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The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was a football (soccer) competition that took place twice, in Turin, Italy, in 1909 and 1911. It is sometimes referred to as The First World Cup. However it is predated by the Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, which was hosted in 1908 also in Turin, as the first international competition.[1] and football tournaments at the Olympic Games, since 1900 (officially).
Italy, Germany and Switzerland sent their most prestigious professional 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 Britain unrepresented in the competition, Lipton invited West Auckland FC, an amateur side from County Durham and mostly made up of coal miners, to take part. West Auckland won the tournament and returned to Italy in 1911 to defend their title. In this second competition, West Auckland beat Juventus 6-1 in the final, and were awarded the trophy outright. However, the trophy later went missing from the local Working Men's Club in West Auckland where it had been on display for many years and remains lost to this day.
[edit] 1909 tournament
[edit] Participants
[edit] Results
- Semi-finals
- Third Place Match
| April 12, 1909 |
Torino XI  |
2-1 |
 Stuttgarter Sportfreunde |
|
| De Bernardi 35, Zuffi II 75 |
|
Kipp 15 |
- Final
[edit] 1911 tournament
[edit] Participants
[edit] Results
- Semi-finals
- Third Place Match
- Final
[edit] References
[edit] External links
West Auckland
FC Winterthur
