1879–80 in English football

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Football in England

Season	1879–80
Men's football
FA Cup	Clapham Rovers
← 1878–79 1880–81 →

The 1879–80 season was the ninth season of competitive football in England.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score*	England scorers	Scotland scorers
13 March 1880	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	4–5[1]	Billy Mosforth (The Wednesday) (8 mins), Charles Bambridge (Swifts) (42 & 87 mins) & Francis Sparks (Clapham Rovers) (89 mins)	John L Kay, George Ker (3), John Baird[2]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	England scorers	Wales scorers
15 March 1880	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	Wales	3–2	Francis Sparks (Clapham Rovers) (50 & 70 mins) & Tom Brindle (Darwen) (55 mins)	John Roberts, William Roberts[3]

* England score given first

Note – TheFa.com ^[4] gives different times for the England goals in the match against Wales.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

• "Report on Scotland v England match on thefa.com". thefa.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
• "Report on Wales v England match on thefa.com". thefa.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007.

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