Queen's Park Shield
{{short description|Scottish football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1921|df=yes}}
| abolished =
| region = Scotland
| number of teams = 16 (2019–20)
| current champions = Heriot Watt University
| most titles =
| most successful club = Edinburgh University
| most successful team =
| broadcasters = Setanta Sports/BBC Alba
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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.{{cite web | url=http://www.queensparkfc.co.uk/?page_id=6153 | title=Queen's Park Shield | publisher=Queen's Park Football Club | access-date=14 March 2015}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.stir.ac.uk/footballclub/about-us/ | title=Background | publisher=University of Stirling | access-date=14 March 2015}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishstudentsport.com/assets/football/qps_fixtures.pdf | title=Queen's Park Shield | publisher=Scottish Student Sport | date=6 March 2015 | access-date=14 March 2015}}
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. {{Cite web|date=2019-04-05|title=Edinburgh College makes history in Queen’s Park Shield Final|url=http://news.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/edinburgh-college-makes-history-in-queens-park-shield-final/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Edinburgh College}}
Past winners
| border="1" class="wikitable"
!Year !Winner |
| 1922 |
| 1923
|Aberdeen University |
| 1924 |
| 1925 |
| 1926
|St Andrews University |
| 1927
|Glasgow University |
| 1928
|Aberdeen University |
| 1929 |
| 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 |
| 1985
|Stirling University |
| 1986 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2020
|Not completed |
| 2021
|No competition |
| 2022
|Heriot-Watt University |
| 2023
|University of Stirling |
| 2024
|Heriot-Watt University |