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CHARLES ALCOCK & THE LITTLE TIN IDOL

They played for the game!

Contents

1.    Well, the Numbers to Watch out for are…...
2.    Fancy a Kickabout? - Shrove Tuesday Football (1840).
3.    Made of Steel – The Creation of Sheffield FC (1857)
4.    Cock of the North ‘Cock House’ Cup Final, Harrow (1858)
5.    On the Origin of Species: The Forest Football Club (1859)
6.    All the President’s Men - Formation of the FA (1863) 
7.    North versus South - London versus Sheffield (1866)
8.    The Youdan Cup:  First Football Cup Competition (1867)
9.    Look, No Hands! England versus Scotland  (1870)
10.    The Little Tin Idol is Born

THE FIRST FA CUP 1871-72

11.    The Fifteen Teams
12.    The first FA Cup Game? 
13.    Oarsmen v. The Admiralty
14.    The Battle of the Brewers
15.    The First FA Cup Goal? 
16.    Clapham Rovers are not Common at all
17.    This Pitch isn’t Big Enough for the Both of Us!
18.    Brothers in Arms
19.    Who Let the Dogs Out?
20.    A Royal Hitch for Hitchin
21.    Cuthbert John Ottaway, I Presume?
22.    Heathens Sapped of Strength
23.    A Day for Thanksgiving
24.    Enter John Brown and the Scots
25.    Who’d be a Goalkeeper?
26.    Please Do Not Strain the Ropes!
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27.    Where are They Now? 150 Years Later (2021-22)
28.    Charles Alcock & The Little Tin Idol

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