1889 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.

List of years in association football

Events

  • The Danish Football Association is founded.

Clubs founded

America

Argentina
Rosario Central

Asia

India
Mohun Bagan AC[1]

Europe

 England
Bath City
Brentford
Crook Town
Middlesbrough Ironopolis
Sheffield United
Torquay United
Wimbledon
Woking
 Northern Ireland
Glenavon
Larne
 Spain
Recreativo Huelva

National Championship winners

Asia

India

Highland Light Infantry

Europe

England

Preston North End
Preston North End

Ireland

Lisburn Distillery

Netherlands

VV Concordia

Scotland

Third Lanarkshire RV

Wales

Bangor City

International tournaments

Europe

  • British Home Championship[6]
Winners:  Scotland
Runners-Up:  England

Births

  • 25 May – Jan van Dort (d. 1967), Netherlands international forward in five matches (1920).
  • 25 June – Joe Smith (d. 1971), England international forward in five matches (1913–1920).

References

  1. Mohun Bagan are the oldest association football club in India and the continent of Asia.
  2. Inaugural Durand Cup, formed by India's Foreign Secretary Mortimer Durand in Simla for British troops stationed in India. At this time it was the nation's national football competition and pre-dates any other football tournament in India.
  3. First season of the English Football League.
  4. First unofficial season of Dutch Championship.
  5. This championship was considered as unofficial because teams had not played an equal number of matches.
  6. Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
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