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 1880 throughout the world.

Events

Clubs founded in 1880

Belgium

* Antwerp F.C.

England

Clevedon Town F.C. Clevedon Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club representing Clevedon, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the and play at the Hand Stadium in Kenn. The club's motto 'vigila ...

* Dorchester Town F.C. *

Hednesford Town F.C. Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club are an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football ...

Preston North End F.C. 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 ...

Northern Ireland

Moyola Park F.C. Moyola Park Association Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1880, hails from Castledawson, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry, and plays its h ...

Domestic cups

Births

* 8 February –

Joe Bache Joseph William Bache (8 February 1880 – 10 November 1960), was an English footballer who played for Aston Villa. Joe Bache was a prolific centre forward for Aston Villa between 1900 and 1919. He played for the England national team seven ti ...

(d. 1960), England international forward in seven matches (1903–1911), scoring four goals. * 29 March – Bobby Templeton (d. 1919), Scotland international forward in eleven matches (1902–1913). * 25 May –

Alf Common Alfred Common (25 May 1880 in Millfield (Sunderland) – 3 April 1946 in Darlington) was an English footballer who played at inside forward or centre forward. He is most famous for being the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 ...

(d. 1946), England international forward in three matches (1904–1906), scoring two goals; the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000. * 11 October –

Jimmy McMenemy James McMenamin (11 October 1880 – 23 June 1965), was a Scottish footballer who most notably played for Celtic from 1902 to 1920 and later served as assistant manager in the 1930s. He has been described by the club as ''"a true Celtic legend" ...

(d. 1965), Scotland international forward in twelve matches (1905–1920), scoring five goals. * 18 October –

Robert Hawkes Robert Murray Hawkes (18 October 1880 – 12 September 1945) was an English footballer who played for Luton Town, became their first international player, and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Playing career Hawkes joined his local team L ...

(d. 1945), England international half-back in five matches (1907–1908). * 28 October –

Billy Wedlock William John Wedlock (28 October 1880 – 25 January 1965), also known as "Fatty" or the "India Rubber Man", was a footballer who played for Bristol City in 1900–01 and from 1905 until his retirement in 1921. Between 1901 and 1905 he played fo ...

(d. 1965), England international half-back in 26 matches (1907–1914), scoring two goals. * 10 December – Andrew Wilson (d. 1945), Scotland international forward in six matches (1907–1914).

References

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