1889 World Championship (football)

February 2021 1889 World Championship Football World Championship Third Lanark SCO 1542 30px 3 Preston North End ENG 30px 3 3 October 1889 Cathkin Park Glasgow Aitken 6,000 Cloudy 1888 1895 450 Third lanark team 1889.jpg Third Lanark Preston north end 1888.jpg Preston North End The 1889 World Championship was an exhibition football match that took place in Glasgow, Scotland, on 3 October 1889 between the winners of the Scottish Cup, Third Lanark (then known as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers), and the English Double winners of the Football League and FA Cup, Preston North End. The match finished 3–3, although Third Lanark took a 2–0 lead into half time.Yesterday's Football. 3rd L.R.V. V. Preston North End., The Glasgow Herald, 4 October 1889 The Football World Championship had always been contested between the victors of the national cups of England and Scotland, which were the eminent club football competitions in the world at the time. The Football League in England was established in 1888–89 but it only consisted of clubs from the North and Midlands during its formative years. Nonetheless, Preston went through the inaugural season unbeaten and won the championship, earning the nickname "The Invincibles". They further asserted their dominance by winning that season's FA Cup. The Scottish Football League wouldn't be founded until 1890–91. An attendance of 6,000 was reported at Third Lanark's Cathkin Park for the spectacle. Among the crowd were the players of Blackburn Rovers, Preston's Lancashire rivals – who played Celtic, Third Lanark's Glasgow rivals, at Celtic Park that same day. The local newspaper The Glasgow Herald reported on the two matches in equal detail and prominence as bank holiday cross-border challenge matches with no particular attention given to the fact that Thirds v Preston was a contest between the cup-holders, although the previous year's fixture at the same venue between Renton and West Bromwich Albion was given far greater attention in the same publication.Football, Cricket and Other Sports., The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1888 Participant teams TeamQualification SCO 1542 Third Lanark 1888–89 Scottish Cup winners ENG Preston North End 1888–89 FA Cup winners Match details 3 October 1889 1889 Football World Championship Third Lanark SCO 1542 3–3 ENG Preston North End Scott 10 Johnstone Holmes 47N. Ross 50 J. Ross 87 6,000 Aitken Cathkin Park Glasgow _black_stripes_thin1 _blackstripes_thin2 _black_stripes_thin1 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 000000 Third Lanark _collar_buttons_2 ffffff ffffff ffffff 000066 000066 Preston North End GK SCO 1542 Robert DownieFB SCO 1542 Andrew ThomsonFB SCO 1542 John RaeHBSCO 1542 John Hillguest Guest player (Hill and McPherson from Heart of Midlothian, Scott from Airdrieonians).The Holiday Matches., The Scottish Referee, 7 October 1889; scan via London Hearts Supporters Club HBSCO 1542 Alex LochheadHB SCO 1542 John McPhersonguest FW SCO 1542 John MarshallFW SCO 1542 William LapsleyFW SCO 1542 John MorrisonFW SCO 1542 William JohnstoneFW SCO 1542 Robert Scottguest GK WAL 1807 James TrainerFB ENG Bob HowarthFB ENG Bob HolmesHBSCO 1542 Bob KelsoHBSCO 1542 David RussellHBSCO 1542 Johnny GrahamFW SCO 1542 Jack GordonFW SCO 1542 Jimmy RossFW SCO 1542 Nick RossFW SCO 1542 Sam ThomsonFW SCO 1542 George Drummond References Further reading 3 October 1889 Glasgow Evening News To-day's Football https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001965/18891003/044/0005 5 Glasgow 19 February 2021 British Newspaper Archive Category:1888–89 in English football Category:1888–89 in Scottish football World Championship 1889 World Championship 1889 Category:October 1889 in the United Kingdom Category:1880s in Glasgow Category:Football World Championship Category:Football matches in Glasgow