Association Football
England
- The Football League – Aston Villa 47 points, Sheffield United 36, Derby County 36, Preston North End 34, Liverpool 33, Sheffield Wednesday 31
- FA Cup final – Aston Villa 3–2 Everton at Crystal Palace, London.
- Aston Villa becomes the second club to complete The Double in English football
Scotland
- Scottish Football League – Hearts
- Scottish Cup – Rangers 5–1 Dumbarton at Hampden Park
Read more about this topic: 1897 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the words association and/or football:
“They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“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)