Front cover The Late Archie Hunter
(Archibald "Archie" Hunter (23 September 1859 in Joppa, nr. Ayr, Scotland – 29 November 1894 in Aston, Birmingham, England), was the first captain of Aston Villa to lift the FA Cup, in 1887. He was one of Victorian football's first household names.)

Hunter played at Third Lanark, Ayr Thistle, and Aston Villa, whom he signed for in August 1878, just four years after their formation. His Aston Villa career began 10 years before the commencement of the first Football League season. In his league career (1888–1891) he played 73 matches scoring 42 goals.


Leader article on the fight between the Rugby Union and the Yorkshire leaders

Varia. Two to three pages of football news presented in short separate paragraphs
Our Portraits: The Late Archie Hunter of Aston Villa by W. McGregor
Forthcoming football matches
Correspondence
Oxford v Cambridge
North v South
The Football Association Cup - match reports -Tottenham v Luton
The Amateur Cup- match reports
South of England -Association reports
Rugby Union
Western Counties Rugby Union
Midland Rugby Union
South Wales Rugby Union
Northern Rugby Notes
Scottish Rugby Notes
Irish Rugby Notes
The Football League
Tours:
Mr GP Dewhurst
Old Brightonians
The Rugby Union Crisis
The Schools (includes a photo of E.E. Nuttall Capt. of Harrogate)
The Match List (short match summaries with full team line ups)
FA Cup
Amateur Cup
Southern League
Rugby
Challenges
Athletics
Cross Country
Golf
From the clubs
Lawn Tennis