1889 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.
Events
Clubs Founded
Asia
- India
- Mohun Bagan AC[1]
Europe
- England
- Bath City
- Brentford
- Crook Town
- Middlesbrough Ironopolis
- Sheffield United
- Torquay United
- Wimbledon
- Woking
- Ireland
- Glenavon
- Larne
- Spain
- Recreativo Huelva
Oceania
- Australia
- South Cardiff Gunners
National Championship Winners
Asia
- Highland Light Infantry
Europe
- Preston North End
- Preston North End
- Lisburn Distillery
- VV Concordia
- Third Lanarkshire RV
- Bangor City
International tournaments
Europe
- Winners: Scotland
- Runners-Up: England
Births
Deaths
- ^ Mohun Bagan are 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.
- ^ Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
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