were on both sides, Arsenal fielded 11 of the 12 men who won the fa. cup the absentee is willie young, who has a minor injury although he is among the substitutes steve wolfford wears number six, he came on as a substitute during the fa cup final towards the end, but

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with the 4-4-2 formation basically was successful last time. season and the Liverpool coach, Bob Paisley, sticks to the team that won the championship with the record of 68 points and also a 4-4-2 alignment and those names obviously make the rest of the first division fear because Liverpool looks formidable even on the catching team. the two number sevens present an interesting contrast at the start of this new season

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's liam brady was involved in all three goals in the fa cup final and was voted player of the year by his fellow professionals, while the football writer's choice as The Footballer of the Year was Liverpool's Kay Delgalesh, who since joining the club two years ago made his debut for them in the Charity Shield against Manchester United and has yet to miss a game.

The summer weather means Bob Paisley can rule out the jacket among his substitutes this afternoon will be one of his new signings av cohen from israel among the Liverpool five in fact uh frank mcgarvey the other new arrival can't even get a place on the bench today that's how good the

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team is and as you can see among the arsenal substitutes john hollins number 12 who was signed by the queen's rangers during the summer the referee is george courtney from county durham one of our senior panel of referees from fifa one of the top four and arsenal to start just for a moment its almost like the last day again brian talbot to liam brady arsenal are playing left to right sammy nelson phil neal who slid Stapleton to brady and the tackle coming from terry mcdermott i wonder if he will follow brady and vice versa maybe also when mcdermott breaks Stapleton this time is the case, who got Olyrian Johnson through here against o'leary?

Good center half recovery helped by Walford O'leary was left cold for a second by the pace of David Johnson Stapleton. Good move to Sunderland Talbot. to rex hanson to allen kennedy here is ray kennedy that was a good ball for matson for johnson here is neil again Stapleton is back now it's nelson rix from rick sometimes the players and coaches try to downplay this game but the fans don't let this be done this afternoon there is a good atmosphere inside wembley many reputations are at stake o'leary's head kneels mcdermott running and brady trying to track him delgalesh is there at the dangerous near post johnson's chance and it was created for johnson by kendall glich one of his favorite positions that on the near post side of the penalty area and he took the ball back and jon snow had to take it on a volley it's not always easy even at point blank range scotty rick's shot is looking for sunderland that was Hansen's header here it is Brady is picked up by Rice Corbett and the price of both goes down on this side and that price returns to rice.

Here's Brady again. Both teams have been abroad during the preseason. They have both done well. Also Liverpool in Germany, Denmark, Arsenal have played in a tournament in Holland. That's Brady right. that was well managed as soon as he has two on his right, Jimmy Case on the opposite side with Del Police making a great run just inside number seven and O'leary once again put his body in the way when it mattered, but Liverpool look have done it. found his rhythm quickly phil thompson number four at golish near post behind him header from ray kennedy sunderland rickster Stapleton bit too fast too tight neil oh what a good ball gal gliesh johnson in the center and jennings to turn it around and lana symptomatic of The way Liverpool have started the game full of urgency and touch I already notice that Jennings is wearing gloves, one more sign that there may be a bit of grease on the surface, well that was from Torbet, uh this time, let's go back to the Souness Johnson case. on the right as soon as he shot oh and jennings just for a moment almost caught him by surprise but he was able to make the save anyway Stapleton twice that's offside against Sunderland in the center scored the winning goal in the FA Cup final.

Alan Sunderland, by the way, there is no extra time. Today, if this Charity Shield match is tied after 90 minutes, the teams will retain the trophy for six months each. That's what happened the last time Liverpool played in the Charity Shield against Manchester United two years ago. Liverpool made their ninth appearance in this match and Arsenal are making a record tenth appearance in the Charity Shield this afternoon Neal for Liverpool Miss Talbot a sort of space he likes just in front of him and has chosen Sammy Nelson in the other side Arsenal has four players waiting gets straight to the point I wonder if Liverpool can exploit the space left by nelson, ricks has filled it again johnson oda johnson finished last season with something like 18 goals in all competitions and this was a player who at one point seemed to have a hard time getting into the team but worked hard and kept his place has started this game with a lot of birth brady working hard to move arsenal forward it has been mainly Liverpool in the first quarter of an hour here is Walford Nelson Brady has reverse rice well dealt with by Phil Thompson or Nelson missing out and mcdermott away from the gleash for center number seven wolfford with him o'leary hooking up Liverpool look so smooth as they move forward almost as if last season had never ended but here Sunderland comes through the arsenal with Alan Kennedy oh he's found his way and he missed now Kennedy thought he was fouled there and he wasn't too happy with the other defenders either, I don't think so, but Alan Sunderland got away and that was a clear scoring opportunity for Arsenal, so now a golden opportunity has been missed at both ends.

Right from the start for Liverpool and Sunderland, the winner of the cup final match for us had a lot of players with seven in total. Here is the case of Souness, that back, oh well beaten, Jennings was right on the line, but David Johnson is finding a lot of space. He has done several important ones. Jennings' contributions already made it look easy, although the way he caught it, Nelson again made a foray forward, but the pass had little chance. Here's Johnson, Souness, Ray Kennedy tries for the one-two and makes a nice glacial save by Jennings, and you wondered.

Sometimes, on that move, how dark he was left with a shot opportunity, O'Leary was closing it out, but somehow, having played the one-two with Ray Kennedy, he still squeezed his shot and Jennings had to be more alert alan kennedy ray Kennedy was up and behind him Johnson came in and missed a presentable second chance when Alan Kennedy crossed there. Ray Kennedy brought in the defenders and Johnson came in behind him and had the header. Liverpool's bench must be very pleased with the number of opportunities they have had. Even the followers of the professionals have already been created, as Laurie McCanamy said on the last day of the cup.

They have been to Wembley. Many times Sunderland went well. Oh, boring offside tricks, darling, so busy that Del Glich is blocked by Walford and is happy to use either foot. the Liverpool fullback hit the first with his left which Walford blocked and the second with his right went just over Steve Wolford making two timely interceptions in that Liverpool attack. You could also say that with the first half now and it's the last 10 minutes that um arsenal. I have played at a slower pace than Liverpool. It is a very warm afternoon. I wonder if that might matter.

In the second half we'll see one of those floating centers for a letter. Oh, and Clemens finished it off somehow from Stapleton. Well, it was a good stop. Stapleton's header was thrown into the cross by O'leary and Clements, who carried it back and kept the ball out of goal, so Arsenal corrected the balance slightly. There are two opportunities now that have created this Stapleton who received Brady's free kick with a header. for the foul, sammy nelson fed the attack very intelligently and not always along the sideline, where we normally see him, he is reaching the inside left position several times, brady with the kick for arsenal, that is the price and in the farfo the sunderland could not reach. worth who brought him down, well it's an absorbing game because Arsenal have got back into things in the last five minutes, but here come Liverpool with Mcdermott.

Oh I say it's a fantastic goal, Jennings couldn't do anything about it and Mcdermott scores. with tremendous virtuosity, he has been making those runs throughout the first half, he was prepared to attack from deep in the corner, passing to jennings and terry mcdermott, it gives

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, an advantage they deserve the way they have played without any I have no doubt, look how pleased he is with the finish and the fans too of course, but interestingly the gold comes just as Arsenal seem to be getting back into the game so Liverpool lead one to nil, six minutes remaining in the first half.

Brady looks for Stapleton and that's a goal kick, Liverpool scored 84 goals in the first division alone last season, that's his first goal of many, I think in all competitions this season, interestingly, Liverpool players have won BBC Goal of the Season for the last three years. mcdermott was the winner two years ago, first last year and Ray Kennedy this year. Well, a quiet end to what was a really eventful first half and the main event was a tremendous goal to start the new season with, scored by Terry Mcdermott after 38 minutes. he shot from outside the penalty area and that only testified to how well Liverpool played in the first half.

Arsenal created two good chances, but having said that sweet football came from Liverpool, one of the big talking points among the crowd inside the stadium at the half. Time is that excellent goal by Terry Mcdermott. It's really a reminder of the fact that Liverpool players have won the BBC Goal of the Season competition for the last three years in a row. It was Terry Mcdermott himself who won it two years ago with a beautiful goal. In the FA Cup semi-final against Everton, you may remember that last year the winner was Graeme Souness with a great shot against Manchester United and this year's winner, Ray Kennedy, with a glorious goal in the league match on the baseball field last season for Liverpool. against derby county very fittingly on this charity shield the day before the game before the players made the switch, jimmy hill was able to present ray kennedy with the silver salute that goes to the goal of the season winner.

Well, it's my pleasure to deliver this to you. trophy to ray kennedy for the goal he scored last season, which went over the top, it was a very good team goal, but it made an extraordinarily difficult shot look so simple, so ray, here it is, on behalf of the BBC. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on a job well done and, you know, it really was a wonderful goal, yes, well, I think, turning like James Head on the right, I made my usual run into the box to get behind the defense and I realized that it was not like that.

I'm not going to make it and, uh, I passed when the ball came to us and uh, the rest was quite, uh, quite simple, the goalkeeper fell, it was a good goal to score, great man, you were very, very delicate, I thought At that point it was pretty obvious. Also, I finished it out of the source withQuite often, you already have a good amount of trophies on your side. Well, you'll have to get a new house soon. How many? It all started with an arsenal strong enough not to. That's right, it all started, yes, yes, it was a double, a bit of Liverpool of course, which I think I played, so I've got quite a few, yes, some charity shields, so I've been printing fortunes.

It is nice. to receive this anyway that is something I don't have and let's hope you get many more medals, but particularly those that come from Europe as Liverpool prepare to start the second half leading by that one goal, there are no substitutes at half time, so it's like you. where thompson johnson was coming in just put him off rice i think he might have actually pushed him but again liverpool broke that right side with mcdermott who seems to time those runs so well the opposition must know what they are about to get each time he appears to be a yard ahead this is o'leary for arsenal still trailing by a goal to nil brady stapleton time to turn well it could be opportune timing as frank stapleton shoots wide a good effort to mention the man who will no longer wear Arsenal's number nine shirt, the sad retirement due to injury of Malcolm McDonald, who I believe did not come to today's game will be sadly missed not only by Arsenal but also by football fans. everywhere without him arsenal will persevere with Stapleton's successful combination Sunderland up front Nelson Brady lovely changing pace by Brady Sunderland still Sunderland well put together for penance Liverpool knowing Arsenal were on the side last season respected for the way they fought and the way they played They can't be complacent with a one goal lead here and he's trying to put Del Police in.

It wasn't one of his best results, but it was a typical Liverpool move in which, in every sense, Mcdermott found space for himself again and then playing offload in one of his favorite positions right at his feet inside the box. penalty moving towards the near post many defenders have been made ridiculous in that position by Liverpool's long ball number seven from the earliest brought down by Dale police for mcdermott oh mcdermott and well, Brian Torbett will be relieved when the two chased there . Talbot lost his way. Rather, Mcdermott was about to shoot, but it wasn't very powerful and Jennings still reached the ground and was breathing down his neck.

Sunderland Stapleton Hanson. to Liverpool, look at that Detroit skill with the ball by Alan Harrison deserves the applause and Mcdermott's dummy was also lovely, it left the Arsenal player lying on the ground and here comes Jimmy Case, what a move this is until then, shame has not finished. there was a super play by Liverpool but an Arsenal player I think it's Nelson is still lying on the other half of the field here is mcdermott for souness and against case thompson alan kennedy ray kennedy alan kennedy all you can do is watch and admire and Frankly, that's all Arsenal could do there.

There were a few bare torsos in the crowd today. The sun is still beating down on Wembley, making it look like a cricket crowd at Lourdes. And Arsenal's replacement will be Willie Young, who was not selected because he has been suffering from a slight chest muscle injury during the week, but is certainly preparing anyway if needed to replace a very dazed Sunny Nelson. I think maybe they'll just take a look at Nelson before deciding if they'll bring in Young or if he can. come back himself so at the moment arsenal is down to 10 men free kick to arsenal lack by thompson i wouldn't be surprised if the pace of the game drops in the second half because it's so hot here's brady oh well played tallbert ray kennedy back The defense and also its solidity and Liverpool in the end won it by the weight of numbers Alan Hansen Johnson Aaron Kennedy and three players running from a deep position O'Leary has to achieve this, not him, it was Mcdermott who tried it. the most unique of lobs because he only had a split second to decide what to do, jennings was off his line and willie young comes in as an arsenal substitute to replace sammy nelson and i rather think that means steve wolfford will switch to fullback left and will allow youngster to take up his normal position at the heart of the defense sammy nelson still not quite sure where he is after that unfortunate fall arsenal may break down here with rick scanley not much support up front only sunderland and were beaten by hanson who comes all the way and discovers that Del Glaze is on his side and that is absolutely extraordinary finishing by footballer of the year Kenny Dalglish.

What an absolutely world class goal Alan Hansen from defense made possible by staying calm and passing the ball through himself defeating any attempts. to play the offside game he fed dalglish who then made a real monkey of the bad welfare he left on his backside and then the clinical finish brought jennings' arsenal back to nil for Liverpool two and dalglish put a wonderful goal together which mcdermott scored earlier there. There might have been a slight question mark over offside, but Del Gliese certainly wasn't expecting a flag. Brady knew exactly what he was going to do. Arsenal want to make a second substitution and John Hollins comes on for his first appearance for his new club.

In this country, David Price is the man leaving, John Hollins, who spent his career at London clubs Chelsea and Queen's Park Rangers, now Arsenal Hanson, albeit for Liverpool, who are dictating the case of the match. Well, this man, Dougly, has been with Liverpool for two seasons in which he scored. 55 goals and this season started exactly how the last one ended. He's a pretty exciting player. I think he would be in Scotland for a long time. Oh, I suppose one should make it clear that a two-goal lead at Wembley is by no means unassailable. After what happened in the cup final, but it is said that Arsenal will have to produce something quite out of the ordinary, they are now going to take this game out of Liverpool's reach because Liverpool are doing everything right.

Johnson Dalgliesh. Oh, it's here. for mcdermott it's three, these are absolutely magnificent things from Liverpool, you could say it started with a mistake by Liam Brady, the way the move developed, but Liverpool punished him in the only way they know how: finally, when the ball reached mcdermott, he put it under. pat jennings body but again the build up was devastating and the finish absolutely precise the arsenal finish is silenced by terry mcdermott who scores his second goal of the game and liverpool have now turned the charity shield into an exhibition and at this moment it is devastating.

Once again, Douglas was involved in the play. Alan Hansen had as much fun as anyone coming off defense. There he is again. Also the team performance that Liverpool has had. Terry Mcdermott is now on a hat-trick and it hasn't been. one of those on the charity shield since 1954 when ronnie allen scored one to weapon magellan against wars liverpool fans have enjoyed this second half performance in particular brady stapleton gave it back to hanson cross and brady He was able to recover one here and what a save. England goalkeeper even when arsenal threatened and brady beat three players hit the ball well with his left foot ray clements right on his game his shark of concentration turned the ball over rick youngster comes in here is hollins slit there is brady arsenal threatening to get one back but brady's poor pass only sets up mcdermott souness dalglish there is a colossal confidence in liverpool that makes you almost scared for next season.

Well, he doesn't like people talking about his favorite team, but what else can you say when they play like that? This and they still want to see more of Joe Fagan Stapleton and Brady Sunderland. Rick wants to be on the right wing where he spent most of the second half. Grady is there again and Leary gets angry with Hanson in the charming off-defense class exchange. Liverpool are first to Johnson and the others are gaining ground on this near side now McDermott is up there looking for a hat trick still Johnson will get to Graham as soon as possible and Jennings gave him a hand otherwise it was four arsenals that were dismantled again and as soon as Well, it was almost like a practice game the moment he had to line up his shot, but Pat Jennings, professional to the end, even with three down, stuck out his right hand and turned it .

Brian Torbert throws away the shin guards. A hot day and the rhythm. maybe we'll say now that I'm one of the two players, well you can try again with that Jimmy Case Neil corner and it was John Hollins corner again taken quickly and short. Neil Allen Kennedy's shot is from Holland on the way and now a break for Rick's Kennedy who had that. The shot on goal was the player who stood in the way when Arsenal tried to counterattack, that is a sign of Liverpool's fitness wolf, even the flaws receive applause. England players combine. Hey, trophies are a common sight at Anfield, but here's another one going to Liverpool today. shield, but here's Sunderland looking for a late consolation for us, Stapleton, now maybe Sunderland can get one and they do, and a huge roar of relief from the arsenal end of the stadium because at least that goal made the trip it would be worth it.

Alan Sunderland, the goalscorer, took Stapleton's Return Pass and a nice finish, but you might well wonder what would have happened if he had scored early in the game when he was cleared, because does Arsenal's bench know very well that the goal is a mere crumb of comfort that reaches only the three of them? or four minutes from time alan kennedy brady is kneeling on rex and again so a late flourish here from arsenal this is david o'leary brady now you can stretch Liverpool again here you can and Stapleton is there with a header that, Honestly, I should have put it 3-2.

It was a good cross that Rick's drove in and Stapleton had a free header straight to Ray Clements. The sun continues to shine in the eyes of the players. O'Leary jumped with Johnson. That was Willie. Young Neil Souness finds the case now. Liverpool have three in the center waiting for a cross. Johnson at the far post with the header saved by Rice. He'll get to Phil Thompson. Brady was there first, but he got to Ray Kennedy and now Neil. case ray kennedy is sneaking up on the other side of the glycia is at the near post opposite rice, but i think liverpool's touches finally deserted them in the final minutes, with the game in their hands, they haven't needed to play with enough The fierceness they showed us before, well this was the FA's charity shield, but despite the handshakes there was very little charity shown by the football league champions Liverpool, they took over the match in the first half hour, they only had the sole objective of leading it into halftime. but in the second half they were absolutely devastating in places, they dominated the game with their excellent teamwork and achieved a clinical finish.

Del glee scored one goal, mcdermott scored two and arsenal got a late consolation thanks to alan sunderland, but if this is any guide, maybe it is too. It's early to draw too many conclusions about the new season. Liverpool, as we expected, will be just as formidable in the months to come because they seem to have clearly returned to that well-rehearsed rhythm almost immediately. There is so much to admire about his performance. and Arsenal today were second best and at times completely outperformed the Liverpool Three. Arsenal One and it is Phil Thompson, on his first day at Wembley as Liverpool captain, who will lead the team to receive his memories.

Phil Thompson, who was born in Liverpool, his family still live in Kirby. and he was a police supporter as a kid, where his brother still stands to watch every game. A Liverpool boy at heart and a proud moment for him. It may just be the shield of charity, but it is surely a sign of things to come. For the new season, we will see Liverpool receive a trophy. Stan Cullis, formerly very successful manager of the great Wolverhampton Wanderers team in the 1950s, presents the charity shield to Liverpool's Phil Thompson and Jessica de Thompson. Followers seem to say there is more to come. after this