1891 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
Events[]
- Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Clubs founded in 1891[]
Denmark[]
England[]
Greece[]
- Panachaiki
Northern Ireland[]
Scotland[]
Sweden[]
Uruguay[]
National Championship Winners[]
Argentina[]
- Primera División Winners:[1][2]
Denmark[]
- Football Tournament Winners:[3][4]
England[]
- Football League Winners:
- FA Cup Winners:
Ireland[]
- Football League Winners:[5]
- Linfield
- Irish Cup Winners:
- Linfield
Netherlands[]
- Football League Winners:[6]
Scotland[]
- Football League Winners:[7]
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales[]
- Welsh Cup Winners:
International tournaments[]
- 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)
- England
Births[]
- 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).
Footnotes[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England.
Categories:
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