The Supporters Direct Shield is an annual, pre-season friendly football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 competition established by Supporters Direct

Supporters Direct

Supporters Direct are an umbrella organisation set up originally by the United Kingdom government to provide support and assistance for its member trusts to secure a greater level of accountability and deliver democratic representation within football clubs and within football's governing structures...

, the organisation that seeks to increase supporter representation in football...

The Shield is competed for between supporter-owned clubs. The inaugural winners of the Shield were Scarborough Athletic

Scarborough Athletic F.C.

Scarborough Athletic Football Club are an English football club formed on 25 June 2007 following the winding up of Scarborough. Although they bear the name of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, they ground-share with Bridlington Town...

 who beat Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town F.C.

Merthyr Town Football Club is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. For the 2011–2012 season the club will be playing in the Western Football League Premier Division at Penydarren Park in Merthyr....

 2-0 on 24 July 2010 at AFC Telford.

Supporters Direct Shield history

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Attendance
24 July 2010	Scarborough Athletic	Merthyr Town Merthyr Town F.C. Merthyr Town Football Club is a Welsh semi-professional football club based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. For the 2011–2012 season the club will be playing in the Western Football League Premier Division at Penydarren Park in Merthyr....	2-0	New Bucks Head New Bucks Head New Bucks Head is a stadium in Telford, England and the home of Conference National football club A.F.C. Telford United. It was originally built for Telford United to play at before they went bankrupt. The stadium is on the same site as the original Bucks Head, which had been home to Telford...	803