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Football Queensland is recognised by both the State and Federal Governments and Football Australia as the governing body for association football in Queensland.

FQ Darling Downs is the regional office of Football Queensland servicing the areas southwest Queensland including major centres Toowoomba, Dalby, Roma, Charleville, St George, Goondiwindi and Stanthorpe.

Role
FQ Darling Downs was established in 2021 as part of the Future of Football 2020+ Reforms.

As part of the reform journey, the local football community was invited to engage in a six-month state-wide consultation process based on improving four key areas of the game: Governance, Administration, Competitions and Affordability.

Following the consultation, FQ Darling Downs was created to better reflect the geography and strategic direction of the region. The FQ Darling Downs regional office has a local administrator and committee members which are elected by clubs to meet quarterly to discuss functional and geographical matters.

History
The first game of British Association football was played in 1906, and the first club was Newtown. The same article suggests that by 1908 there were up to 5 teams in existence. During 1906, Newtown played a series of games under British Association rules at the Polo Grounds. Opponents included Rangers Rugby Football Club (rugby union) and the Young Rangers (rugby union). The game against Rangers Rugby Union team ended in a draw.

In 1906, the newly-formed Newtown club invited Brisbane club Milton to Toowoomba. Milton "won somewhat easily" but in the return game in Brisbane Newtown won 4 - 2.

In 1907, the newly-formed City or Cities teams played Newtown at the Polo Grounds.

By 1909, there were 5 clubs and a 6-team competition – Newtown Hotspurs, Toowoomba City, Western Suburbs, Kleinton Rovers, Kleinton Rangers and Oakey.

An early reference to British Association Football is in March 1912, when Mr. Henry Smith, the Secretary of the Toowooomba British Football Association approached the Gowrie Shire Council seeking permission to erect posts and mark out a field within Albert Park. The annual meeting of the Toowoomba British Football Association was also advertised in March 1912.

In June 1920, a Toowoomba representative side played the touring New South Wales side at the Athletic Grounds, Toowoomba. The local side put in a "creditable performance" losing 2 - 0.

In August 1920, a game was played at the Athletic Grounds, Toowoomba between a Toowoomba representative side and sailors from HMS Renown. At the time, there were 4 teams in Toowoomba's competition – Diggers, Norths, Western Suburbs and Wanderers (from Cawdor). Two Digger's players selected for this game played for Queensland. Percy Martin had represented Queensland before World War One, whilst Dugald French was a current Queensland squad member.

A preview of the 1924 season indicated that definitely 4 and up to 6 clubs would participate in senior football. The confirmed clubs were Diggers, Caledonians, Rangers and Toowoomba Athletic, with Waratahs and Willowburn Asylum also contemplating senior football. Toowoomba Athletic and Waratahs were junior clubs stepping up to senior level. Toowoomba Athletic played junior football as Scouts and it's possible they had some connection to the scouting movement. Junior football was in existence and 2 clubs mentioned were Starlights and Tech Old Boys. In addition, 7 schools were playing football.

In June 1925, the touring English FA side defeated a Toowoomba representative side 6 − 0 at the Toowoomba showgrounds in front of a crowd of 4,000.

By 1938 there were 9 teams – Willowburn, Gowrie-Little Plains, Gomoran, Oakey, Sugarloaf, Southern Cross, Greenwood, Kingsthorpe and Rovers.

In July 1939, Palestine defeated a "weak" Queensland team 13-3 in Toowoomba.

Football in Toowoomba fell into remission during World War 2 and only re-commenced initially on a junior basis in 1949 with seniors recommencing in 1951.

Women's Football
Towoomba was at the vanguard for Women's football in Queensland. In June 1921, and at about the same time that Women's football was commencing in Brisbane, clubs were also being formed in Toowoomba. The first clubs were Toowoomba Rovers and Toowoomba Cities.

In July 1921, interest was growing in sending a Toowoomba ladies representative team to play in Brisbane, with the Toowoomba players training at the Showgrounds.

A number of female footballers from Toowoomba have played for the Matildas, including Lana Harch and Karla Reuter.

Winstanley Memorial Shield
The Winstanley Memorial Shield is a senior Men's pre-season competition held in memory of Ian David (Dickie) Winstanley, a talented Toowoomba footballer who died in July 1961, aged 19, from injuries suffered in a car accident. Winstanley played seniors at age 16, captained the Toowoomba Under 18 representative side and at age 18 captained the Toowoomba Under 21 representative side. In 1960, Winstanley won Willowburn's best and fairest player award (the Stanley Prasser Memorial Trophy).

Winstanley Memorial Shield Winners

 * 1962 - Wilowburn (1st)
 * 1963 - Willowburn (2nd)
 * 1964 - Tattersalls Rovers (1st)
 * 1965 - Willowburn (3rd)
 * 1966 - Willowburn (4th)
 * 1967 - Willowburn (5th)
 * 1968 - Willowburn (6th)
 * 1969 - Willowburn (7th)
 * 1970 - Queensland Agricultural College A (1st)
 * 1971 - Rockville Rovers (1st)
 * 1972 - Willowburn (8th)
 * 1973 - Rockville Rovers (2nd)
 * 1974 - Rockville Rovers (3rd)
 * 1975 - Rangers (1st)
 * 1976 - Rangers (2nd)
 * 1977 - Willowburn (9th)
 * 1978 - Wanderers (1st)
 * 1979 - Rangers (3rd)
 * 1980


 * 1981 - Wanderers
 * 1982
 * 1983 - Wanderers
 * 1984
 * 1985 - Wanderers
 * 1986 - DDIAE
 * 1987 - St Albans
 * 1988 - Willowburn
 * 1989 - Wanderers
 * 1990 - Wanderers
 * 1991 -
 * 1992 -
 * 1993 -
 * 1994 -
 * 1995 -
 * 1996 -
 * 1997 -
 * 1998 -
 * 1999 -
 * 2000 -


 * 2001 -
 * 2002 -
 * 2003 -
 * 2004 -
 * 2005 -
 * 2006 - South Toowoomba
 * 2007 - West Wanderers
 * 2008 -
 * 2009 -
 * 2010 -
 * 2011 - Willowburn
 * 2012 - Willowburn
 * 2013 - South Toowoomba
 * 2014 - Willowburn
 * 2015 - Gatton
 * 2016 - West Wanderers & Willowburn (Joint winners)
 * 2017 - Willowburn
 * 2018 - Willowburn
 * 2019 - Rockville Rovers
 * 2020 - Gatton
 * 2021 - Rockville Rovers
 * 2022 - Gatton

Clubs
The table below lists all London clubs in the top eight tiers of the English football league system: from the top division (the Premier League), down to Step 4 of the National League System. League status is correct for the 2021–22 season.

The list below lists Darling Downs clubs that don't participate in the Australian League system but participate in the Toowoomba Football League's community league.

The list below lists Darling Downs clubs that participate in the Australian Women's League system.

The list below lists Darling Downs clubs that participate in the Toowoomba Football League's junior league.

Results

 * The "Season" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
 * DDIAE stands for Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education. DDIAE became USQ FC in 1992.