Talk:Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy

Discrepancy about Woolwich Arsenal
This article 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.

However on the entry for West Auckland Town F.C. it is stated 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. "

"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: West Auckland Town F.C. as well. I will leave this mess to a Wikipedia editor to tidy up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.4.129.44 (talk) 04:48, 3 April 2017 (UTC)