1889 in sports
Years in association football
← 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 →
American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1888–89 1889 1889–90 Cycling Darts Equestrianism Esports Golf Gymnastics Ice sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Racquetball Sailing Skiing Rugby league‎ Rugby union Shooting Snooker 1888–89 1889–90 Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting

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

England

Bath City

Brentford

Crook Town

Middlesbrough Ironopolis

Northern Ireland

Spain

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:

Scotland

Runners-Up:

England

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]

References

^ Mohun Bagan is 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.
^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
^ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley F.C.

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