title: 1891 in association football
text: # 1891 in association football
  
  The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
  
  ### Denmark
  
  * Vejle Boldklub
  
  ### England
  
  * Harpenden Town F.C.
  * Redditch United F.C.
  
  ### Greece
  
  * Panachaiki
  
  ### Northern Ireland
  
  * Belfast Celtic F.C.
  
  ### Scotland
  
  * Vale of Leithen F.C.
  
  ### Sweden
  
  * Allmänna Idrottsklubben
  * Djurgårdens IF
  
  ### Uruguay
  
  * C.A. Peñarol (as Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club)
  
  ## National Championship Winners
  
  ### Argentina
  
  * Primera División Winners:
  
      Saint Andrew's
  
  ### Denmark
  
  * Football Tournament Winners:
  
      Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
  
  ### England
  
  * Football League Winners:
  
      Everton
  * FA Cup Winners:
  
      Blackburn Rovers
  
  ### Ireland
  
  * Football League Winners:
  
      Linfield
  * Irish Cup Winners:
  
      Linfield
  
  ### Netherlands
  
  * Football League Winners:
  
      HVV Den Haag
  
  ### Scotland
  
  * Football League Winners:
  
      Dumbarton
  * Scottish Cup Winners:
  
      Heart of Midlothian
  
  ### Wales
  
  * Welsh Cup Winners:
  
      Shrewsbury Town
  
  ## International tournaments
  
  * 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)
  
         England
  
  ## Births
  
  * 22 September – Charlie Buchan (d. 1960), England international forward in six matches (1913–1924), scoring four goals.
  * 15 December – David Wijnveldt (d. 1962), Netherlands international (1912).
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ First amateur season of the Argentine Primera División.
  * ↑ Championship not recognised by the Argentine Football Association, however, is recognised by FIFA.
  * ↑ Inaugural season of the Danish Football Tournament.
  * ↑ Although recognised by the Danish Football Association (DBU), winners of tournament not considered official Danish champions.
  * ↑ First season of the Irish Football League.
  * ↑ First official season of the Dutch Football League.
  * ↑ First season of the Scottish Football League.
  * ↑ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  * ↑ Shrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England.
  