Secretary's Shield Archive

The history from last year back to 1989 may be found here, latest years first.

The Shield is contested by club teams representing the winners of Federation-nominated Leagues in the previous year, i.e. nine in total, plus, from 1995, the previous Shield winner.

From 2003, the Home Team is emphasised. If neither is so marked, the match was played at a neutral ground.


The Secretary's Shield 2011

Preliminary Round
play by 31 May
First Round
play by 19 June
Semi-Final
play by 14 August 2011
Final
play on or before 2 October 2011
Winner
Ryde Letchworth
5-2
Letchworth
4-3
Fylde
5-2
Nottingham
5-2
Letchworth
  Ashby
 
  Shrewsbury Fylde
6-1
 
  Fylde
 
  Huddersfield Reigate
6-1
Nottingham
5-2
 
  Reigate
 
  Bear of Rodborough Nottingham
5-2
 
  Nottingham
 

The Secretary's Shield 2010

Preliminary Round First Round Semi-Final Final Winner
  York Middlesbrough 5-2 Ashby 5-2 Ashby 4-3
Middlesbrough
Canterbury Ashby 6-1
Hunstanton Ashby 5-1
Ashby
  Pendle & Craven Pendle & Craven 4-3 Hamptworth 5-2
Shrewsbury
Cornwall Hamptworth 4-3
Hamptworth

The Secretary's Shield 2009

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Shrewsbury Hamptworth 7-0 Pendle & Craven 6-1 Pendle & Craven 4-3
Hampworth
  Belsay Hall Pendle & Craven 6-1
Pendle & Craven Pendle & Craven 5-2
Huddersfield
Kington Langley Ealing 4-3 Ealing 5-2 Ealing 5-2
Ealing
  Ashby
  Canterbury Canterbury
Colchester

The Secretary's Shield 2008

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Kenilworth Canterbury 4-3 Canterbury 4-3 CANTERBURY 6-1
Canterbury
  Nottingham Nottingham 5-2
Dyffryn Chester 4-3
Chester
Huddersfield Watford 7-0 High Wycombe 4-3 High Wycombe 5-2
Watford (Cassiobury)
  High Wycombe
  Kington Langley
(holders)
Kington Langley 4-3
Belsay Hall

The Secretary's Shield 2007

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Tyneside Tyneside
(count-back after floods)
Kington Langley 4-3 KINGTON LANGLEY 4-3
Huddersfield
Pendle & Craven Kington Langley 5-2
Kington Langley
Dulwich Blewbury 4-3 Hamptworth 4-3 Hamptworth 5-2
Blewbury (holders)
  Hamptworth
  Watford (Cassiobury) Nottingham 4-3
Nottingham

The Secretary's Shield 2006

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Bath Shrewsbury 4-3 Blewbury 4-3 BLEWBURY 4-3
Shrewsbury
  Blewbury Blewbury 5-2
Watford (Cassiobury) Woodhall Spa 7-0
Woodhall Spa (holders)
Canterbury Canterbury 4-2 Canterbury 4-3 Beverley 6-1
Tyneside
  Fylde
  Ashby Beverley 4-3
Beverley

The Secretary's Shield 2005

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Tyneside Tyneside 6-1 Woodhall Spa 4-3 WOODHALL SPA 5-2
Wrest Park
  Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa 4-3
Purley Bury Purley Bury 5-2
Kenilworth
Middlesbrough (holders) Bury 5-2 Bury 6-1 Swindon 4-3
Bury
  York
  Swindon Swindon 4-3
Reading

The Secretary's Shield 2004

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
  Caterham Colchester 5-2 Middlesbrough 4-3 MIDDLESBROUGH 4-3
Colchester
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 6-1 Middlesbrough 4-3
Stourbridge
Nottingham Nottingham 4-3
Nailsea
  Pendle Pendle 5-2 Huddersfield 4-3
Tyneside (holders)
Aldermaston Huddersfield 5-2
Huddersfield

The Secretary's Shield 2003

From 2003, the Home Team is emphasised. If neither is so marked, the match was played at a neutral ground.

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner
York Southport & Birkdale
5-2
Southport & Birkdale
4-3
Bowdon 6-1 TYNESIDE 4-3
Southport
  Shrewsbury
Bowdon (holders) Bowdon 3-2
Basingstoke Colchester 4-1
Colchester
  Swindon Woodhall Spa 4-3 Tyneside 4-3
Woodhall Spa
Reigate Priory Tyneside 5-2
Tyneside

The Secretary's Shield 2002

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Beverley Beverley 4-3 Bowdon 5-2 BOWDON 4-3
Kington Langley (holders)
Bowdon Bowdon 5-2
Middlesbrough
Zenmet Reigate Priory 5-2 Leicester 4-3 East Dorset (Parkstone) 5-2
Reigate Priory
  Leicester
  St Albans East Dorset (Parkstone) 4-3
East Dorset (Parkstone)

The Secretary's Shield 2001

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Reading Kington Langley 4-3 Kington Langley 4-3 KINGTON LANGLEY 4-3
Kington Langley
  St Albans (holders) Ealing 4-3
Ealing Ealing 6-1
Walsall
Nottingham Nottingham 4-3 Nottingham 4-3 Bowdon 4-3
Beverley
  Middlesbrough
  Bowdon Bowdon 6-1
Enfield

The Secretary's Shield 2000

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Beverley Beverley 5-2 Sidmouth 4-3 St ALBANS 7-0
Caterham
Sidmouth Sidmouth 4-3 Sidmouth 4-3
Edgbaston
  Tyneside
  Leicester Leicester 6-1 St Albans 6-1
Winchester Winchester 6-1
Ripon Spa Hotel
(holders)
  Chester St Albans 5-2
St Albans

The Secretary's Shield 1999

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Kingston Maurward Kingston Maurward w/o Middlesbrough w/o RIPON SPA HOTEL 7-0
Medway
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 4-3
Zenmet
  Ripon Spa Hotel Ripion Spa Hotel 4-3 Ripon Spa Hotel 5-2
Bowdon (holders)
  Leicester Walsall 4-3
Walsall Walsall 4-3
Norwich

The Secretary's Shield 1998

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Ripon Spa Hotel Ripon Spa Hotel 4-3 Bowdon 4-3 BOWDON 5-2
Middlesbrough
Bowdon (holders) Bowdon 6-1
Letchworth
Northampton Northampton 4-3 Northampton 4-2
Bristol
Zenmet Zenmet 4-3
Reigate Priory

The Secretary's Shield 1997

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Himley Himley 5-2 Bowdon 6-1 BOWDON 5-1
Northampton
Bury Bowdon 6-1
Bowdon (holders)
Tyneside Tyneside 4-2 Plymouth 6-1
Colworth
Plymouth Plymouth 4-3
Reigate Priory

The Secretary's Shield 1996

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Caterham Caterham 4-3 Northampton 6-1 Northampton 6-1 BOWDON 4-3
Winchester
  Northampton
  Walsall Walsall 4-3
Dyffryn (holders)
  Letchworth Letchworth 5-2 Bowdon 5-2
Tyneside
  Bear of Rodborough Bowdon 6-1
Bowdon Bowdon 6-1
York

The Secretary's Shield 1995

This year, for the first time, the previous year's winner was entitled to enter the competition, even if not the regional representative by right.

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Dyffryn Dyffryn 5-2 Dyffryn 5-2 DYFFRYN 4-3
Solihull
  High Wycombe Tyneside 6-1
Tyneside Tyneside 4-3
Pendle
Leicester York 4-3 York
(score not recorded)
Wrest Park 4-3
York
  Northampton (holders)
  Wrest Park Wrest Park 6-1
Harrow Oak

The Secretary's Shield 1994

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Northampton Northampton 6-1 Northampton 4-3 Northampton 5-2 NORTHAMPTON 4-3
Bowdon
  Tyneside
  Letchworth Letchworth w/o
East Riding
  Swindon Swindon 5-2 Bury 6-1
Basingstoke
Bury (holders) Bury 7-0
Ramsgate

The Secretary's Shield 1993

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Bury Bury 5-2 Bury 4-3 BURY 4-3
Harrogate
Leicester Leicester 4-3
Letchworth
  Bristol Bristol 5-2 Tyneside 5-2
Basingstoke and High Wycombe
  Edgbaston Tyneside w/o
Tyneside Tyneside 7-0
Harrow Oak

The Secretary's Shield 1992

First Round Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Pendle Pendle 4-3 Leicester 4-3 Leicester 5-2 LEICESTER
(score not recorded)
Tyneside
  Leicester
  Vine Road Vine Road 4-3
Edgbaston
  High Wycombe High Wycombe 5-2 Cheltenham
(score not recorded)
Letchworth
Cheltenham Cheltenham 6-1
York

The Secretary's Shield 1991

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Bowdon (holders) Bowdon 5-2 Leicester 4-3 IPSWICH 5-2
Dyffryn
Leicester Leicester 5-2
Edgbaston
Ipswich Ipswich 7-0 Ipswich w/o
High Wycombe
Ormesby Hall Ormesby Hall 4-3
Vine Road

The Secretary's Shield 1990

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
Edgbaston (holders) Edgbaston 5-2 Vine Road 4-3 BOWDON 4-3
Reading
Vine Road Vine Road 4-3
East Dorset (Parkstone)
Bowdon Bowdon 4-2 Bowdon 4-3
Tyneside
Leicester Leicester 5-2
Colchester

The Secretary's Shield 1989

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Winner
  Edgbaston Edgbaston
(score not recorded)
EDGBASTON 4-1
Havering
  Reading Reading 4-3
Nailsea Pendle 4-3
Pendle

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