saint jude wrote:You would imagine we'd have been there for the 1962 Charity Shield event against that great Tottenham team of the time but guess they found an alternative venue to stage it at.Charnwood wrote:Did anyone else know that Town had played at Wembley Stadium almost 50 years before the 1978 Cup Final?
In retrospect it was something of an honor to play a decisive game against the caliber of players such as Greaves, Dyson, MacKay, Blanchflower, John White etc and it's a pity the national stadium wasn't selected for it.
In 1962 the Charity Shield was played at the home of the League Champions;
11 August 1962
Ipswich Town 1–5 Tottenham Hotspur
Stephenson
Goal
84' Greaves
Goal
37', 58'
Smith
Goal
42'
White
Goal
81'
Medwin
Goal
87'
Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 20,067
Referee: K. Dagnall (Bolton)
Ipswich Town:
GK 1 England Roy Bailey
DF 2 England Larry Carberry
DF 3 England John Compton
DF 4 Scotland Billy Baxter
MF 5 Scotland Andy Nelson
MF 6 Wales John Elsworthy
MF 7 England Roy Stephenson
FW 8 Scotland Doug Moran
FW 9 England Ray Crawford
FW 10 England Ted Phillips
MF 11 Scotland Jimmy Leadbetter
Tottenham Hotspur:
GK 1 Scotland Bill Brown
DF 2 England Peter Baker
DF 3 England Ron Henry
MF 4 Northern Ireland Danny Blanchflower
DF 5 England Maurice Norman
MF 6 Scotland Dave Mackay
MF 7 Wales Terry Medwin
MF 8 Scotland John White
FW 9 England Bobby Smith
FW 10 England Jimmy Greaves
MF 11 Wales Cliff Jones