Every international football competition needs a trophy, and the Unofficial Football World Championships is no different! The CW Alcock Cup is named after the football pioneer and the instigator of international football (and therefore inadvertent founder of the UFWC). See below for a bio.

The trophy is sent to every football federation that wins the UFWC title – or at least an image of it is. Like the UFWC itself, the CW Alcock Cup is virtual, existing happily within the confines of the world wide web. 

We’d be delighted to introduce a real version of the trophy and presentation medals that could be collected by winning nations. Would your company be interested in sponsoring such a trophy? If so, get in touch.

Charles William Alcock was a footballer, referee, and secretary of the English FA. In 1872, in his role as FA secretary, he had the idea of sending an England team to Scotland to play the first ever international match. As an England footballer he missed out on playing in the match through injury, although he did turn up to act as umpire. He later played and scored in a UFWC match against Scotland in March 1875. Alcock, born in 1842, also created the first official football competition, the FA Cup. The first FA Cup final was won by Wanderers – captained, naturally, by one CW Alcock.