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1891 in association football 
Summary
The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
Events edit
- Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Clubs founded in 1891 edit
Denmark edit
England edit
Greece edit
Northern Ireland edit
Scotland edit
Sweden edit
Uruguay edit
National Championship Winners edit
Argentina edit
- Primera División Winners:[1][2]
Denmark edit
- Football Tournament Winners:[3][4]
England edit
- Football League Winners:
- FA Cup Winners:
Ireland edit
- Football League Winners:[5]
- Irish Cup Winners:
Netherlands edit
- Football League Winners:[6]
Scotland edit
- Football League Winners:[7]
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales edit
- Welsh Cup Winners:
International tournaments edit
- 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)
- England
Births edit
- 5 January – James Boe (d. 1973), English professional footballer[10]
- 11 July – Joe Arthur (d. 1975), English professional footballer[11]
- 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 edit
- ^ First amateur season of the Argentine Primera División.
- ^ Championship not recognised by the Argentine Football Association, however, is recognised by FIFA.
- ^ Inaugural season of the Danish Football Tournament.
- ^ Although recognised by the Danish Football Association (DBU), winners of tournament not considered official Danish champions.
- ^ First season of the Irish Football League.
- ^ First official season of the Dutch Football League.
- ^ First season of the Scottish Football League.
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Shrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England.
- ^ "James Boe". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Joe Arthur". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 8 April 2024.