1885 in association football
- 1885 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1885 throughout the world.
Events
During the summer of 1885, there was pressure put on the Football Association to accept professionalism in English football, culminating in a special meeting on 20 July, after which it was announced that it was "in the interests of Association Football, to legalise the employment of professional football players, but only under certain restrictions". Clubs were allowed to pay players provided that they had either been born or had lived for two years within a six-mile radius of the ground. There were also rules preventing professional players playing for more than one club in a season, without obtaining special permission, and all professional players had to be registered with the F.A. [cite book |author= Philips Gibbons|title= Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing |pages= pp. 82-83| isbn=1-84426-035-6]
*12 September: Arbroath F.C. beat Bon Accord F.C. (of Aberdeen) 36-0, a record which stands to this day. On the same day, Dundee Harp beat Aberdeen Rovers 35-0.
Clubs founded in 1885
*Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.
*Bury F.C.
*Chester City F.C.
*Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
*Kingstonian F.C.
*Lewes F.C.
*Luton Town F.C.
*Millwall Rovers F.C.
*Southampton F.C.
*St Johnstone F.C.
Winners club national championship
International tournaments
*1885 British Home Championship (February 28 – April 11, 1885)::fb|SCO
Births
Deaths
References
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