Association Football
England
- First Division – Portsmouth win the 1948–49 title.
- FA Cup – Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leicester City 3-1.
Italy
- Superga air disaster – a plane carrying the Torino team crashes into a mountain on May 4, killing everyone on board. Of the entire squad, only one player (who didn't fly, due to injury) survived, as well as potential signing Ladislao Kubala, who was due to fly but did not, due to his son's ill health.
On 21 September 1949 at Goodison Park, Liverpool, the home of Everton, England were defeated 2-0 by Ireland in a friendly international.
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