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I think the Hibs and Renton matches stand up to scrutiny as they were top clubs who had called them world club cups beforehand.

First match

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Somebody needs to work out whether the first was in 1886[1] or 1887, and whether the result was Aston Villa 3-1 Hibernian at Perry Barr in Birmingham on 9 April 1887[2] or Hibernian 2-1 Preston North End at Hibernian Park in Edinburgh on 13 August 1887[3]. There were many more matches between a Scottish club and an English club then and earlier.[4] 2A00:23C7:7B18:9600:294F:C473:FD54:66A2 (talk) 09:01, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah its a bit of a mess there. Seems there was more explanation of it until recently when info was removed due to being sourced to a Wikipedia mirror site of the match articles. But that doesn't mean that the info itself was wrong. I'll have a look at each of these, and hopefully the Glasgow Herald (which has a free archive) or The Scotsman (via the London Hearts website) will have some decent descriptions which will help to clarify these issues properly. Crowsus (talk) 10:32, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Need for reconsideration?

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This article appears to be original research - it is bringing together the results of various friendly matches between the top English and Scottish sides. None of them was considered a world championship, other than the Renton v West Brom match. It's all very interesting but it is putting 20th century views on 19th century football. E.g. nobody thought of "home and home" friendlies as 2 legs of the same competition. Even the Renton claim is dubious given they commissioned their own cup after their annus mirabilis. In Vitrio (talk) 23:22, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]