1872 in association football

Years in association football
1872 in sports

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 Champion Final Score Second Place Title Last Honor Ref
England England 1871–72 FA Cup Wanderers 1-0 Royal Engineers 1st — [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.
  • 28 February – Billy Greer (footballer) ( d. 1937), English footballer[3]
  • 27 April – Kelly Houlker (d. 1962), England international half-back in five matches (1902–1906).
  • 8 May – Bill Crawford (d. 1955), English professional footballer[4]
  • 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).
  • 26 December – Joe McMain (d. 1957), English footballer[5]
  • 27 December – Tommy Crawshaw (d. 1960), England international centre-half in ten matches (1895–1904).
  • Full date unknown:

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". Archived from the original on 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Billy Greer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 28. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
  5. ^ "Joe McMain". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 71. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  7. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.