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Northern Ireland in the Victory Shield (1961-1980)

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1947-1960 - 1961-1980 - 1981-2000 - 2001-2020 -

1960/61
(Winners: Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
2
-
3
SCO
Scotland
3
3
0
0
11
4
6
ENG
8
-
1
WAL
England
3
2
0
1
13
5
4
NIR
1
-
3
ENG
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
5
8
2
NIR
3
-
1
WAL
Wales
3
0
0
3
3
15
0
SCO
4
-
1
NIR
SCO
4
-
1
WAL

1961/62
(Winners: Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
3
-
0
NIR
Scotland
3
3
0
0
13
5
6
ENG
4
-
0
WAL
England
3
2
0
1
10
4
4
NIR
1
-
5
SCO
Wales
3
1
0
2
5
10
2
SCO
4
-
3
ENG
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
3
12
0
WAL
4
-
2
NIR
WAL
1
-
4
SCO
NIR Squad: J. Mellon (Belfast), E.W. Vernard (Portadown), R.N. White (Belfast), R. Taylor (Belfast), T. McDonald (Belfast), R.J. Napier (Lurgan), D. Larkin (Belfast), M. McClelland (Coleraine), J. Doherty (Colraine), K. Campbell (Ballymena), J. Barr (Ballymena), H. Anderson (Belfast), C. Broad (Carrickfergus), W. Metcalf (Portadown), J. Dobbin (Larne), M. Drury (Bangor), S. Hutchinson (Belfast)

1962/63
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
1
-
0
SCO
England
3
3
0
0
7
1
6
NIR
1
-
4
ENG
Wales
3
1
1
1
5
4
3
NIR
0
-
3
WAL
Scotland
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
SCO
1
-
0
NIR
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
1
8
0
SCO
2
-
2
WAL
WAL
0
-
2
ENG

1963/64
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
9
-
1
NIR
England
3
3
0
0
18
3
6
ENG
5
-
0
WAL
Scotland
3
2
0
1
9
5
4
NIR
0
-
5
SCO
Wales
3
1
0
2
4
8
2
SCO
2
-
4
ENG
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
2
17
0
WAL
3
-
1
NIR
WAL
1
-
2
SCO
NIR Squad: David Miskelly (Newtownards), Kenneth Graham (Carrickfergus), John Cowan (Belfast), Francis Rea (Belfast), Norman Diffin (Belfast), Alan Gault (Belfast), William Thompson (Lisburn), George Armstrong (Belfast), Archie Service (Ballymena), Derek McAleese (Newtownards), Seamus Trainor (Ballymena), Raymond Lockhart (Lisburn), Francis Leonard (Newtownards), William Currie (Belfast), S. Nelson (Belfast), W. Neville (Armagh), B. Parkhill (Belfast)

1964/65
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
3
-
1
SCO
England
3
3
0
0
8
2
6
NIR
1
-
3
ENG
Scotland
3
2
0
1
11
6
4
NIR
3
-
0
WAL
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
6
8
2
SCO
5
-
2
NIR
Wales
3
0
0
3
1
10
0
SCO
5
-
1
WAL
WAL
0
-
2
ENG

1965/66
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
2
-
0
NIR
England
4
3
1
0
6
2
7
ENG
3
-
1
WAL
Scotland
3
1
2
0
8
7
4
NIR
3
-
4
SCO
Wales
3
1
1
1
8
7
3
SCO
1
-
1
ENG
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
4
10
0
WAL
4
-
1
NIR
WAL
3
-
3
SCO
NIR Squad: C.E. McManus (Coleraine), J. McCord (Lisnasharragh, Belfast), R.J. Todd (Ballymena), F. McCloughlin (Kelvin, Belfast), T. Gorman (Orangefield, Belfast), J.H. Brown (Ballygomartin, Belfast), J.D. McDowell (Lisburn), M.L. Reid (Coleraine), R.L. Leslie (Portadown), R. Smith (Mid Ulster), W.J. Service (Ballymena), G.B. Brown (Boys Model, Belfast), R. Clarke (Larne), J.B. Kane (Orangefield, Belfast), J. Lavery (Belfast), D.E. Rouse (Strabane), J. Hall (Orangefield, Belfast)


1966/67
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
3
-
0
SCO
England
3
3
0
0
13
5
6
NIR
2
-
3
ENG
Scotland
3
2
0
1
4
5
4
NIR
0
-
3
WAL
Wales
3
1
0
2
6
8
2
SCO
3
-
2
NIR
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
4
9
0
SCO
1
-
0
WAL
WAL
3
-
7
ENG

1967/68
(Winners: England & Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
3
-
2
NIR
England
3
2
0
1
5
4
4
ENG
2
-
1
WAL
Scotland
3
2
0
1
4
3
4
NIR
3
-
1
SCO
Wales
3
1
0
2
4
4
2
SCO
1
-
0
ENG
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
5
7
2
WAL
3
-
0
NIR
WAL
0
-
2
SCO


NIR Squad: W. O'Hara (Ballymena Secondary), A. Frazer (Dromore Secondary), F. Henry (St Joseph's Secondary), G. Gibbons (Orangefield), T. McDowell (Fane Street Secondary), J. Raymond (Orangefield), G. Foster (Movilla Secondary), R. McShane (Lurgan Boys' Secondary), D. Campbell (Movilla Secondary), D. McCabe (Clounagh Secondary), K. Blair (Portadown Tech), R. Addis (Lisnagarvey), A. Lennox (Ballymena Tech), R. Davies (Ballygomartin Secondary)

1968/69
(Winners: Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
0
-
2
SCO
Scotland
3
3
0
0
10
2
6
NIR
2
-
2
ENG
N.Ireland
3
1
1
1
5
8
3
NIR
2
-
1
WAL
Wales
3
1
0
2
4
6
2
SCO
5
-
1
NIR
England
3
0
1
2
3
6
1
SCO
3
-
1
WAL
WAL
2
-
1
ENG

1969/70
(Winners: Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
4
-
0
NIR
Scotland
3
3
0
0
7
1
6
ENG
4
-
0
WAL
England
3
2
0
1
8
2
4
NIR
1
-
2
SCO
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
3
7
2
SCO
2
-
0
ENG
Wales
3
3
0
0
1
9
6
WAL
1
-
2
NIR
WAL
0
-
3
SCO

1970/71
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
3
-
1
SCO
England
3
2
0
1
8
3
4
NIR
0
-
0
WAL
N.Ireland
3
1
1
1
3
2
3
SCO
2
-
1
NIR
Scotland
3
1
1
1
4
5
3
SCO
1
-
1
WAL
Wales
3
0
2
1
1
6
2
WAL
0
-
5
ENG
NIR
2
-
0
ENG

NIR Squad: George Dunlop (Orangefield), Eric Mulholland (Model), Glenn Aiken (RBAI), Trevor Todd (Maghera), Ray Welsh (Ashfield), Drew Coyles (Ballymoney Tech), Sam Wright (Somerdale), Bill Kennedy (Belfast High), Andy Thompson (Lisnasharragh), Paul Calvert (Portadown College), Terry Sinclair (Glastry), Charles Nixon (Kelvin), Gary McCausland (RBAI), Andy Dougan (Somerdale), Leonard McCall (St Patrick's, Ballymena)
Manager: K. Dowd

1971/72
(Winners: Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
1
-
1
NIR
Scotland
3
2
1
0
5
3
5
ENG
6
-
1
WAL
England
3
1
2
0
8
3
4
SCO
2
-
1
NIR
N.Ireland
3
1
1
1
5
3
3
WAL
0
-
3
NIR
Wales
3
0
0
3
2
11
0
WAL
1
-
2
SCO
SCO
1
-
1
ENG

NIR Squad: Stephen Walker (Fane Street Secondary), Lindsay McKeown (Fane Street Secondary), Paul Turkington (Lurgan Junior High), James Nicholl (Rathcoole Secondary), George Bailey (Somerdale Secondary), Jim McIlwayne (Carrickfergus Secondary), Kieran Patterson (St Patrick's, Ballymena), Noel Brotherston (Newtownards Tech), Robert Campbell (Hopefield Secondary), Robin Clarke (Antrim Secondary), Mervyn Houston (Ballymena Secondary), George Sproule (Kelvin Secondary), John Nelson (Lisnasharragh Secondary), Robert McKnight (Hopefield Secondary), Sean O'Kane (St Coleman;s, Strabane)

1972/73
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
2
-
0
SCO
England
3
3
0
0
10
0
6
ENG
4
-
0
NIR
Scotland
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
NIR
1
-
0
WAL
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
2
6
2
SCO
2
-
1
NIR
Wales
3
0
1
2
0
5
1
SCO
0
-
0
WAL
WAL
0
-
4
ENG

1973/74
(Winners: Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
7
-
0
NIR
Scotland
3
2
1
0
9
5
5
ENG
2
-
1
WAL
England
3
2
0
1
10
5
4
SCO
4
-
1
ENG
Wales
3
1
1
1
4
4
3
SCO
3
-
2
NIR
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
2
11
0
WAL
1
-
0
NIR
WAL
2
-
2
SCO

1974/75
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
NIR
0
-
1
ENG
England
3
3
0
0
6
1
6
NIR
0
-
4
WAL
Wales
3
2
0
1
7
5
4
ENG
1
-
0
SCO
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
3
7
2
SCO
2
-
3
NIR
Scotland
3
0
0
3
3
6
0
SCO
1
-
2
WAL
WAL
1
-
4
ENG

NIR Squad: Ernest Boyd (Annadale Grammar), Thomas Beck (Lisnagarvey Secondary), Alan Harrison (Ashfield Secondary), Alan Jennings (Newtownbreda Secondary), David Carson (Scrabo Secondary), Mervyn Morrow (Dunmurry Secondary), Gary Cully (Dunlambert Secondary), Gerard Clarke (St Thomas' Secondary), William Spence (Somerdale Secondary), Paul Le Strange (St Paul's Secondary), Stuart Patterson (Newtownbreda Secondary), Alan Quinn (Lurgan Boys High), Edward Houston (Greenisland Secondary), Michael Haddock (Boys' Model), Kevin McKinley (St Patrick's Christian Bros, Belfast)

1975/76
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
WAL
2
-
2
SCO
England
3
2
1
0
9
2
5
ENG
5
-
0
NIR
Wales
3
1
2
0
5
3
4
ENG
1
-
1
WAL
Scotland
3
1
1
1
7
6
3
WAL
2
-
0
NIR
N.Ireland
3
0
0
3
1
11
0
SCO
4
-
1
NIR
SCO
1
-
3
ENG

NIR Squad: Gary Anderson (Hopefield Secondary), Desmond Milne (Belfast), Ronnie McCreedy (Ashfield Secondary), Alan Currie (Dundonald High), Kenneth Lyttle (Craigavon), Raymond Crooks (Cookstown), Eddie Houston (Larne), Mark Cochrane (Belfast), Colin Falloon (Belfast), Stephen Donald (Carrickfergus), Terence Beattie (Bangor), Gary McCartney (Dundonald), Stephen Todd (Larne), Kenneth Aubrey (Lurgan), David McVicker (Belfast)

1976/77
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
4
-
1
NIR
England
3
2
1
0
5
1
5
NIR
2
-
0
WAL
Wales
3
1
1
1
1
2
3
SCO
0
-
1
WAL
Scotland
3
1
0
2
3
3
2
WAL
0
-
0
ENG
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
4
7
2
SCO
3
-
1
NIR
ENG
1
-
0
SCO

NIR Squad: David Anderson (Rathcoole Secondary), Denis Stewart (Lisnagarvey Secondary), Stephen Radcliffe (Dundonald High), Trevor Kennedy (Lisnagarvey Secondary), Ian Stewart (RBAI), David Jeffrey (Sullivan Upper Grammar), Geoffrey Lilley (Greenland Secondary), Trevor Thompson (Orangefield Secondary), Gerald Kirkwood (Belfast Model), Ron Manley (Grosvenor High), Roderick McKee (Kilkeel High), Tony Coulter (Lisnagarvey Secondary), Stephen Graham (Hopefield Secondary), Alan McFaul (Sullivan Upper Grammar), Gary Paegals (Bangor Grammar)

1977/78
(Winners: England & Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
2
-
1
NIR
England
3
2
1
0
4
3
5
SCO
1
-
1
ENG
Scotland
3
2
1
0
7
1
5
ENG
1
-
1
WAL
N.Ireland
3
1
0
2
3
5
2
SCO
3
-
0
NIR
Wales
3
0
1
2
1
6
1
WAL
0
-
2
NIR
WAL
0
-
3
SCO

NIR Squad: Gary Matthewson (St Columb's College, Derry), Richard Adair (Sullivan Upper), George Pollock (Gransha Boys Secondary, Bangor), Paul Ramsey (St Peter's Secondary, Derry), Simon Fullerton capt (Lisnasharragh Secondary), David Jeffrey (Sullivan Upper), Gary Scullion (Lismore Comp), Kel McDermott (Boys' Model), Jim McFerran (Gransha Boys), Alan McFall (Sullivan Upper), Garnett Cromie (Grosvenor High), Anthony McCall (St Patrick's Secondary, Ballymena), Damien Curran (St Columb's College, Derry), Liam McNeill (St Malachy's College, Belfast), Colin McIlmail (Ashfield Boys' Secondary), Paul Toland (Lurgan Boys' High), Nigel Montgomery (Larkfield Secondary, Dumurry), Ivan Forsythe (Lisnagarvey Secondary)
Manager: Ian Russell; Trainer: David Cairns


1978/79
(Winners: England)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
0
-
0
NIR
England
3
1
2
0
3
2
4
ENG
1
-
1
SCO
N.Ireland
3
1
1
1
4
1
3
NIR
4
-
0
WAL
Scotland
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
SCO
1
-
0
NIR
Wales
3
1
0
2
2
6
2
SCO
0
-
1
WAL
WAL
1
-
2
ENG


NIR Squad: Tom Mullen (Dundonald High), Dean Smyth (Carrick Grammar), David Beattie (Orangefield), Paul Murin (De La Salle  Secondary, Downpatrick), David Patterson (Lurgan College), Alan McDonald (Rathcoole Secondary), David Smyth capt (St Louis Grammar, Ballymena), Anthony Murtagh (Lismore Comp), Sammy Troughton (Lisnagarvey Secondary), Garnett Cromie (Grosvenor High), Norman Whiteside (Cairnmartin Secondary), Colin Leighton (Rathcoole Secondary), Michael Fegan (Gransha Boys High), Tom Houston (Randalstown Secondary), John Magown (Larkfield Secondary), Norman Hayes (Ashfield Secondary), Desmond Liddy (St Columb's, Londonderry)
Manager: Ian Russell; Coach: Bob Nesbitt; Trainer: David Cairns


1979/80
(Winners: England & Scotland)
Teams
Pl
W
D
L
F
A
Pt
ENG
4
-
2
NIR
England
3
2
0
1
7
4
4
ENG
2
-
0
WAL
Scotland
2
2
0
0
5
2
4
NIR
C
-
C
SCO
Wales
3
1
0
2
2
5
2
SCO
2
-
1
ENG
N.Ireland
2
0
0
2
2
5
0
WAL
1
-
0
NIR
WAL
1
-
3
SCO
NIR Squad: Stephen Morris (Lisnagarvey High), Dean Smyth (Carrick Grammar), Jackie Evans (Rathcoole Secondary), Martin Crossey (Rathmore Grammar), Brian McVeigh (Orangefield Secondary), Ronald Marks (Cookstown High), Stephen Devine (St Josephs Secondary, Derry), John McDaid (St Patrick's Grammar), Jackie Thompson (Lisnagarvey High), William McIlroy (Boys' Model), Norman Whiteside (Cairnmartin Secondary), Patrick Lundy (Abbey Grammar), Thomas Burke (St Peter's Secondary), Derek Mairs (Kelvin Secondary), Stephen Fettis (Hopefield Secondary), Brendan O'Neill (St Patrick's High), Gary Mills (Orangefield Secondary), Anthony McCloy (St Colmcilles Voluntary), Anthony Frazer (Gransha Boys)
Manager: David Cairns; Coach: Bob Nesbitt; Trainer: Fred Robinson

(courtesy of Brian McVeigh)

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