The following are the

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

events of the year 1886 throughout the world.

Events

*December 11 - Dial Square FC (later Arsenal) beat Eastern Wanderers 6-0, their first match. *December 25 - After a meeting in the Royal Oak

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throu ...

, Dial Square rename themselves Royal Arsenal

Clubs founded in 1886

England

Dial Square F.C. Dial Square Football Club is an English association football, football club based in Chertsey, Surrey. They play in the Surrey Premier County Football League. History When Arsenal F.C. were founded in 1886, they played their first match as ...

(later to become Arsenal) *

Bishop Auckland F.C. Bishop Auckland Football Club is a football club based in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. They are one of the most successful amateur sides, having won the FA Amateur Cup ten times and reached the final on a further eight occasions. Nic ...

''as Auckland Town FC'' *

Glossop North End A.F.C. Glossop North End Association Football Club is a football club in Glossop, Derbyshire, England, which compete in the . Their home ground is Surrey Street, which has a capacity of 1,301 (200 seated, 1,101 standing). The club play in blue, and are ...

Haverhill Rovers F.C. Haverhill Rovers Football Club are a association football, football club based in Haverhill, Suffolk, Haverhill, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at the New Croft. History The club was established in 1886. They join ...

Kidderminster Harriers F.C. Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

Leytonstone F.C. Leytonstone F.C. was an English football club based in Leytonstone, Greater London. Founded in 1886, the club ceased to exist in 1979 when it merged with Ilford to form Leytonstone-Ilford, which later became Redbridge Forest after also absorbi ...

*Argyle Football Club, later Plymouth Argyle F.C. *

Shrewsbury Town F.C. Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third tier of English football league system, English football. The club pla ...

Upton Park F.C. Upton Park Football Club was an amateur football club from Upton Park, London in the late 19th and early 20th century, now defunct. As well as being one of the fifteen teams that played in the inaugural FA Cup in 1871, they also represe ...

Worthing F.C. Worthing Football Club is a semi-professional England, English association football club based in Worthing, West Sussex, currently playing in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club plays at Woodside Road. Histo ...

Scotland

Clachnacuddin F.C. Clachnacuddin Football Club is a part-time, senior Scottish football club based in the city of Inverness, that currently plays in the Highland Football League. Clachnacuddin have won the most Highland Football League championships in the c ...

Motherwell FC Motherwell Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Motherwell have not dropped out of the top-flight of Scottish football since 1985, and have lif ...

Northern Ireland

Linfield F.C. Linfield Football Club is a Northern Irish professional football club based in south Belfast which plays in the NIFL Premiership – the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League. The fourth-oldest club on the island of Ireland, Li ...

Switzerland

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

(1 September)

Hong Kong

* Hong Kong FC

Domestic cups

International tournaments

1885–86 British Home Championship The 1885–86 British Home Championship was the third annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. As common for the time, the matches were punctuated by some high scorelines and for the first time two teams fi ...

(February 27 – April 10, 1886)

Births

* 1 January – Harold Halse (d. 1949), England international forward in one match (1909), scoring two goals; the first player to appear in three FA Cup finals for three different clubs. * 16 February –

Andy Ducat Andrew Ducat (15 February 1886 – 23 July 1942) was an England and Surrey cricketer and an England footballer, being one of an elite group to have represented their country in both sports. He died while batting at Lord's. Early life Ducat ...

(d. 1942), England international half-back in six matches (1910–1920). * 25 December – Jock Simpson (d. 1959), England international forward in eight matches (1911–1914).

References

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