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The following are the association football events of the year 1879 throughout the world.

 Denmark

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

 England

Doncaster Rovers

Fulham

Scarborough

Sunderland

Sutton Coldfield Town

Swindon Town

 Ireland

Cliftonville

Lisburn Distillery

 Netherlands

Royal Haarlemsche

 Scotland

Montrose^[1]

  Switzerland

FC St Gallen

Nation	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up
England	1878–79 FA Cup	Old Etonians	Clapham Rovers
Scotland	1878–79 Scottish Cup	Vale of Leven	Rangers[2]
Wales	1878–79 Welsh Cup	Newtown White Stars	Wrexham

• 10 January – Bobby Walker (d. 1930), Scotland international forward in 29 matches (1900–1913), scoring eight goals.
• 7 May – Ben Warren (d. 1917), England international half-back in 22 matches (1906–1911), scoring two goals.
• 3 June – Vivian Woodward (d. 1954), England international forward in 23 matches (1903–1911), scoring a record 29 goals.^[3]
• 21 September – Peter McWilliam (d. 1951), Scotland international half-back in eight matches (1905–1911).
• 26 September – Bob Crompton (d. 1941), England international full-back in 41 matches (1902–1914); 528 games for Blackburn Rovers (1896–1920).
• (date unknown) – Albert Hatton (d. 1963), a player of Grimsby Town in 1907–1910