1891 in association football
# 1891 in association football

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.

### 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

* Primera División Winners:

    Saint Andrew's

### 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

* 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)

       England

## Births

* 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

* ↑ 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.
