A relentless Canberra Croatia FC outfit won the men’s 2021 Charity Shield, while an inform Belconnen United FC claimed the inaugural women’s Charity Shield.

Photo: Soccer Snaps by Sal

CHARITY SHIELD

Capital Football holds an annual Women’s and Men’s Charity Shield match, ahead of the start of each season.

Participants each year are determined as follows:

• League Champions in the season prior (NPL Women’s 1^st Grade and NPL1 Men’s 1^st Grade)
• Federation Cup Winners

Note: Should the same Club be the winners of both, then the participants are as follows:

• League Champions in the season prior (NPL Women’s 1^st Grade and NPL1 Men’s 1^st Grade)
• Federation Cup Runners Up

2021 Charity Shield

The 2021 Charity Shield will be held on Saturday 27^th March 2021 (pending COVID-19 restrictions) at Deakin Stadium, with the men’s game kicking off at 4pm and the women’s game kicking off at 6:30pm.

The charity for the 2021 Charity Shield will be Fortem Australia, who are a not-for-profit organisation, who helps to support the mental health of first responder families

As there was no Federation Cup Winners for the 2020 season, the following will be used to determine participants for the 2021 edition:

Women’s – Grand Final Rematch (Canberra Croatia FC v Belconnen United FC)

Men’s – NPL1 Men’s Champions v NPL2 Men’s Champions (Canberra Croatia FC v Wagga City Wanderers FC)

 History of the Charity Shield