The Victory Shield is an annual football

Football (soccer)

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 tournament competed for by the under-16 teams of England

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

, Scotland

Scottish Football Association

The Scottish Football Association is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations...

, Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association

The Irish Football Association is the organising body for association football in Northern Ireland, and was historically the governing body for Ireland...

 and Wales

Football Association of Wales

The Football Association of Wales is the governing body of association football in Wales. It is a member of FIFA, UEFA and the IFAB.Established in 1876 , it is the third-oldest national association in the world, and is one of the four associations The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is the...

. The competition is broadcast live in the UK by Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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 who also sponsor the competition. It is sometimes referred to as the Sky Sports Victory Shield.

List of previous winners

• 1925 –
• 1949 –
• 1951 – and – joint champions

1990s

• 1990 – , and – joint champions
• 1991 –
• 1992 –
• 1993 –
• 1994 –
• 1995 –
• 1996 – and – joint champions
• 1997 –
• 1998 –
• 1999 –

2000s

• 2000 –
• 2001 –
• 2002 –
• 2003 – and – joint champions
• 2004 –
• 2005
  2005 Victory Shield
  The Victory Shield 2005 was the 60th edition of the Victory Shield, an annual football tournament competed for by the Under 16 level teams of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It was held from 6 October to 25 November 2006 and was shared by England and Wales.-Venues:-Final...
  
   – and – joint champions
• 2006 –
• 2007 –
• 2008
  2008 Victory Shield
  The Victory Shield 2008 is the 63rd edition of the Victory Shield, an annual football tournament that began in 1925 and is competed for by the Under 16 level teams of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It was held from 3 October to 29 November 2008 and won by England.-Venues:-Final...
  
   –
• 2009
  2009 Victory Shield
  The Victory Shield 2009 is the 64th edition of the Victory Shield, an annual football tournament that began in 1925 and is competed for by the Under 16 level teams of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It was held from 1 October to 26 November 2009 and was won by England for the 9th...
  
   –
• 2010 –
• 2011 –

Overall winners since World War II

– 34 (outright winners) – 16 (outright winners) – 1 (outright winners) – 1 (outright winners) and – 8 (shared), and – 2 (shared) and – 2 (shared)

Notable players who have played in the competition

 England

• Peter Shilton
  Peter Shilton
  Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....
  
  
• Stanley Matthews
  Stanley Matthews
  Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...
  
  
• Duncan Edwards
  Duncan Edwards
  Duncan Edwards was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid 1950s, and one of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster.Born in Dudley,...
  
  
• Bobby Charlton
  Bobby Charlton
  Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE is an English former professional football player, a member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d'Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966...
  
  
• Nobby Stiles
  Nobby Stiles
  Norbert "Nobby" Peter Stiles MBE is a retired English footballer. He was born in Collyhurst, Manchester.Stiles played for England for five years, winning 28 caps and scoring 1 goal. He played every minute of England's victorious 1966 FIFA World Cup campaign...
  
  
• Trevor Brooking
  Trevor Brooking
  Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator.Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels....
  
  
• Andy Cole
  Andy Cole
  Andrew Alexander Cole is a retired English footballer. He is most well known by the name Andy Cole , but in 2000, he reputedly asked to be known as Andrew Cole...
  
  
• Jamie Redknapp
  Jamie Redknapp
  Jamie Frank Redknapp is a retired English footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is now a football pundit with Sky Sports, and an editorial columnist with the Daily Mail....
  
  
• Michael Owen
  Michael Owen
  Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
  
  
• Jermain Defoe
  Jermain Defoe
  Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
  
  
• Wayne Rooney
  Wayne Rooney
  Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...
  
  
• Ray Wilson
• Joe Cole
  Joe Cole
  Joseph John "Joe" Cole is an English footballer who plays for Lille, on loan from Liverpool, and the England national football team as midfielder. He started his career with where he played more than 100 games during five years, until he left for Chelsea in 2003...
  
  
• Nicky Barmby
• Glen Johnson
• Wes Brown
  Wes Brown
  Wesley Michael "Wes" Brown is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Sunderland. Before joining Sunderland, Brown had spent his entire career at Old Trafford, having joined the Manchester United youth team in 1996...
  
  
• Ryan Wilson
  Ryan Giggs
  Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...
  
  
• Aaron Lennon
  Aaron Lennon
  Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
  
  
• Jack Rodwell
  Jack Rodwell
  Jack Christian Rodwell is an English footballer who plays for Everton as a midfielder. Rodwell has represented his country at all levels from Under-16 to the senior team.- Club career :...
  
  
• Jack Wilshere
  Jack Wilshere
  Jack Andrew Garry Wilshere is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arsenal and the England national team....
  
  

 Northern Ireland

• Harry Gregg
  Harry Gregg
  Henry "Harry" Gregg, MBE is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.He played 25 times for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper and played for Manchester United during the reign of Sir Matt Busby with a total of 210 appearances.-Playing career:Gregg started his career with...
  
  
• Norman Whiteside
  Norman Whiteside
  Norman Whiteside is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played in two World Cups.He appeared for Manchester United and Everton, before his career was ended by injury at the age of 26. He won the FA Cup twice during his time playing for Manchester United, in 1983 and 1985...
  
  
• Keith Gillespie
  Keith Gillespie
  Keith Robert Gillespie is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays in midfield for Longford Town....
  
  
• Alan McDonald
• Alan Kernaghan
  Alan Kernaghan
  Alan Kernaghan is an Irish former footballer. Since retiring he has become a coach and manager. Since January 2007 he has been a youth coach at Rangers....
  
  
• Steve Lomas
  Steve Lomas
  Stephen "Steve" Lomas is the football manager of St Johnstone and a former Northern Ireland international player. He played for Manchester City, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Gillingham, finishing his playing career at United Counties Football League Premier Division club St Neots Town...
  
  
• Michael Hughes
• David McCreery
  David McCreery
  David McCreery is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Newcastle United....
  
  
• Jimmy Nicholl
  Jimmy Nicholl
  James Michael "Jimmy" Nicholl is a Canadian-born former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Manchester United.He was mainly a right-back but could also play in other defensive roles...
  
  
• Steve Morrow
  Steve Morrow
  Stephen Joseph "Steve" Morrow is a Northern Irish former football player. He is currently International Partnerships Performance Supervisor at Arsenal Football Club, where he also played for much of the 1990s.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Aaron Hughes
  Aaron Hughes
  Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Fulham. Hughes is able to play centre back, right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is usually deployed in a centre half position for his club and country, and is the current Northern Ireland captain...
  
  
• Damien Johnson
  Damien Johnson
  Damien Michael Johnson is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Plymouth Argyle, but as of 19 July 2011 he is on loan at Huddersfield Town for a second consecutive season....
  
  
• Steven Davis
  Steven Davis
  Steven Davis is a Northern Irish association footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team...
  
  

 Scotland

• Bryan Gunn
  Bryan Gunn
  Bryan James Gunn is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. After learning his trade with Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, the club with which he came to be most closely associated...
  
  
• Christian Dailly
  Christian Dailly
  Christian Eduard Dailly is a Scottish professional footballer who is without a club having last played for Championship side Portsmouth. He is a versatile player, often seen in defence or defensive midfield, but has played in most outfield positions during his career. Dailly is Scotland's...
  
  
• Kenny Dalglish
  Kenny Dalglish
  Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
  
  
• George Graham
  George Graham (footballer)
  George Graham is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success at Arsenal, as a player in the 1970s and then as manager from 1986 until 1995.-Early life:...
  
  
• Billy Bremner
  Billy Bremner
  William John "Billy" Bremner was a Scottish professional footballer, most noted for his captaincy of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He has since been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and has a statue outside the South East corner of Elland Road...
  
  
• Graeme Souness
  Graeme Souness
  Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...
  
  
• Gordon Strachan
  Gordon Strachan
  Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...
  
  
• Eddie Gray
• Lou Macari
  Lou Macari
  Luigi "Lou" Macari is a Scottish former footballer and football manager of Italian descent.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Peter Lorimer
  Peter Lorimer
  Peter Patrick Lorimer is a former footballer who formed part of the much-admired and feared Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s....
  
  
• Andy Gray
• Paul McStay
  Paul McStay
  Paul Michael Lyons McStay MBE, nicknamed the Maestro , is a former football player who spent his entire career with Scottish team Celtic F.C., making his debut in 1982 and retiring in 1997. He captained both Scotland and Celtic at all age levels...
  
  
• Craig Burley
  Craig Burley
  Craig William Burley is a Scottish former international association football player who played for clubs including Chelsea, Celtic and Derby County...
  
  
• Andy Driver
• Darren Fletcher
  Darren Fletcher
  Darren Barr Fletcher is a Scottish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for English Premier League club Manchester United. He is the current captain of Scottish national team...
  
  
• Fraser Fyvie
  Fraser Fyvie
  Fraser Fyvie is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen.-Early life:...
  
  

 Wales

• Aaron Ramsey
  Aaron Ramsey
  Aaron James Ramsey is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for the premier league club Arsenal and is the captain of the Wales national football team...
  
  
• Eddie Niedzwiecki
  Eddie Niedzwiecki
  Eddie Niedzwiecki is a retired Welsh footballer of Polish origin who played as a goalkeeper for Wrexham and Chelsea.Starting at Wrexham at the age of 14, Niedzwiecki stayed with the club until the summer of 1983, when he was signed for Chelsea by former Wrexham manager, John Neal...
  
  
• John Toshack
  John Toshack
  John Benjamin Toshack OBE is a Welsh former footballer and manager. He is currently the manager of Macedonia. He has also managed several others clubs including Swansea City, who he took from the Fourth Division to the First in four seasons.As a player, he is remembered for being part of the...
  
  
• Leighton James
• Mark Hughes
  Mark Hughes
  Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....
  
  
• Ian Rush
  Ian Rush
  Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...
  
  
• Kevin Ratcliffe
  Kevin Ratcliffe
  Kevin Ratcliffe is a former Welsh footballer who spent most of his career playing for Everton. He was born in Mancot, near Queensferry in North Wales.-Club career:...
  
  
• Brian Flynn
  Brian Flynn
  Brian Flynn, is a Welsh football manager and former Welsh international player.On 13 September 2010 Flynn was confirmed caretaker manager of the Wales national football team after John Toshack stepped down...
  
  
• Clayton Blackmore
  Clayton Blackmore
  Clayton Graham Blackmore is a former Welsh international footballer. He was a combative player known for his attacking free kicks and a utility player who excelled at full back and in central defence but could play equally well in midfield or as an emergency forward.-Career:Blackmore once had...
  
  
• Mark Bowen
• Robbie Savage
  Robbie Savage
  Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...
  
  
• Terry Yorath
  Terry Yorath
  Terence Charles Yorath is a former footballer and has been a manager at both club and international level. He is also the father of television presenter Gabby Logan....
  
  
• Craig Bellamy
  Craig Bellamy
  Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool and the Welsh national team. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy was the captain of the Welsh national side for four years after taking over from Ryan Giggs in 2007, but stood down in January 2011 due to constant injuries...
  
  
• Andy Melville
  Andy Melville
  Andrew Roger Melville is a former Wales international footballer. In the early years of his career, he played in midfield. He was later converted into a central defender....
  
  

External links

• Northern Ireland win Victory Shield