The Junior International Quadrangular Tournament (most recently known as the Umbro Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament held on an irregular basis between junior representative teams from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland and the Isle of Man national team.Junior Scotland Representative Squad [Scotland details from 1994 to 2005], Non-League Scotland, 12 October 2007 (archived) 'Junior' status does not refer to age, but to the status of the competing players, i.e. not senior. First held as the Guinness Cup in 1994, Guinness continued to sponsor the tournament until 2000. Statoil then acted as sponsors for three editions from 2001 until 2005. In 2008 Umbro became sponsors. Scotland are the tournament's most successful side having won six of the twelve editions.
The tournament was last held in 2017.https://www.scottishjuniorfa.com/scottish-junior-fa/internationals/the-quadrangular-tournament/https://www.irishfa.com/news/2019/may/junior-international-squad-20-strong-panel-selected-for-quadrangular-tournament
Format Each tournament is rotated around the competing teams who take it in turn to act as hosts. Initially the competition was held on a knock-out basis with two semi-finals followed by a third-place play-off and final. Since 2001 it has been held on a round-robin league basis, with each team facing each other once and three points being awarded for a win and one for a draw.
Event History
Republic of Ireland 1994 Final
Northern Ireland were represented by a Mid Ulster Select.
Scotland 1995 Final
Isle of Man 1996 Final78
Northern Ireland 1997 Final
Republic of Ireland 1998 Final
Scotland 1999 Final
Isle of Man 2000 Final
Northern Ireland 2001 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD7321051+46320153+23310225−3 Isle of Man1301214−3
Republic of Ireland 2003 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD5312064+2 Isle of Man5312054+14311152+31301239−6
Scotland 2005 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD6320141+36320141+33311134−1 Isle of Man1301227−5 Scotland finish ahead of the Republic of Ireland on head-to-head record.
Isle of Man 2008 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD7321086+25312042+23302167−1 Isle of Man1301047−3
Northern Ireland 2010 TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD7321063+243111330 Isle of Man2302134−12302124−2
Republic of Ireland 2013 The 2013 Umbro Quadrangular Trophy took place in Limerick from 3–5 October 2013. TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Republic of Ireland9330090+9 Scotland63201104+6 Northern Ireland3310236-3 Isle of Man03003113-12
Scotland 2017 The 2017 Umbro Quadrangular Trophy took place in Glasgow from 11 to 14 October 2017. TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD Northern Ireland7321083+5 Scotland7321053+2 Republic of Ireland3310245-1 Isle of Man0300339-1
Summary of winners Team Winners Runners-up Winning yearsScotland 6 6 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010Republic of Ireland 4 4 1998, 1999, 2001, 2013Northern Ireland 3 1 1995, 1996, 2017Isle of Man 1 3 2000
References
The Quadrangular Tournament, Scottish Junior Football Association
Quadrangular Tournament on scottishfa.co.uk