Talk:West Auckland Town F.C.

Latest comment: 7 years ago by 155.4.129.44 in topic Discrepancy about Woolwich Arsenal

Is the club crest the Thomas Lipton Trophy? BigSteve (talk) 10:40, 16 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

Discrepancy about Woolwich Arsenal edit

In this it is claimed that "at the time Woolwich Arsenal had only just been promoted from the Second Division and were not the famous club they are today being relatively small and unsuccessful compared to many other Football League sides. "

However the article about the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy that is linked to further down has a link to a BBC source that states "Woolwich Arsenal dominated the football leagues of the 1900s, but it is thought confusion involving the initials of the two teams resulted in the invitation for the 1909 World Cup being offered to the understandably surprised West Auckland FC.

"Woolwich Arsenal dominated the football leagues of the 1900s" and "relatively small and unsuccessful" can not both be true. My own research on a football stats site casts doubt on the BBC claim as Woolwich Arsenal were actually involved in constant relegation battles throughout this period.

Note left on Talk: Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy as well. I will leave this mess to a Wikipedia editor to tidy up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.4.129.44 (talk) 04:45, 3 April 2017 (UTC)Reply