1888 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1888 throughout the world.

List of years in association football

Events
  • February 1 - Royal Arsenal move to Manor Ground, their first permanent stadium, playing their first match there, against Millwall Rovers.
  • March 23 - A meeting of 12 clubs at Anderson's Hotel in London on the eve of the FA Cup Final, convened by Aston Villa's William McGregor, discusses the possibility of a national football league competition.
  • April 17 - A further meeting at Manchester's Royal Hotel leads to the competition being named The Football League.
  • September 8 - The first Football League matches are played.

Clubs founded in 1888

Winners club national championship
  • No national leagues existed prior to 1888, when the English Football League was founded. The first champions, Preston North End, emerged in the spring of 1889.

International tournaments
  • 1888 British Home Championship (February 4 – April 7, 1888)
 England

Births
  • 11 March – Hermann Garrn (d. 1966), German international footballer.
  • 23 July – Jimmy Gordon (d. 1954), Scotland international half-back in ten matches (1912–1920).
  • 24 August – Leo Bosschart (d. 1951), Dutch international footballer.
  • 6 December – Wilhelm Trautmann (d. 1969), German international footballer.

Deaths

References
  1. Lynch, Michael (ed.). The Oxford companion to Scottish history. Oxford University Press. p. 241. ISBN 9780199693054.
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