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The Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is the English season curtain-raiser that is played between the winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup the previous season. If a team wins the double of both Premier League and FA Cup, the other team in the Community Shield will be the runners-up from the Premier League. It is traditionally played at Wembley Stadium, although in some seasons the game has been played in Cardiff and Leicester. The fixture exists in other countries as a Super Cup of some sort, and also in European competition as the European Super Cup (a match between the Champions League winners and the Europa League winners).
In the Premier League era only 8 teams have won the Community/Charity Shield and gone on to win the league that season.
The Championship (English 2nd tier) Playoff Final is often referred to as ‘the richest game in football’. It is a one-off game at Wembley Stadium between the two semi-final winners, to see who gets the final promotion spot to the following seasons Premier League. The top two teams are automatically promoted, with the following four teams facing each other in two-legged home and away semi-finals, and the winners playing off at Wembley in the final.
The winners of the 2024-25 Championship Playoff Final, Sunderland, were expected to make a minimum of £200 million in extra income after their victory over Sheffield United. This includes access to the massive broadcast deal, commercial fees, merit payments, and potential parachute payments should they get relegated back to the Championship. It also includes a share of the around £2 million gate receipts from the final at Wembley.