Paul Shield

Page created: 19 October 2023

Updated: 21 October 2023

Senior Border trophy awarded between 1896 and 1953.

The Paul Shield trophy was originally awarded to the winners of the Border League of 1896-1898 and Border Senior League from 1902-1923. In 1923-24 it was to be played on a knock-out basis but the competition was abandoned and the trophy was awarded to the winners of the East of Scotland League. Thereafter it was competed for as a, mainly incomplete, knock-out competition. It was subsequently awarded in the 1940s and 1950s to the top Border club in the East of Scotland League.

Winners
Border League champions 1896-97 Selkirk 1897-98 Selkirk KO competition winners 1898-99 Peebles 1899-00 Peebles 1900-01 Duns 1901-02 Selkirk	Border Senior League champions 1902-03 Selkirk 1903-04 Vale of Leithen 1904-05 Selkirk 1905-06 Gala Hailes Villa 1906-07 unfinished 1907-08 Vale of Leithen 1908-09 Berwick Rangers 1909-10 Selkirk 1910-11 Vale of Leithen 1911-12 Selkirk 1912-13 Selkirk 1913-1919 no competition 1919-20 Coldstream 1920-21 1921-22 Vale of Leithen 1922-23 Coldstream	East of Scotland League champions 1923-24 Coldstream KO competition winners 1924-25 Civil Service Strollers 1925-26 Coldstream 1926-27 Coldstream 1927-28 unfinished 1928-1930 no competition 1930-31 unfinished 1931-32 no competition 1932-33 unfinished 1933-34 unfinished EOSL winners 1949-50 Gala Fairydean 1950-51 Peebles Rovers 1951-52 Duns 1952-53 Peebles Rovers

Knock-out competition results

1896-1898 Paul Shield Awarded to the winners of the Border League
1898-99 Paul Shield First round 3 Dec Peebles v Kelso 4-3 3 Dec Selkirk v Gala Fairydean Rovers 6-0 3 Dec Duns v Vale of Leithen 3-3 7 Jan Vale of Leithen v Duns 2-0 Newcastleton v Walkerburn Thistle wo-scr Semi-final 17 Dec Newcastleton v Selkirk 14 Jan Peebles v Vale of Leithen 2-1 Final at Caddon Park, Innerleithen 25 Feb Peebles v Newcastleton 3-1	1899-1900 Paul Shield First round 7 Oct Duns v Walkerburn Thistle 1-2 21 Oct Selkirk v Vale of Leithen 1-2 7 Oct Kelso v Gala Fairydean Rovers 3-2 Peebles bye Semi-final 11 Nov Peebles v Vale of Leithen 5-3 21 Oct Walkerburn Thistle v Kelso 3-2 Final at Caddon Park, Innerleithen 9 Dec Peebles v Walkerburn Thistle 4-2
1900-01 Paul Shield First round 6 Oct Duns v Walkerburn Thistle Rest byes Semi-final 20 Oct Vale of Leithen v Selkirk 4-1 20 Oct Kelso v Duns 1-3 Final at Bennet’s Park, Kelso 17 Nov Duns v Vale of Leithen 3-3 23 Mar Duns v Vale of Leithen 4-3	1901-02 Paul Shield First round 12 Oct Duns v Vale of Leithen 3-0 Semi-final 26 Oct Duns v Kelso 3-2 2 Nov Hawick v Selkirk 0-3 Final at Bennet‘s Park, Kelso 1 Mar Selkirk v Duns WL
1902-1923 Paul Shield Awarded to winners of the Border Senior League	1923-24 Paul Shield First round - 2 legs Selkirk v Berwick Rangers Vale of Leithen v Coldstream Civil Service Strollers v Gala Fairydean Semi-final Civil Service Strollers or Gala Fairydean v Selkirk or Berwick Rangers Vale of Leithen or Coldstream bye Competition abandoned and Coldstream, the winners of the East of Scotland League, were awarded the trophy
1924-25 Paul Shield First round - 2 legs 21 Feb Vale of Leithen v Berwick Rangers 4-1 14 Mar Berwick Rangers v Vale of Leithen 2-1 Selkirk v Coldstream wo-scr Rest byes Semi-final 11 Apr Selkirk v Civil Service Strollers 0-1 Vale of Leithen v Gala Fairydean Final at Whitestone Park, Peebles 27 Apr Civil Service Strollers v Vale of Leithen 2-1	1925-26 Paul Shield First round - 2 legs 30 Jan Coldstream v Hawick United 6-1 13 Feb Hawick United v Coldstream 1-4 20 Mar Civil Service Strollers v Berwick Rangers 2-1 27 Mar Berwick Rangers v Civil Service Strollers 2-0 Gala Fairydean v Selkirk scr-wo Vale of Leithen bye Semi-final 19 Aug 1926 Berwick Rangers v Coldstream 0-1 24 Aug 1926] Vale of Leithen v Selkirk Final [due at Shielfield Park, Berwick] 19 Feb 1927 Coldstream v Vale of Leithen 3-2
1926-27 Paul Shield First round - 2 legs Berwick Rangers v Selkirk 19 Mar Hawick United v Leith Amateurs 3-0 Competition unfinished	1927-28 Paul Shield First round - 2 legs Berwick Rangers v Selkirk Gala Fairydean v Hawick United Rest byes Semi-final Coldstream v Civil Service Strollers Gala Fairydean or Hawick United v Berwick Rangers or Selkirk Competition unfinished
1928-1930 Paul Shield No competition
1930-31 Paul Shield First round 14 Mar Berwick Rangers v Coldstream 5-2 Clerwood v Penicuik Athletic Duns v Jed Artisans Peebles Rovers v Vale of Leithen Selkirk v Gala Fairydean Competition unfinished	1931-32 Paul Shield First round 9 Apr Coldstream v Duns 0-3 12 Mar Peebles Rovers v Gala Fairydean 4-2 23 Apr Chirnside United v Berwick Rangers 20 Apr Penicuik Athletic v Clerwood Amateurs 4-0 Semi-final 2 Apr Peebles Rovers v Vale of Leithen 1-1 30 Apr Vale of Leithen v Peebles Rovers 6-1 Chirnside United or Berwick Rangers v Duns Competition unfinished
1932-33 Paul Shield First round 14 Apr Berwick Rangers v Chirnside United 3-1 Coldstream v Duns Peebles Rovers v Selkirk Penicuik Athletic v Gala Fairydean Vale of Leithen v Clerwood Amateurs Second round Coldstream or Duns v Berwick Rangers Competition unfinished	1933-34 Paul Shield First round 17 Feb Selkirk v Peebles Rovers 2-1 17 Mar Chirnside United v Duns 1-0 Rest byes Second round Selkirk v Gala Fairydean Peebles YMCA v Vale of Leithen Jed Artisans v Berwick Rangers Coldstream v Chirnside United Competition unfinished
1934-1949 Paul Shield No competition	1949-1953 Paul Shield Awarded to the highest placed Border club in the East of Scotland League