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1890 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1890 throughout the world.

Events

  • The first Scottish Football League competition is inaugurated. The ten founder members are Abercorn, Cambuslang, Celtic, Cowlairs, Dumbarton, Hearts, Rangers, St Mirren, Third Lanark and Vale of Leven. An eleventh team Renton was also a founder member but was subsequently expelled for professionalism, the game being officially amateur at the time.
  • Royal Arsenal move from the Manor Ground to the nearby Invicta Ground.

Clubs founded in 1890

England

  • Chertsey Town F.C.
  • Fleet Town F.C.
  • Forest Green Rovers F.C.
  • Grays Athletic F.C.
  • Shildon A.F.C.
  • Weymouth F.C.
  • Sheppey United F.C.

Spain

  • Sevilla FC

Switzerland

  • Servette FC

Winners club national championship

  • England: Preston North End
  • Scotland: Queen's Park

International tournaments

## Births - 7 April - Paul Berth (d. 1969), Danish international (1911-1922). - 11 April – Felix von Heijden (d. 1982), Netherlands international (1920). - 20 August – Caesar ten Cate (d. 1972), Netherlands international (1912). - 4 December – Alex Donaldson (d. 1972), Scotland international forward in six matches (1914–1922). ## References ## References 1. "The Oxford companion to Scottish history". *Oxford University Press*. 2. ["Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA"](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/archive/scottish-cup-history/scottish-cup-winners/). ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_in_association_football) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_in_association_football?action=history). ::
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