Tinpot tells the tale of football’s abandoned competitions.
A recent book honouring Latics’ underappreciated victory has been released.
It narrates the tale of the unusual Ford Sporting League, a competition that rewarded offensive football by deducting points for player bookings or dismissals but awarded points for every league goal scored.
With the winnings, Latics constructed a brand-new (Ford) stand at Boundary Park!
The tale of football’s lost tournaments, or the peculiar and forgotten contests that erupted and then died, is told in Tinpot.
Their tales are told in the book, bringing them the attention they merit.
It’s time to try something new. It’s time to visit a new location.
It’s time to venture off football history’s main thoroughfares and discover the destinations of abandoned routes.
The main football competitions in England appear to have existed forever.
The Football League is the oldest tournament of its type in the world, but the FA Cup has been around for more than 150 years.
These are the concepts that made a quick impression and made it through.
However, a plethora of unsuccessful experiments lurk behind these accomplishments.
However, they still have tales to share.
With more than 40 lost football competitions, Tinpot explores the intriguing realm where:
A mere twenty-four hours had passed since Manchester City and Chelsea squared off in a premier league match at Old Trafford.
• Bobby Moore and Pelé took the pitch together to lead the USA international team against England.
• Despite having a hangover, a Swansea City striker emerged victorious in the race to become the country’s quickest football player over 100 meters.
• The best players from England’s leading teams, including Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, and others, participated in indoor six-a-side competitions.
• Swindon Town cruised to an unexpected Anglo-Italian Cup victory, defeating Juventus both at home and away.
• Watford became the first team to drop two FA Cup games in a single season.
• Despite giving up six goals, a Tranmere Rovers custodian was named man of the match.
• On a chilly, wet night in Stoke, Claudio Ranieri came his glamorous Fiorentina side to the Potteries, but they were unable to win.
• Football truly returned home when England took home a trophy, and that victory came before 1966!
Previous works by Simon Turner include If Only: An Alternative History of the Beautiful Game, a fiercely creative counterfactual history of football; and Walsall Match of My Life, a gripping account of how an inventive British Airways advertising campaign predicted Walsall’s greatest ever cup run through the voices of the Saddlers’ greatest players.
Simon and his family reside in Lichfield.
Tinpot is a 320-page paperback book.
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