1891 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
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1891 in sports |
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Events
- Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Denmark
Greece
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Uruguay
National Championship Winners
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.
- "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.
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