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(although technically there was no final, with the tournament being played as a mini-group of three teams). It was one of two rival Cup competitions played in that year due to disagreements between the reigning champion of the tournament,

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, and some of the clubs invited. The final was played at

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on 26 May 1910. The match was contested by

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and Español de Madrid. The latter netted twice in the opening 15 minutes thanks to a brace from Vicente Buylla, thus leading the match 0–2 down at the break, but Barça fought back and scored three goals in the second half to complete a great emotional comeback, thus lifting the trophy for the first time with a 3–2 victory. The Barça goals were scored by Charles Wallace,

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and Pepe Rodríguez, who netted the winner in the last-minute. This was the "official" competition, organised by the newly-created FECF (Federación Española de Clubs de Football), forerunner of the

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( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol, RFEF), in

. Both its winner, and that of the rival UECF (Unión Española de Clubes de Football) in

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played two months earlier, are currently recognised as official by the RFEF. Tiro pichon estadio madrid

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