Those Grand Gentleman Of Friendly Galt

By Richard Whittall A More Splendid Life

This is Part Six of A More Splendid Life’s series on the history of football in Toronto (sort of). I would like to again thank Colin Jose for his extensive research, as well as The Run of Play for helping to promote this project. And last I would like to thank you, the reader, for your continued support.

When Canada Won the World Cup
Now, dear reader, you will of course read on and understand the many caveats that must be applied to this ridiculous headline. We’ll get to those in time, but for now, please savour the reality that Canada, in a particular but practical sense, won international football’s premier trophy way back in 1904.

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