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 1879 throughout the world.
Events
Clubs founded in 1879
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Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
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Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...
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Fulham
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Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
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Sunderland
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Sutton Coldfield Town
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Swindon Town
Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...
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Cliftonville
Cliftonville is a coastal area of the town of Margate, situated to the east of the main town, in the Thanet district of Kent, South East England, United Kingdom. It also contains the area known as Palm Bay.
The original Palm Bay estate was ...
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Lisburn Distillery
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Royal Haarlemsche
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Montrose
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FC St Gallen
Domestic cups
Births
* 10 January –
Bobby Walker (d. 1930), Scotland international forward in 29 matches (1900–1913), scoring eight goals.
* 7 May –
Ben Warren (d. 1917), England international half-back in 22 matches (1906–1911), scoring two goals.
* 3 June –
Vivian Woodward (d. 1954), England international forward in 23 matches (1903–1911), scoring a record 29 goals.
* 21 September –
Peter McWilliam
Peter McWilliam (21 September 1879 – 1 October 1951) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played at left-half for Inverness Thistle F.C., Inverness Thistle, Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United and Scotland national football ...
(d. 1951), Scotland international half-back in eight matches (1905–1911).
* 26 September –
Bob Crompton (d. 1941), England international full-back in 41 matches (1902–1914); 528 games for
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...
(1896–1920).
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1879 in association football
Association football by year