The following are the association football events of the year 1890 throughout the world.

Events

*The first

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

competition is inaugurated. The ten founder members are Abercorn,

Cambuslang Cambuslang ( sco, Cammuslang, from gd, Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a ...

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

, Cowlairs, Dumbarton, Hearts,

Rangers A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...

, St Mirren, Third Lanark and Vale of Leven. An eleventh team Renton was also a founder member but was subsequently expelled for professionalism, the game being officially amateur at the time. *

Royal Arsenal The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proofing, and explosives research for the Britis ...

move from the Manor Ground to the nearby

Invicta Ground The Invicta Ground was a football stadium in Plumstead, south-east London, that was the home of club Royal Arsenal, now known as Arsenal. History Named after '' Invicta'', the motto of the county of Kent, the ground was Arsenal's first proper ...

Clubs founded in 1890

England

Chertsey Town F.C. Chertsey Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chertsey, Surrey, England. The club currently competes in the Isthmian League South Central Division. The home of Football The club was established as Chertsey Football ...

Fleet Town F.C. Fleet Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Fleet, Hampshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Calthorpe Park. History The club was established in 1890 under the name Fleet Football Club.

* Forest Green Rovers F.C. *

Grays Athletic F.C. Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

Shildon A.F.C. Shildon Association Football Club is a football club established in 1890 based in Shildon, County Durham, England. They compete in the and play at Dean Street. History Established in 1890, as Shildon Town first joined the Auckland and Distric ...

Weymouth F.C. Weymouth Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Weymouth, Dorset. They compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed the Terras due to their t ...

Spain

* Sevilla FC

Switzerland

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

Winners club national championship

*England:

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

*Scotland: Queen's Park

International tournaments

1890 British Home Championship Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe ...

(February 8 – April 5, 1890) ::Shared by England and Scotland

Births

* 11 April –

Felix von Heijden Herman Carel Felix Clotilde von Heijden (11 April 1890 in Weerselo – 17 November 1982 in Boxtel) was a football (soccer) player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics. There he won the bronze ...

(d. 1982), Netherlands international (1920). * 20 August –

Caesar ten Cate Caesar Herman "Cees" ten Cate (August 20, 1890, in Ngawi, Java – June 9, 1972, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. International career Ten Cate made his debut for the Netherlands in ...

(d. 1972), Netherlands international (1912). * 4 December –

Alex Donaldson Alexander Pollock Donaldson (4 December 1890 – 1972) was a Scottish footballer, who played for numerous teams in England as well as the Scotland national team. An outside-forward, he stayed with Bolton Wanderers from 1912 to 1921, and also ...

(d. 1972), Scotland international forward in six matches (1914–1922).

References

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