1889 in association football

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List of years in association football

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

Events[]

Clubs founded[]

America[]

Argentina Argentina
Rosario Central

Asia[]

United Kingdom 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[]

Scotland[]

Third Lanarkshire RV

Wales[]

Bangor City

International tournaments[]

Europe[]

  • United KingdomBritish 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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