Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy

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Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
Sir thomas lipton trophy.png
The trophy awarded to champions
Organising body Thomas Lipton
Founded1909
Abolished1911;113 years ago (1911)
RegionEurope
Number of teams4
Related competitions Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva
Last champions Flag of England.svg West Auckland (1911)
Most successful club(s) Flag of England.svg West Auckland
(2 titles)

The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was an association football competition that took place twice, in Turin, Italy, in 1909 and 1911. It is regarded as an early European trophy. [1] [2]

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It is predated by the Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, [3] which was hosted in 1908 in Turin, and the Football World Championship, which took place between 1887 and 1902. Also seen as an international competition, but with the noted lack of an England team, Lipton in partnership with the Italian royal family, wanted to go one further and make a more complete tournament. While the actual FIFA World Cup features international teams from around the world, the Lipton Cup, an invitational, only featured a few club sides from Europe.

Overview

Italy, Germany and Switzerland sent their most prestigious club sides to the competition, but The Football Association of England refused to be associated with it and declined the offer to send a team. Not wishing to have England unrepresented in the competition, Thomas Lipton invited West Auckland FC, an amateur side from County Durham and mostly made up of coal miners, to take part. The reason why this team was selected is unknown, although contemporary Italian reports of the team's achievements in the Northern League suggest confusion with the more successful Bishop Auckland. [4] Reports that it was intended to send Woolwich Arsenal, but that West Auckland were invited instead as they shared the same initials, [5] are unlikely to be true; Italian reporting shows they were expecting a team from the Northern League. [6]

West Auckland won the tournament and returned to Italy in 1911 to defend their title. In this second competition, West Auckland beat the then amateur team Juventus 6–1 in the final, and were awarded the trophy outright. The development of football on other continents: Asia, Africa and the Americas was not very advanced and Europe was where the major football was happening. [7] [8]

In January 1994 the original trophy, which was being held in West Auckland Working Men's Club, was stolen. An exact replica of the original trophy was commissioned and is now held by West Auckland FC. [2] [8]

1909 tournament

Participants

Team
Flag of Italy.svg Torino XI [note 1]
Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgarter Sportfreunde
Flag of England.svg West Auckland
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Winterthur
Notes
  1. This team was formed from players of mainly clubs Torino and Piemonte. Juventus had refused to be involved. [9]

Results

Semi-finals

1909 Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
Stuttgarter Sportfreunde Flag of Germany.svg 0–2 Flag of England.svg West Auckland
Whittington Soccerball shade.svg10'
Dickenson Soccerball shade.svg88' (pen.)
Torino XI Flag of Italy.svg 1–2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Winterthur
Berardo Soccerball shade.svg13'Lang Soccerball shade.svg25', 55' (pen.)

Third place match

Torino XI Flag of Italy.svg 2–1 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgarter Sportfreunde
Debernardi Soccerball shade.svg35'
Zuffi II Soccerball shade.svg75'
Kipp Soccerball shade.svg15'

Final

West Auckland Flag of England.svg 2–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Winterthur
R. Jones Soccerball shade.svg6' (pen.)
J. Jones Soccerball shade.svg8'

1911 tournament

Participants

West Auckland with the Thomas Lipton Cup in 1911 Westauckland fc 1909 team.jpg
West Auckland with the Thomas Lipton Cup in 1911
Team
Flag of England.svg West Auckland
Flag of Italy.svg Juventus
Flag of Italy.svg Torino
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg FC Zürich

Results

Semi-finals

1911 Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
Zürich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 0–2 Flag of England.svg West Auckland
Juventus Flag of Italy.svg 2–0 Flag of Italy.svg Torino

Third place match

Torino Flag of Italy.svg 2–1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zürich

Final

1911 Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy Final
Juventus Flag of Italy.svg 1–6 Flag of England.svg West Auckland
Corbelli Soccerball shade.svg Report Moore Soccerball shade.svg3', 50'
Appleby Soccerball shade.svg9'
Rewcastle Soccerball shade.svg11'
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg14', 55'

West Auckland Town: J Robinson; Tom Wilson, Charlie Cassidy; Andy "Chips" Appleby, Michael Alderson, Bob "Drol" Moore; Fred Dunn, Joe Rewcastle, Bob Jones, Bob Guthrie, Charlie "Dirty" Hogg, T Riley, John Warick

Officials: M S C Barron, E Meek, W Nolli, R Hodgson, R Chamberlain

Moving Adverts of Dubai has worked with video maker Rob Kilburn on an account of the story, Our Cup of Tea. [8]

Tyne Tees Television produced a dramatisation of the story in 1982, The World Cup: A Captain's Tale .

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