1934 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1934 throughout the world.

Events

• January 6: Steve Milton of Halifax Town sets an English league record by conceding 13 goals on his league debut for the club. The Third Division (North) match finished: Stockport County 13:0 Halifax Town.
• March 3: The highest ever English attendance for a non-Cup Final of 84,569 sees Manchester City F.C. beat Stoke City F.C. 1-0 at Maine Road in the sixth round of the FA Cup.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Boca Juniors
• France: FC Sète
• Iceland: KR
• Italy: Juventus
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Poland: Ruch Chorzów
• Portugal: FC Porto
• Romania: Venus București
• Scotland:
  • Scottish Cup: Rangers^[1]
• Spain: Athletic Bilbao
• Turkey: Beşiktaş J.K.

International tournaments

Holland - Switzerland, FIFA World Cup.

• 1934 British Home Championship (16 September 1933 – 14 April 1934)

 Wales

• FIFA World Cup in Italy (May 27 – June 10, 1934)
  1. Italy
  2. Czechoslovakia
  3. Germany

Births

• January 6 – Earl Godding, Welsh former professional footballer^[2]
• January 11 – Kwee Kiat Sek, Indonesian footballer^[3]
• January 21 – Alfonso Portugal, Mexican international footballer (died 2016)
• March 23 – Adel Hekal, Egyptian footballer (died 2018)
• March 28 – Kazimír Gajdoš, Czechoslovakian international footballer (died 2016)
• April 15 – David Herd, Scottish international footballer (died 2016)
• April 25 – Peter McParland, Irish footballer
• May 26 – Ray Faulkner, English former professional footballer^[4]
• June 24 – Ferdinand Biwersi, German referee (died 2013)
• June 28 – Alfred Pyka, German international footballer (died 2012)
• July 5 – Vladislao Cap, Argentine international footballer and manager (died 1982)
• June 29
  • Malcolm Handscombe, English association footballer
  • Bob Wilson, Scottish association football player
• July 30 – Engelbert Kraus, German international footballer (died 2016)
• August 1 – Fernand Boone, Belgian international footballer (died 2013)
• August 17 – Ron Henry, English international footballer (died 2014)
• August 23 – Flavio Emoli, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
• August 29 – Horst Szymaniak, German international footballer (died 2009)
• September 11 – Harry Clark, English professional footballer (died 2017)^[5]
• October 8 – Martin Lippens, Belgian international footballer (died 2016)
• October 10 – Ben Newton, English professional footballer
• October 28 – Max Mayunga, Belgian-Congolese footballer
• November 14 – Dave Mackay, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2015)
• November 18 – Bert Gebbie, Scottish former professional footballer^[6]
• November 19 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish international footballer
• November 27 – Ammo Baba, Assyrian soccer player (died 2009)
• December 21 – Ole Madsen, Danish international footballer (died 2006)

Deaths

• 6 January - Herbert Chapman, manager of Arsenal and formerly of Huddersfield Town.

Established

• Beitar Tal Aviv - Israeli club
• Maccabi Netanya - Israeli club
• Peterborough United - English club

References

1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. "Earl Godding". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
3. "Kwee Kiat Sek". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
4. "Ray Faulkner". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
5. "Harry Clark". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
6. "1934 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 June 2019.