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 1888 throughout the world.

Events

*February 1 - Royal Arsenal move to Manor Ground, their first permanent stadium, playing their first match there, against

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. *March 23 - A meeting of 12 clubs at Anderson's Hotel in

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on the eve of the

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, convened by Aston Villa's William McGregor, discusses the possibility of a national football league competition. *April 17 - A further meeting at

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's Royal Hotel leads to the competition being named

The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

. *September 8 - The first Football League matches are played, marking the 1st season in the Football League.

Clubs founded in 1888

* Barnet * Celtic * Dartford * Sparta Rotterdam *

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Winners club national cup

Asia

Europe

Winners club national leagues

* No national leagues existed prior to 1888, when the English Football League was founded. The first

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, Preston North End, emerged in the spring of

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in t ...

International tournaments

1888 British Home Championship In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

(February 4 – April 7, 1888) * 1888 Football World Championship (May 19, 1888)

Births

* 11 March – Hermann Garrn (d. 1966), German international footballer. * 23 July – Jimmy Gordon (d. 1954), Scotland international half-back in ten matches (1912–1920). * 24 August – Leo Bosschart (d. 1951), Dutch international footballer. * 6 December – Wilhelm Trautmann (d. 1969), German international footballer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1888 In Association Football Association football by year