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 1883 throughout the world.

Events

Clubs founded

England

Andover Andover may refer to: Places Australia *Andover, Tasmania Canada * Andover Parish, New Brunswick * Perth-Andover, New Brunswick United Kingdom * Andover, Hampshire, England ** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station United States * Andove ...

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

:: Belper Town :: Buckingham Town :: Bourne Town FC ::

Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Nicknamed 'The Rocks',the club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. They currently compet ...

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed t ...

:: Darlington :: Gloucester City ::

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...

Thame United F.C. Thame United Football Club are a football club based in Thame, Oxfordshire, England. They were established in 1883 and joined the Hellenic League in 1959. The club currently competes in the . History Thame United were formed in 1883, making th ...

Netherlands

:: FC Dordrecht

Domestic cups

Births

* 15 January – James Stewart (d. 1958), England international forward in three matches (1907–1911), scoring two goals. * 25 February –

Herbert Burgess Herbert Larry Burgess (25 February 1883 – 1954) was an English footballer. Born in Openshaw, Manchester, Burgess began his football career with Glossop North End, but soon signed for Manchester City. He made his debut for City on 5 September ...

(d. 1954), England international full-back in four matches (1904–1906). * 29 July –

Fred Pentland Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland (29 July 1883 – 16 March 1962) was an English football player and coach. Pentland played club football in the Football League for Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough, in the Southern Football League f ...

(d. 1962), England international forward in five matches (1909). * 23 August –

Jesse Pennington Jesse Pennington (23 August 1883 – 5 September 1970) was an English footballer in the early part of the 20th century. He was nicknamed "Peerless Pennington". Career Born in West Bromwich, Pennington was a left-back for West Bromwich Albion fo ...

(d. 1970), England international full-back in 25 matches (1907–1920). * 8 September – George Wilson (d. 1960), Scotland international forward in six matches (1904–1909). * 2 November – Evelyn Lintott (d. 1916), England international half-back in seven matches (1908–1909). * 14 December – Dicky Bond (d. 1955), England international forward in eight matches (1905–1910), scoring two goals. * 26 December –

Alec McNair Alexander McNair (24 December 1882 – 18 November 1951) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a defender for Celtic for 21 years and represented the Scotland national team in 15 official internationals between 1906 and 192 ...

(d. 1951), Scotland international full-back in fifteen matches (1906–1920).

References

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