Aston Villa bounced back from an agonising last eight defeat to Leicester City to bag a trophy at the Hong Kong Sevens.
Wins over South China and Manchester City enabled Sean Verity's charges to take the Shield.
Villa's day began with extra-time heartbreak in an extraordinary quarter-final against Leicester.
In the Leicester game, Villa had look dead and buried but a brace from Jack Grealish and a late goal from Jerell Sellars took the game into sudden death.
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Sadly, Michael Cain netted just 30 seconds into the extra period to break the Young Lion's hearts
However, the Villa lads showed their character, responding with 3-1 victory over South China with Grealish and Sellars again providing the goals.
Facing Manchester City in the Shield final, Villa suffered a set back when City took an early lead
Villa took control in the second half, Grealish equalising with a pearler and then providing the free kick which Janoi Donacien converted with an audacious back-flick to secure the silverware.
Villa's second string ran out 2-0 winners at Enfield, thanks to goals from Daniel Johnson and Jerell Sellars as Sid Cowans and new assistant development coach Stan Petrov's charges got the first game of pre-season under their belts in front of a crowd of 402 at The Queen Elizabeth II Stadium.
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