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), Scotland, on 19 May 1888 between the winners of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Renton, and the
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,
West Bromwich Albion
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. The match was won by Renton who beat Albion 4–1.Saturday'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
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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
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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
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and quickly helped to establish them as a force in the game, Meanwhile Renton soon lost several other members of their 'world champion' team to professional clubs in England (including
Andrew Hannah
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who moved to West Brom after he impressed them in the Glasgow match) and gradually declined, never returning to the same level.
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World
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