1891_in_association_football
1891 in association football
Overview of the events of 1891 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
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- Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Clubs founded in 1891
Denmark
England
Greece
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Sweden
Uruguay
Argentina
- Primera División Winners:[1][2]
Denmark
- Football Tournament Winners:[3][4]
England
- Football League Winners:
- FA Cup Winners:
Ireland
- Football League Winners:[5]
- Irish Cup Winners:
Netherlands
- Football League Winners:[6]
Scotland
- Football League Winners:[7]
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales
- Welsh Cup Winners:
- 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)
- England
- 5 January – James Boe (d. 1973), English professional footballer[10]
- 11 July – Joe Arthur (d. 1975), English professional footballer[11]
- 22 September – Charlie Buchan (d. 1960), England international forward in six matches (1913–1924), scoring four goals.
- 15 December – David Wijnveldt (d. 1962), Netherlands international (1912).
- First amateur season of the Argentine Primera División.
- Championship not recognised by the Argentine Football Association, however, is recognised by FIFA.
- Inaugural season of the Danish Football Tournament.
- Although recognised by the Danish Football Association (DBU), winners of tournament not considered official Danish champions.
- First season of the Irish Football League.
- First official season of the Dutch Football League.
- First season of the Scottish Football League.
- "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- Shrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England.
- "James Boe". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- "Joe Arthur". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 April 2024.