1889 in association football explained

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

Events

• The Danish Football Association is founded.

Clubs founded

America

Argentina

Rosario Central

Asia

India

Mohun Bagan^[1]

Europe

Bath City

Brentford

Crook Town

Middlesbrough Ironopolis

Sheffield United

Torquay United

Wimbledon

Woking

Glenavon

Larne

Recreativo Huelva

National Championship winners

Asia

India

• Durand Cup Winners:^[2]

Highland Light Infantry

Europe

England

• Football League Winners:^[3]

Preston North End

• FA Cup Winners:

Preston North End

Ireland

• Irish Cup Winners:

Lisburn Distillery

Netherlands

• Football League Winners:^{[4] [5]}

VV Concordia

Scotland

• Scottish Cup Winners:

Third Lanarkshire RV^[6]

Wales

• Welsh Cup Winners:

Bangor City

International tournaments

Europe

• British Home Championship^[7]

Winners:

Runners-Up:

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]

Notes and References

1. [Mohun Bagan]
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. Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 17 December 2022.
7. Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
8. Book: Simpson, Ray. The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley F.C.. 2007.