Victory Shield Explained

The Victory Shield is an annual football tournament competed for by the under-16 teams of Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The Victory Shield had traditionally been competed for by the four Home Nations, but the Football Association withdrew the England team from the tournament "for the foreseeable future" in 2015.^[1] The competition was continued after England's withdrawal, with the Republic of Ireland taking their place.^[2] The competition was competed by under-15 teams until 2001, when switching to under-16 to fall in line with UEFA competitions.^[3]

List of previous winners

Pre-War

Incomplete

• 1925 –

Post-War

1940s

• 1946–47
• 1947–48
• 1948–49
• 1949–50

1950s

• 1950–51, & – joint champions
• 1951–52
• 1952–53
• 1953–54
• 1954–55
• 1955–56
• 1956–57
• 1957–58
• 1958–59
• 1959–60

1960s

• 1960–61
• 1961–62
• 1962–63
• 1963–64
• 1964–65
• 1965–66
• 1966–67
• 1967–68 & – joint champions
• 1968–69
• 1969–70

1970s

• 1970–71
• 1971–72
• 1972–73
• 1973–74
• 1974–75
• 1975–76
• 1976–77
• 1977–78 & – joint champions
• 1978–79
• 1979–80 & – joint champions

1980s

• 1980–81 & – joint champions
• 1981–82
• 1982–83 & – joint champions
• 1983–84
• 1984–85
• 1985–86 & – joint champions
• 1986–87
• 1987–88
• 1988–89
• 1989–90

1990s

• 1990–91, & – joint champions
• 1991–92
• 1992–93
• 1993–94
• 1994–95
• 1995–96
• 1996–97 & – joint champions
• 1997–98
• 1998–99
• 1999–2000

2000s

• 2000–01 ^[4]
• 2001–02
• 2002–03
• 2003–04 & – joint champions
• 2004–05
• 2005–06 & – joint champions

2010s

• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019 & – joint champions

2020s

• 2020 | Not Played
• 2021 & – joint champions
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024

Overall winners since World War II

• – 38 (outright winners)
• – 17 (outright winners)
• – 4 (outright winners)
• – 3 (outright winners)
• – 2 (outright winners)
• and – 8 (shared)
• , and – 2 (shared)
• and – 2 (shared)
• and – 2 (shared)

External links

• Web site: Sky Sports Victory Shield (U16 Boys) - Past Winners. Schools Association Football International Board. 3 March 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: England to withdraw from the Victory Shield. The Football Association. 21 April 2015.
2. Web site: Scotland Under-16 squad confirmed for Victory Shield . Scottish Football Association . 19 October 2015 . 19 October 2015.
3. Web site: Northern Ireland Schoolboys in the Victory Shield . Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats . Jonny Dewart . 22 April 2014 . 23 July 2018.
4. Web site: Northern Ireland win Victory Shield . BBC Sport . BBC . 24 November 2000 . 19 October 2015.