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unusual facts about West Auckland Town F.C.



Bishop Auckland F.C.

Bishop Auckland agreed to play their football at Darlington Road, West Auckland, home of West Auckland Town for the 2008–09, 2009–10 and part of the 2010–11 seasons.

Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy

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

West Auckland Town F.C. is famously the 'Home of the First World Cup', as its football team were the winners of the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, one of the first international footballing competitions, in its two initial years (1909 and 1911) and were therefore, by the rules of the competition, awarded the trophy to keep in perpetuity.


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