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Peter Swales Shield Founded 1972 Region 
England
WalesNumber of teams 67 Current champions Guiseley (1st time) Most successful club Boston United
(3 wins, 1 runner-up)Website Evo-Stik League Website 
2010-11The Peter Swales Shield (previously known as the Northern Premier League Shield) is an annual one-off game organised by the Northern Premier League. It is named in memory of Peter Swales.
The game is currently played between the champions of the NPL Premier Division and the winners of the Chairman's Cup. Prior to the split of Division One into Division One North and Division One South, the match was played between the champions of the Premier Division and the winners of the Challenge Cup. If a team won the league double i.e. both the league and the cup; the 2nd placed team in the Premier Division would take the Shield berth.
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History
The first time the shield was contested was in 1971–72. At this point the Northern Premier League consisted of just one division. As the league was expanded, the competition accepted teams from the new divisions. Boston United are the most successful club with three titles and a runners-up. Accrington Stanley, Altrincham, Boston United, Marine, Runcorn and Wigan Athletic are the clubs which have successfully defended the title. Only one Welsh team has ever won the Challenge Cup: Bangor City in the competition's 1987–88
From 1973–1989 and 1996–2007, the winners of the Challenge Cup qualified for the Peter Swales Shield where they would play the champions of the Premier Division. This practice ended upon the splitting of Division One into two divisions: Division One North and Division One South. Now the winners of the Chairman's Cup qualify instead.
Between 1990–1995, the winners of the President's Cup qualified instead of the Challenge Cup winners.
Finals
Champions vs Challenge Cup
Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue 1972 Wigan Athletic Stafford Rangers 1973 Boston United Northwich Victoria 1974 Wigan Athletic Boston United 1975 Wigan Athletic Runcorn 1976 Boston United Runcorn 1977 Boston United Scarborough 1978 Matlock Town Boston United 1979 Altrincham1 Mossley 1980 Runcorn Mossley 1981 Runcorn Mossley 1982 Bangor City
or Gainsborough TrinityBangor City
or Gainsborough Trinity1983 Burton Albion Gateshead 1984 Barrow[1] South Liverpool 1985 Stafford Rangers Marine 1986 Gateshead Hyde United 1987 Bangor City2 Macclesfield Town 1988 Chorley Goole Town 1989 Mossley Barrow[2] 1990 Leek Town3 Hyde United 1 As Mossley won both the Northern Premier League and the Challenge Cup, Altrincham qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
2 As Macclesfield Town won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents Cup, Bangor City qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
3 Due to Colne Dynamoes folding at the end of the season, Leek Town were selected to contest the shield as champions of Division One.Champions vs President's Cup
Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue 1991 Witton Albion Stalybridge Celtic3 1992 Stalybridge Celtic Morecambe 1993 Southport Winsford United 1994 Marine Guiseley 1995 Marine Lancaster City 3 As Witton Albion won both the Northern Premier League and the Presidents Cup, Stalybridge Celtic qualified as 2nd placed team of the NPL.
Champions vs Challenge Cup
Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue 1996 Hyde United Bamber Bridge 1997 Gainsborough Trinity Leek Town 1998 Altrincham Barrow[3] 1999 Altrincham Stalybridge Celtic 2000 Leigh RMI Lancaster City 2001 Stalybridge Celtic Lancaster City 2002 Accrington Stanley Burton Albion 2003 Accrington Stanley Marine 2004 Droylsden Hucknall Town 2005 Hyde United Matlock Town 2006 Blyth Spartans Farsley Celtic 2007 Burscough Fleetwood Town Champions vs Chairman's Cup
Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue 2008 Fleetwood Town Bradford Park Avenue4 2009 Eastwood Town 2–1 Durham City 2010 Guiseley 1–1 Mickleover Sports 5–3 on penalties 4 Retford United would have qualified but its ground standards were not high enough for it to play in the shield.
Champions vs Challenge Cup
Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes Venue 2011 F.C. Halifax Town 1–1[5] Ashton United 5–4 on penalties Results by team
Teams that have won the cup at least once.
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Boston United 3 1 1973, 1976, 1977 Altrincham 3 0 1979, 1998, 1999 Wigan Athletic 3 0 1972, 1974, 1975 Hyde United 2 2 1997, 2005 Marine 2 2 1994, 1995 Runcorn 2 2 1980, 1981 Stalybridge Celtic 2 2 1992, 2001 Accrington Stanley 2 0 2002, 2003 Mossley 1 3 1989 Barrow 1 1 1984 Burton Albion 1 1 1983 Fleetwood Town 1 1 2008 Gateshead 1 1 1986 Guiseley 1 1 2010 Leek Town 1 1 1990 Matlock Town 1 1 1978 Stafford Rangers 1 1 1985 Bangor City 1–2 0–1 1987 Blyth Spartans 1 0 2006 Burscough 1 0 2007 Chorley 1 0 1988 Droylsden 1 0 2004 Eastwood Town 1 0 2009 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 0–1 1997 F.C. Halifax Town 1 0 2011 Leigh RMI 1 0 2000 Southport 1 0 1993 Witton Albion 1 0 1991 See also
Footnotes
- ^ http://barrowfc.com/index.php?inc=hsn&version=765 Barrow honours
- ^ http://barrowfc.com/index.php?inc=hsn&version=765 Barrow honours
- ^ http://barrowfc.com/index.php?inc=hsn&version=765 Barrow honours
- ^ http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=264470%3Bguest=25744765 Scores from match programmes.
- ^ Pens the Difference in Peter Swales Shield Curtain Raiser – Ashton United
External links
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