1888 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1888 throughout the world.

Events

• February 1 - Royal Arsenal move to Manor Ground, their first permanent stadium, playing their first match there, against Millwall Rovers.
• March 23 - A meeting of 12 clubs at Anderson's Hotel in London on the eve of the FA Cup Final, convened by Aston Villa's William McGregor, discusses the possibility of a national football league competition.
• April 17 - A further meeting at Manchester's Royal Hotel leads to the competition being named The Football League.
• September 8 - The first Football League matches are played.

Clubs founded in 1888

• Barnet
• Celtic
• Dartford
• Sparta Rotterdam
• Walsall

Winners club national championship

• No national leagues existed prior to 1888, when the English Football League was founded. The first champions, Preston North End, emerged in the spring of 1889.

International tournaments

• 1888 British Home Championship (February 4 – April 7, 1888)

 England

Births

• August 24 — Leo Bosschart, Dutch footballer (d. 1951)

Deaths

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