Tinpot! New book celebrates Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea's forgotten triumphs
Tinpot is the story of football's lost tournaments: the strange and forgotten competitions that sparked into life before disappearing forever.
The FA Cup and Football League are the oldest competitions of their kind in the world. They are the survivors - the bright ideas that quickly caught on. Yet, behind these successes lie countless failed experiments. But they still have their stories to tell.
Featuring over 40 forgotten football tournaments, Tinpot visits the curious world where:
- Chelsea contested a Wembley final against Manchester City only 24 hours after playing Southampton in a league fixture
- Crystal Palace won their only knockout cup by thrashing Everton 4-1 at Wembley
- Arsenal became champions of the world after winning an unofficial World Club Championship, despite having their physio sent off
- Spurs beat Torino to win the forgotten Anglo-Italian League Cup
- Arsenal, Spurs and Charlton Athletic were the masters of Soccer Six, the indoors 6-a-side tournament
- Chelsea won two Full Members' Cups within the space of five years
- Arsenal were crowned as champions of Britain after beating Glasgow Rangers in a showdown at Ibrox
- Watford became the first club to lose twice in the FA Cup in the same season
- Bobby Moore lined up alongside Pelé to captain a USA international side against England
- Swindon Town beat Juventus at home and away as they marched to an unlikely Anglo-Italian Cup triumph
- A Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper conceded six goals but was still given the man of the match award
- Claudio Ranieri brought his star-studded Fiorentina side to the Potteries, but they couldn’t do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke
- England won a trophy for once, and it wasn’t even 1966: football really did come home!