It would appear that The Copa Barcelona was contested only on two occasions. Barcelona was a very popular venue for British touring teams in the 1920s and in 1922 and 1924 the tourists played each other in Les Corts for the Copa.
(There was an earlier, unrelated Copa Barcelona, an early edition of the Catalan championship held in 1903 and won by...Barcelona).
1922
The 1922 Copa Barcelona was contested by St Mirren and Notts County. The match marked the official opening Barcelona's new stadium at Les Corts.
Saint Mirren had finished 8th in the Scottish League in the 1921–22 season.Their opponents had finished 13th in Division 2, but had (as the poster tells us) reached the semi finals of the FA cup.
Saint Mirren won 2-1 after extra time thanks to 2 goals by Dunky Walker (Saint Mirren's highest scorer of all time).
Action from the Saint Mirren v Notts County game- Saint Mirren in the dark jerseys.
In May 1924 FA Cup winners Newcastle United took on Everton at Les Corts.
On this occasion the Copa Barcelona was won by Everton, the score being 3-2.
The Everton minute books reveal some interesting details of the preperation and negotiations regarding the tour:
Spanish Tour - The Secretary submitted new quotations re the proposed trip to Barcelona & stated that the price was now increased by over £11 per head. It was agreed that the Chairman go fully into the matter & if necessary obtain further quotations. An application for us to play 2 matches in Madrid following those in Barcelona was gone into & it was decided to ask the Real Madrid FC for a guarantee of £500 for these.
Spanish Tour- Sec. reported receipt of a telegram from the Barcelona F.C asking if we would play a match v N'cle United on the 22nd May in place of the match on the 15th. It was agreed to do so subject to their paying us an additional £200.
Continental Tour -The Secy reported & presented a statement of a/cs for this amounting to £1009 & these were approved. The Chairman gave a report of the Tour & stated that same had been very satisfactory having beaten Barcelona FC 2-1 lost against same team 1-2 & beaten N'cle United 3-2 for which we had received a Cup.
