AAGPS (NSW) Soccer explained

This is an annual football competition played by teams from Sydney, Australia based boys high schools who are members of the AAGPS

History

The official football competition commenced in 1988

• 1st Grade The Wanderers' Cup for AAGPS Soccer presented in 1988 by The King's School to mark the first school-based game of Soccer in Australia between The King's School and The Gentlemen Wanderers played in Parramatta on 14 August 1880.
• 2nd Grade GPS 2nd Soccer XI Premiership first awarded in 1988.
• From 2015 onwards, a GPS Plate competition was established and is played in Term 2 prior to the Premiership.

Results

1988 to 1999

Results^[1]

Year	1st Grade	2nd Grade
1988	St Joseph's	St Joseph's
1989	Newington	Shore
1990	Grammar	High,Newington
1991	High, Newington	Newington
1992	Newington	High
1993	High	Grammar
1994	St Joseph's	High
1995	High	Newington
1996	Newington	Newington
1997	St Joseph's	Newington
1998	Newington,Grammar	St Joseph's
1999	St Ignatius'	St Ignatius'

Year 2000 onwards

Results^[2]

Year	1st Grade	2nd Grade
2000	Riverview	Riverview
2001	Riverview	High
2002	Riverview	Riverview
2003	Riverview	Newington
2004	Grammar	Grammar
2005	Shore	Shore
2006	Newington	Kings, Newington, Riverview
2007	Riverview	Riverview
2008	Riverview	Riverview
2009	Riverview	Newington
2010	Riverview	Riverview
2011	Scots	Newington
2012	St Joseph's	St Joseph's
2013	Riverview	Newington
2014	Newington	Riverview
2015	Shore	Newington
2016	Shore	Riverview
2017	Riverview, Newington	Riverview
2018	Riverview	Newington
2019	Riverview	Scots
2020	Riverview	Grammar
2021	Cancelled due to Covid-19	Cancelled due to Covid-19
2022	St Joseph's	Riverview
2023	St Joseph's	Newington
2024	High	Grammar

• 2012 marked the 25th anniversary of AAGPS Football with St Joseph's College repeating the same feat that they achieved in the very first season of AAGPS in 1988, that is, taking out both the First and Seconds Competitions.

GPS Plate Competition

Competition commenced in 2015 with all metropolitan schools competing for the 1st XI and 2nd XI GPS ‘Plate’ trophy. The competition is played in Term 2 prior to the Premiership Rounds.

* Schools are divided into two Pools comprising four teams.

* Each school plays in the Preliminary Rounds.

* Schools are ranked after the preliminary Rounds to determine the finals by playing the correspondingly ranked team in the other pool

!!1st Grade!2nd Grade

2015	St Joseph's	Riverview, Newington
2016	Newington	Newington
2017	Newington	Newington
2018	Riverview	Newington
2019	Grammar	Newington
2020	Cancelled due to Covid-19	Cancelled due to Covid-19
2021	Grammar	Grammar
2022	Riverview	Scots
2023	Newington	Grammar
2024	Newington	Kings

See also

• Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales
• AAGPS (NSW) Rugby
• AAGPS (NSW) Basketball
• Head of the River (New South Wales)

References

• GPS Results Archive

External links

• GPS website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Premiership & Plate History AAGPS. 2021-08-20. en-US.
2. Web site: Premiership & Plate History AAGPS. 2021-08-20. en-US.