The Queen's Park Shield is a football tournament for Scottish universities and colleges.
History The shield was donated to the Scottish Amateur Football Association by Queen's Park Football Club of Glasgow in 1921. 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. 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.
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 YearWinner1922Aberdeen University1923Aberdeen University1924Glasgow University1925St Andrews University1926St Andrews University1927Glasgow University1928Aberdeen University1929Edinburgh University1930Aberdeen University1931Edinburgh University1932Edinburgh University1933Aberdeen University1934Edinburgh University1935Edinburgh University1936Glasgow University1937Aberdeen University1938Aberdeen University1939Glasgow University1940Glasgow University1941Aberdeen University1942Edinburgh University1943St Andrews University1944Glasgow University1945Glasgow University1946Aberdeen University1947Aberdeen University1948Edinburgh University1949Aberdeen University1950Aberdeen University1951Aberdeen University1952Glasgow University1953Edinburgh University1954Glasgow University1955Aberdeen University1956Glasgow University1957Aberdeen University1958Edinburgh University1959Edinburgh University1960Glasgow University1961Glasgow University1962Edinburgh University1963Aberdeen University1964Glasgow University1965Glasgow University1966Aberdeen University1967Edinburgh University1968Glasgow University1969Aberdeen University1970Aberdeen University1971Glasgow University1972Glasgow University1973Glasgow University / Heriot-Watt University1974Edinburgh University1975Edinburgh University1976Edinburgh University1977Edinburgh University1978Edinburgh University1979Edinburgh University1980Edinburgh University1981Edinburgh University1982Stirling University1983Stirling University1984Dundee University / Stirling University1985Stirling University1986Strathclyde University1987Dundee University1988Aberdeen University1989Stirling University1990Edinburgh University1991Glasgow University1992Edinburgh University1993Heriot-Watt University1994Edinburgh University1995Edinburgh Napier University1996Edinburgh University1997Edinburgh Napier University1998Strathclyde University1999Edinburgh University2000Edinburgh University2001Stirling University2002Stirling University2003Stirling University2004Heriot-Watt University2005Heriot-Watt University2006Heriot-Watt University2007Heriot-Watt University2008Heriot-Watt University2009Stirling University2010Stirling University2011Edinburgh University2012Stirling University2013Stirling University2014Stirling University2015Edinburgh University2016Strathclyde University2017Stirling University2018St Andrews University 2019Edinburgh College2020Not completed2021No competition2022Heriot-Watt University2023University of Stirling2024Heriot-Watt University2025University of Stirling2026Heriot-Watt University
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