1888 World Championship (football)

August 2019 1888 World Championship Renton fc team 1888-89.jpg 250 Renton team, winning side Football World Championship Renton SCO 1542 30px 4 West Bromwich Albion ENG 30px 1 19 May 1888 Hampden Park Crosshill 6,000 Thunderstorm 1887 1889 The 1888 World Championship was an exhibition football match that took place in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow), Scotland, on 19 May 1888 between the winners of the Scottish Cup, Renton, and the English FA Cup, West Bromwich Albion. The match was won by Renton who beat Albion 4–1.Renton crowned World Champions, BBCRENTON F.C. CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD, The League, 2 March 2019Remember when a team from Scotland won the World Cup? The incredible story of Renton F.C, Glasgow Live, 12 November 2018Saturday's Football. Renton V. West Bromwich Albion., The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1888 The match was played in very bad weather and a replay in England was proposed, but never took place. Overview This was not the first "World Championship" game between English and Scottish sides; however, the next edition was the first such club competition contested between national league winners (as the leagues had not been yet created before that time). Johnny Campbell, who played for Renton in this fixture, would also win a world championship with Sunderland in 1895; he is therefore the first known British footballer to have been twice listed as a world champion with different clubs.Johnny Campbell, The Twice World Club Championship Winner, Ryehill Football, 27 April 2020 It was noted in the press that West Brom were "one of the English clubs which have never had a Scotchman either as a coach or a player" and the match were therefore seen as a truly international event – by this point may of the leading English clubs (which were allowed to become professional in 1885) had Scottish players, and in the aforementioned Sunderland v Hearts match in 1895 both entrants had an all-Scottish line-up. Renton's win was something of a watershed for Scottish football, as within a few days James Kelly and Neil McCallum had left to join the newly-formed Celtic and quickly helped to establish them as a force in the game, Mitchell Andy https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 Amazon 2021 9798513846642 Meanwhile Renton soon lost several other members of their 'world champion' team to professional clubs in England (including Andrew Hannah who moved to West Brom after he impressed them in the Glasgow match) and gradually declined, never returning to the same level. Participant teams TeamQualification ENG West Bromwich Albion 1887–88 FA Cup winners SCO 1542 Renton 1887–88 Scottish Cup winners Match details 19 May 1888 Renton SCO 1542 4–1 ENG West Bromwich Albion McNee J. McCall H. Campbell Pearson https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0ldEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6rEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3926%2C4496586 6,000 IRE J. SinclairThe Championship of the World Robert Bradley & Douglas Gorman, 2018, via Scottish Sport History Hampden Park Crosshill _buttons 000066 000066 000066 000066 000066 Renton_blue_stripes4 _bluestripes4 _blue_stripes4 ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 000066 West BromwichAlbion Teams Renton:GK SCO 1542 John LindsayFB SCO 1542 Andrew HannahFB SCO 1542 Archie McCallHB SCO 1542 Bob KelsoHB SCO 1542 James KellyHB SCO 1542 Donald McKechnieFW SCO 1542 Harry Campbell FW SCO 1542 James McCallFW SCO 1542 Johnny Campbell FW SCO 1542 Neil McCallum FW SCO 1542 Jack McNee West Bromwich Albion: GK ENG Bob Roberts FB ENG Charlie MasonGuest player from Wolverhampton Wanderers. FB ENG Harry GreenHB ENG Ezra HortonHB ENG Charlie PerryHB ENG George TimminsFWENG Billy BassettFW ENG George WoodhallFW ENG Jem Bayliss (c)FW ENG Joe WilsonFW ENG Tom Pearson References Category:1887–88 in English football Category:1887–88 in Scottish football World World Category:May 1888 in the United Kingdom Category:Football World Championship Category:Football matches in Glasgow Category:1880s in Glasgow