1889 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.
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National Championship winners
International tournaments
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).
Undated
- Patrick Dougan, Scottish professional footballer, 1910s[8]
References
- Mohun Bagan is the oldest association football club in India and the continent of Asia.
- 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.
- First season of the English Football League.
- First unofficial season of Dutch Championship.
- This championship was considered as unofficial because teams had not played an equal number of matches.
- "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
- Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley F.C.
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