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The Club World Cup will be the most global football tournament ever
To be declared club champions of the world in 1888, Renton Football Club, the holders of the Scottish Cup, had to win just one match against their English counterparts, West Bromwich Albion. The Renton players, who were amateurs employed at a local printing works, were reportedly fuelled to victory by port and eggs. Though the contest involved only two nations, Renton's 'world' title was not absurd. At the time, hardly anyone outside Britain played football seriously.
