{"product_id":"historic-football-print-sunderland-v-queens-park-1893-world-club-championship","title":"Historic Football Print - Sunderland v Queens Park, 1893 World Club Championship","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"517\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"458\"\u003eThe First World Club Championship Series (1876–1904)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"771\"\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, association football existed as an organised, elite sport in only two countries: \u003cstrong data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"597\"\u003eEngland and Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e. The game’s laws were established, national competitions were firmly in place, and league and cup football had produced clubs of a standard unmatched elsewhere in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"1128\"\u003eFrom 1876 until 1904, the highest contests in the sport took the form of \u003cstrong data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"888\"\u003e“Grand International Football Matches”\u003c\/strong\u003ebetween the \u003cstrong data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"965\"\u003edomestic league champions or domestic cup winners of England\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1039\"\u003edomestic league champions or domestic cup winners of Scotland\u003c\/strong\u003e. Taken together, these fixtures constitute \u003cstrong data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1127\"\u003ethe first world club championship series\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1495\"\u003eBecause qualification was based on \u003cstrong data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1200\"\u003eleague and domestic cup success\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than a single annual tournament, more than one international championship match could legitimately take place within the same year. Where both league champions and cup holders were involved, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1456\"\u003emultiple world championship contests were recognised\u003c\/strong\u003e, each carrying contemporary authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1761\"\u003eThe criteria were clear and contemporaneous. Only clubs holding recognised national honours — \u003cstrong data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1625\"\u003eleague titles or domestic cups\u003c\/strong\u003e — could credibly contest these matches. Friendly encounters outside this framework, however notable, did not carry championship status.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorld Club Champions 1893 – Sunderland A.F.C. v Queen’s Park\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"580\" data-start=\"288\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis striking heritage artwork commemorates Sunderland A.F.C.’s victory over Queen’s Park in April 1893, a match widely regarded as part of the early \u003cstrong data-end=\"479\" data-start=\"438\"\u003eFootball World Championship\u003c\/strong\u003e tradition, when the leading clubs of England and Scotland met to decide supremacy in the world game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1002\" data-start=\"582\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlayed at Newcastle Road, Sunderland, on 3 April 1893, the match saw the English League champions defeat the reigning Scottish giants \u003cstrong data-end=\"723\" data-start=\"716\"\u003e4–2\u003c\/strong\u003e, confirming Sunderland’s status as the strongest club side of the era. At a time when Scottish football was still considered tactically superior, Sunderland’s emphatic win marked a decisive shift in the balance of power and earned them recognition as \u003cstrong data-end=\"1002\" data-start=\"975\"\u003e“World Club Champions.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1333\" data-start=\"1004\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe artwork is rendered in a richly detailed late-Victorian style, with period-accurate kits, flags, and setting, framed by ornate typography and decorative borders inspired by contemporary sporting ephemera. Every element is designed to evoke the prestige, rivalry, and international significance of these pioneering encounters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"517\" data-start=\"406\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1428\" data-start=\"1408\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA centrepiece print for Sunderland supporters, football historians, and collectors of early football history — celebrating the moment an English club truly conquered the world game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2158\" data-end=\"2432\"\u003eIt is no coincidence that this pioneering series concludes in \u003cstrong data-start=\"2220\" data-end=\"2228\"\u003e1904\u003c\/strong\u003e, the year in which FIFA was founded. Long before football acquired an international governing body, the game’s original powers had already established the principle of world club competition in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2434\" data-end=\"2627\"\u003eThis print commemorates that formative era — \u003cstrong data-start=\"2479\" data-end=\"2523\"\u003ethe First World Club Championship Series\u003c\/strong\u003e — when the giants of nineteenth-century English and Scottish football first contested the global crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct details:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will only pay shipping\/postage for 1 item, no matter how many items you purchase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscounts are given for multiple purchases.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSize: A3, A4, A5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSingle Sided\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePaper: 400gsm premium art stock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePrint quality: Museum-grade, high-resolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFinish: Unframed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWatermark shown in images does NOT appear on the final print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarefully packaged for safe delivery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA striking piece of football history — ideal for collectors, historians, and lovers of our national game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAny issues please contact me at \u003ca href=\"mailto:paul@worldvintagecolours.com\"\u003epaul@worldvintagecolours.com\u003c\/a\u003e by clicking the hyperlink and I will get back to you ASAP.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Vintage Colours","offers":[{"title":"A3","offer_id":47254333194432,"sku":"Historic Football Print - Sunderland v Queens Park, 1893 World Club Championship A3","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4","offer_id":47254333227200,"sku":"Historic Football Print - Sunderland v Queens Park, 1893 World Club Championship A4","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A5","offer_id":47254333259968,"sku":"Historic Football Print - Sunderland v Queens Park, 1893 World Club Championship A5","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/8242\/7840\/files\/A3-1893WorldClubChampions.jpg?v=1768995833","url":"https:\/\/www.worldvintagecolours.com\/products\/historic-football-print-sunderland-v-queens-park-1893-world-club-championship","provider":"World Vintage Colours","version":"1.0","type":"link"}