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The '''Victory Shield 2008''' is the 63rd edition of the [[Victory Shield]], an annual [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament that began in 1925 and is competed for by the Under 16 level teams of [[The Football Association|England]], [[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]], [[Irish Football Association|Northern Ireland]] and [[Football Association of Wales|Wales]]. It was held from 3 October to 29 November 2008 and won by England.

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Stadium
! align="right" | Capacity
|-
| England
| [[Sincil Bank]]
| align="right" | 10,127
|-
| Northern Ireland
| [[Ballymena Showgrounds]]
| align="right" | 5,200
|-
| Northern Ireland
| [[Mourneview Park]]
| align="right" | 5,000
|-
| Scotland
| [[Broadwood Stadium]]
| align="right" | 8,006
|-
| Scotland
| [[Dens Park]]
| align="right" | 11,200
|-
| Wales
| [[Stebonheath Park]]
| align="right" | 3,700
|}

==Final table==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=175|Teams
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}}
|3||3||0||0||9||0||+9||'''9'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SCO}}
|3||1||1||1||4||5||-1||'''4'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|WAL}}
|3||1||0||2||2||3||-1||'''3'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NIR}}
|3||0||1||2||2||9||-7||'''1'''
|}

==Matches and Results==
{{football box
|date=3 October 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|NIR}}
|score= 0 – 6
|team2={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|report=[http://www.thefa.com/England/U16s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/10/U16vNI_Ballymena.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Benik Afobe|Afobe]] {{goal|7}} {{goal|57}}<br />Ben Oliver {{goal|42}} ([[Own goal|og]])<br />[[Ross Barkley|Barkley]] {{goal|53}}<br />Jake Fowler {{goal|74}}<br />[[Ravel Morrison|Morrison]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium=[[Ballymena Showgrounds]], Northern Ireland}}
----
{{football box
|date=17 October 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score= 2 – 1
|team2={{fb-rt|WAL}}
|report=[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news.cfm?newsid=4316 Report]
|goals1= David Smith {{goal|21}}<br />[[Fraser Fyvie]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2= Aaron Holloway {{goal|55}}
|stadium=[[Broadwood Stadium]], Scotland}}
----
{{football box
|date=31 October 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|WAL}}
|score= 0 – 1
|team2={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|report=[http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder16s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/U16vWales_match_report.aspx Report]
|goals1=
|goals2= [[Benik Afobe|Afobe]] {{goal}}
|stadium=[[Stebonheath Park]], Wales}}
----
{{football box
|date=7 November 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score= 2 – 2
|team2={{fb-rt|NIR}}
|report=[http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/international_fixture_details.cfm?page=108&matchID=78862 Report]
|goals1= Jamie Walker {{goal|59}}<br>Callum McGregor {{goal|76}}
|goals2= Josh Carson {{goal|66}}<br>John Edgar {{goal|78}}
|stadium=[[Dens Park]], Scotland}}
----
{{football box
|date=21 November 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|NIR}}
|score= 0 – 1
|team2={{fb-rt|WAL}}
|report=[ Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mourneview Park]], Northern Ireland}}
----
{{football box
|date=28 November 2008
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score= 2 – 0
|team2={{fb-rt|SCO}}
|report=[http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder16s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/U16vScotland_match_REPORT.aspx Report]
|goals1= [[Benik Afobe|Afobe]] {{goal}}<br>[[Connor Wickham|Wickham]] {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sincil Bank]], England}}

==See also==
*[[Victory Shield]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081005072130/http://www.sky-victoryshield.com/ Official Victory Shield website]

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