association football
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Liverpool
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Gillingham F.C.
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Headington
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(now Oxford United)
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Royal Ordnance Factories
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Whitby Town F.C.
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Germany
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VfB Stuttgart
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1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
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Italy
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Genoa C.F.C.
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Dundee F.C.
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FC Basel
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Lomas Athletic Club
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Akademisk Boldklub
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currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1.
The club was established on ...
FA Cup
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Irish Cup
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Queen's Park
Wales
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Welsh Cup
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Wrexham
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International tournaments
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1893 British Home Championship
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 &ndas ...
(February 25 – April 8, 1893)
**England
Births
* 7 March: Luitpold Popp, German international footballer (died 1968)