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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

  • Vejle Boldklub

England

  • Harpenden Town F.C.
  • Redditch United F.C.

Greece

  • Panachaiki

Northern Ireland

  • Belfast Celtic F.C.

Scotland

  • Vale of Leithen F.C.

Sweden

  • Allmänna Idrottsklubben
  • Djurgårdens IF

Uruguay

  • C.A. Peñarol (as Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club)

National Championship Winners

Argentina

Denmark

  • Football Tournament Winners: :Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

England

  • Football League Winners: :Everton
  • FA Cup Winners: :Blackburn Rovers

Ireland

  • Football League Winners: :Linfield
  • Irish Cup Winners: :Linfield

Netherlands

  • Football League Winners: :HVV Den Haag

Scotland

  • Football League Winners: :Dumbarton
  • Scottish Cup Winners: :Heart of Midlothian

Wales

  • Welsh Cup Winners: :Shrewsbury Town

International tournaments

## Births - 5 January – James Boe (d. 1973), English professional footballer - 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 ## References 1. First amateur season of the Argentine Primera División. 2. Championship not recognised by the [[Argentine Football Association]], however, is recognised by [[FIFA]]. 3. Inaugural season of the [[The Football Tournament. Danish Football Tournament]]. 4. Although recognised by the [[Danish Football Association]] ([[Danish Football Association. DBU]]), winners of tournament not considered official Danish champions. 5. First season of the Irish Football League. 6. First official season of the Dutch Football League. 7. First season of the Scottish Football League. 8. ["Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA"](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/archive/scottish-cup-history/scottish-cup-winners/). 9. Shrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England. 10. ["James Boe"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe1039322/james-boe/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_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/1891_in_association_football?action=history). ::
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