Queen's Park Shield

The Queen's Park Shield is a football tournament for Scottish universities and colleges.

Queen's Park Shield
Founded1921 (1921)
RegionScotland
Number of teams16 (2015–16)
Current championsEdinburgh College
Most successful club(s)Edinburgh University
Television broadcastersSetanta Sports/BBC Alba

History

The shield was donated to the Scottish Amateur Football Association by Queen's Park Football Club of Glasgow in 1921.[1] The Shield was intended to be for competition between teams representing the four Ancient Universities of Scotland – Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews. The inaugural competition was won by Aberdeen University.

The shield itself has a solid silver front with the crests of the four ancient universities surrounding an image of Hampden Park. A figure wearing a Queen's Park strip is on top.[2] This is rare because the image is of Hampden Park before redevelopment.

Since the expansion of university numbers in Scotland, the competition has become in effect the elite cup for university football in Scotland. For a time, until the re-organisation of the British Universities and Colleges Sport leagues, it constituted the top division of university football in Scotland, but has now reverted to a knock-out cup.[3]

In the 2019 Season Edinburgh College made history by becoming the first ever College to win the shield in the 98 years of the competition, defeating the most successful club Edinburgh University 5-4 on Penalties.

Past winners
Year Winner
1922 Aberdeen University
1923 Aberdeen University
1924 Glasgow University
1925 St Andrews University
1926 St Andrews University
1927 Glasgow University
1928 Aberdeen University
1929 Edinburgh University
1930 Aberdeen University
1931 Edinburgh University
1932 Edinburgh University
1933 Aberdeen University
1934 Edinburgh University
1935 Edinburgh University
1936 Glasgow University
1937 Aberdeen University
1938 Aberdeen University
1939 Glasgow University
1940 Glasgow University
1941 Aberdeen University
1942 Edinburgh University
1943 St Andrews University
1944 Glasgow University
1945 Glasgow University
1946 Aberdeen University
1947 Aberdeen University
1948 Edinburgh University
1949 Aberdeen University
1950 Aberdeen University
1951 Aberdeen University
1952 Glasgow University
1953 Edinburgh University
1954 Glasgow University
1955 Aberdeen University
1956 Glasgow University
1957 Aberdeen University
1958 Edinburgh University
1959 Edinburgh University
1960 Glasgow University
1961 Glasgow University
1962 Edinburgh University
1963 Aberdeen University
1964 Glasgow University
1965 Glasgow University
1966 Aberdeen University
1967 Edinburgh University
1968 Glasgow University
1969 Aberdeen University
1970 Aberdeen University
1971 Glasgow University
1972 Glasgow University
1973 Glasgow University/Heriot-Watt University
1974 Edinburgh University
1975 Edinburgh University
1976 Edinburgh University
1977 Edinburgh University
1978 Edinburgh University
1979 Edinburgh University
1980 Edinburgh University
1981 Edinburgh University
1982 Stirling University
1983 Stirling University
1984 Dundee University/Stirling University
1985 Stirling University
1986 Strathclyde University
1987 Dundee University
1988 Aberdeen University
1989 Stirling University
1990 Edinburgh University
1991 Glasgow University
1992 Edinburgh University
1993 Heriot-Watt University
1994 Edinburgh University
1995 Edinburgh Napier University
1996 Edinburgh University
1997 Edinburgh Napier University
1998 Strathclyde University
1999 Edinburgh University
2000 Edinburgh University
2001 Stirling University
2002 Stirling University
2003 Stirling University
2004 Heriot-Watt University
2005 Heriot-Watt University
2006 Heriot-Watt University
2007 Heriot-Watt University
2008 Heriot-Watt University
2009 Stirling University
2010 Stirling University
2011 Edinburgh University
2012 Stirling University
2013 Stirling University
2014 Stirling University
2015 Edinburgh University
2016 Strathclyde University
2017 Stirling University
2018 St Andrews University
2019 Edinburgh College
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References
  1. "Queen's Park Shield". Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. "Background". University of Stirling. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. "Queen's Park Shield" (PDF). Scottish Student Sport. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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