Association Football
Brazil
- 25 March — Clube Atlético Mineiro founded
England
- The Football League – Manchester United 52 points, Aston Villa 43, Manchester City 43, Newcastle United 42, The Wednesday 42, Middlesbrough 41
- FA Cup final – Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Newcastle United at Crystal Palace, London
- Bradford Park Avenue (1908–70) and Tottenham Hotspur elected to the Football League after Lincoln City and Stoke FC are expelled. Stoke FC is not involved in the election process but goes into receivership soon afterwards and is replaced by Tottenham Hotspur, who have lost the election to Bradford Park Avenue.
Germany
- National Championship – Viktoria Berlin 3–0 Stuttgarter Kickers at Berlin-Tempelhof
Greece
- 3 February — Panathinaikos, Greece's most successful sports club is founded in Athens, Greece by Georgios Kalafatis.
Italy
- 9 March — Internazionale Milan founded
Mexico
- Club Union of Mexico becomes Club Deportivo Guadalajara
Netherlands
- 19 July — Feyenoord Rotterdam founded
Scotland
- Scottish Football League – Celtic
- Scottish Cup final – Celtic 5–1 St Mirren at Hampden Park
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Famous quotes containing the words association and/or football:
“In this great association we know no North, no South, no East, no West. This has been our pride for all these years. We have no political party. We never have inquired what anybody’s religion is. All we ever have asked is simply, “Do you believe in perfect equality for women?” This is the one article in our creed.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty’s torch. In football you run over somebody’s face.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)