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
| class="wikitable"
! Country ! Stadium ! align="right" | Capacity |
| England
| align="right" | 10,127 |
| Northern Ireland
| align="right" | 5,200 |
| Northern Ireland
| align="right" | 5,000 |
| Scotland
| align="right" | 8,006 |
| Scotland
| align="right" | 11,200 |
| Wales
| align="right" | 3,700 |
Final table
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| width=175|Teams
!width=20|GP !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SCO}} |3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5| | ||
| 1 | 4 | ||||||
| style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|WAL}} |3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3| | ||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||
| style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NIR}} |3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9| | ||
| 7 | 1 |
Matches and Results
{{football box
|date=3 October 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|NIR}}
|score= 0 – 6
|team2={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|report=[http://www.thefa.com/England/U16s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/10/U16vNI_Ballymena.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2= Afobe {{goal|7}} {{goal|57}}
Ben Oliver {{goal|42}} (og)
Barkley {{goal|53}}
Jake Fowler {{goal|74}}
Morrison {{goal|80}}
|stadium=Ballymena Showgrounds, Northern Ireland}}
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{{football box
|date=17 October 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score= 2 – 1
|team2={{fb-rt|WAL}}
|report=[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news.cfm?newsid=4316 Report]
|goals1= David Smith {{goal|21}}
Fraser Fyvie {{goal|80}}
|goals2= Aaron Holloway {{goal|55}}
|stadium=Broadwood Stadium, Scotland}}
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{{football box
|date=31 October 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|WAL}}
|score= 0 – 1
|team2={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|report=[http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder16s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/U16vWales_match_report.aspx Report]
|goals1=
|goals2= Afobe {{goal}}
|stadium=Stebonheath Park, Wales}}
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{{football box
|date=7 November 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score= 2 – 2
|team2={{fb-rt|NIR}}
|report=[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international_fixture_details.cfm?page=108&matchID=78862 Report]
|goals1= Jamie Walker {{goal|59}}
Callum McGregor {{goal|76}}
|goals2= Josh Carson {{goal|66}}
John Edgar {{goal|78}}
|stadium=Dens Park, Scotland}}
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{{football box
|date=21 November 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|NIR}}
|score= 0 – 1
|team2={{fb-rt|WAL}}
|report=[ Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Mourneview Park, Northern Ireland}}
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{{football box
|date=28 November 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score= 2 – 0
|team2={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|report=[http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder16s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/U16vScotland_match_REPORT.aspx Report]
|goals1= Afobe {{goal}}
Wickham {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Sincil Bank, England}}
See also
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081005072130/http://www.sky-victoryshield.com/ Official Victory Shield website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Victory}}
Category:2008–09 in English football
Category:2008–09 in Scottish football
Category:2008–09 in Welsh football
Category:2008–09 in Northern Ireland association football