1884 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1884 throughout the world.

Events

Clubs founded in 1884

England

• Nantwich Town F.C.
• Derby County F.C.
• Leicester City F.C.
• Lincoln City F.C.
• Prescot Cables F.C.
• Tranmere Rovers F.C.
• Wakefield F.C.

Scotland

• Stenhousemuir F.C.

Domestic cups

Nation	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up
England	1883–84 FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	Queen's Park
Ireland	1883–84 Irish Cup	Distillery	Wellington Park
Scotland	1883–84 Scottish Cup	Queen's Park	Vale of Leven[1]
Wales	1883–84 Welsh Cup	Oswestry White Stars	Druids

International tournaments

• 1883–84 British Home Championship (26 January – 29 March 1884)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Scotland (C)	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	6
2	England	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	4
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	2
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Source: ^[2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Births

• 1 January – José Quirante (d. 1964), Spanish midfielder and coach associated with both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
• April – Billy Bradshaw (d. unknown), England international half-back in four matches (1910–1913).
• 3 May – Willie Reid (d. 1966), Scotland international forward in nine matches (1911–1914), scoring four goals.
• 31 May – Frank Bradshaw (d. 1962), England international forward in one match (1908), scoring three goals and so one of the five England players to score a hat-trick on his only international appearance.
• 6 June – Tim Williamson (d. 1943), England international goalkeeper in seven matches (1905–1913).
• 23 June – Val Harris (d. 1963), Ireland international in twenty matches (1906–1914); club career with Shelbourne and Everton.
• 18 July - Jan Košek^[4] (d. 1927), Bohemian international forward in 3 matches scoring 4 goals (1906–1908); club career mainly with Slavia Prague, scoring 819 goals in 302 games.
• 12 October – Jock Rutherford (d. 1963), England international forward in eleven matches (1904–1908), scoring three goals.
• 8 December – Wilf Low (d. 1933), Scotland international half-back in five matches (1911–1920).