1891 in association football

• Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.

• Vejle Boldklub

• Harpenden Town F.C.
• Redditch United F.C.

• Panachaiki

• Belfast Celtic F.C.

• Vale of Leithen F.C.

• Allmänna Idrottsklubben
• Djurgårdens IF

• C.A. Peñarol (as Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club)

• Primera División Winners:First amateur season of the Argentine Primera División.Championship not recognised by the Argentine Football Association, however, is recognised by FIFA.

:Saint Andrew's

• Football Tournament Winners:Inaugural season of the Danish Football Tournament.Although recognised by the Danish Football Association (DBU), winners of tournament not considered official Danish champions.

:Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

• Football League Winners:

:Everton

• FA Cup Winners:

:Blackburn Rovers

• Football League Winners:First season of the Irish Football League.

:Linfield

• Irish Cup Winners:

:Linfield

• Football League Winners:First official season of the Dutch Football League.

:HVV Den Haag

• Football League Winners:First season of the Scottish Football League.

:Dumbarton

• Scottish Cup Winners:

:Heart of Midlothian{{cite web |title=Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/archive/scottish-cup-history/scottish-cup-winners/ |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=17 December 2022}}

• Welsh Cup Winners:

:Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England.

• 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)

::England

• 5 January – James Boe (d. 1973), English professional footballer{{cite web |title=James Boe |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/james-boe/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=8 April 2024 |language=en}}
• 11 July – Joe Arthur (d. 1975), English professional footballer{{cite web |title=Joe Arthur |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/joe-arthur/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=8 April 2024 |language=en}}
• 22 September – Charlie Buchan (d. 1960), England international forward in six matches (1913–1924), scoring four goals.
• 15 December – David Wijnveldt (d. 1962), Netherlands international (1912).

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