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The '''Youdan Football Cup''', also known as the '''Youdan Cup''', was an 1867 [[Sheffield rules|Sheffield rules football]] competition. Preceding the [[FA Cup]] by more than four years, it was among the first tournaments in any code of football. |
The '''Youdan Football Cup''', also known as the '''Youdan Cup''', was an 1867 [[Sheffield rules|Sheffield rules football]] competition. Preceding the [[FA Cup]] by more than four years, it was among the first tournaments in any code of football.<ref>Though the Youdan Cup was not the first football competition, no older tournament involving three or more independent clubs is known. |
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* The House Football Cup of [[Eton College]] dates from 1860, but it is an intramural competition rather than a tournament between independent clubs (see {{cite book |title=Annals of an Eton house, with some notes on the Evans family |page=[https://archive.org/details/annalsofetonhous00gambuoft/page/130 130] |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsofetonhous00gambuoft |author=Major [Earnest] Gambier-Parry |year=1907 |publisher=John Murray |location=London}}). |
* The House Football Cup of [[Eton College]] dates from 1860, but it is an intramural competition rather than a tournament between independent clubs (see {{cite book |title=Annals of an Eton house, with some notes on the Evans family |page=[https://archive.org/details/annalsofetonhous00gambuoft/page/130 130] |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsofetonhous00gambuoft |author=Major [Earnest] Gambier-Parry |year=1907 |publisher=John Murray |location=London}}). |
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* The [[Caledonian Challenge Cup]] in Australian rules football dates from 1861, but was only ever contested between two clubs at a time. |
* The [[Caledonian Challenge Cup]] in Australian rules football dates from 1861, but was only ever contested between two clubs at a time. |
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The Youdan Cup was recognized as the "oldest trophy" in the "soccer" section of ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' (see {{cite book |page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec2003folk/page/333 333] |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec2003folk |url-access=registration |title=Guinness World Records 2003 |publisher=Bantam Books |location=New York |year=2003 |isbn=0-553-58636-X }}). |
The Youdan Cup was recognized as the "oldest trophy" in the "soccer" section of ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' (see {{cite book |page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec2003folk/page/333 333] |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec2003folk |url-access=registration |title=Guinness World Records 2003 |publisher=Bantam Books |location=New York |year=2003 |isbn=0-553-58636-X }}).</ref> |
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==Background== |
==Background== |