1872 in association football

List of years in association football

The following are events in 1872 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.

Events

Clubs founded

England

France

  • Le Havre becomes the first French football and rugby club, playing football on a regular basis from 1894.

Scotland

Wales

  • Wrexham is founded on 28 September at the local Turf Hotel by two members of the Wrexham Cricket Club, who want to play sport during the winter months. It is the first Welsh football club.

Domestic cups

Nation Tournament Winner Score Runner-up Ref
England England 1871–72 FA Cup Wanderers 1–0 Royal Engineers [2]

Births

  • 27 January – Jack Taylor (d. 1949), Scotland international forward in four matches (1892–1895); made 400 appearances for Everton (1896–1910), scoring 80 goals.
  • 27 April – Kelly Houlker (d. 1962), England international half-back in five matches (1902–1906).
  • 10 May – Charlie Athersmith (d. 1910), England international forward in twelve matches, scoring three goals (1892–1900); won five league titles with Aston Villa.
  • 25 November – G. O. Smith (d. 1943), England international forward in twenty matches (1893–1901), scoring eleven goals; captained the England team in at least thirteen matches from 1896 to 1901.
  • 21 December – Lewis Vaughan Lodge (d. 1916), England international full-back in five matches (1894–1896).
  • 27 December – Tommy Crawshaw (d. 1960), England international centre-half in ten matches (1895–1904).

References

  1. ^ Lynch, Michael (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-19-969305-4.
  2. ^ The Football Association. "Results Archive".

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