Ahead of their Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup tie, Hallam chairman Richard Pillinger said the club had been contacted by fans "from ... tier Sheffield FC formed in 1857 - three years before ...

Stephen Wood, a football historian and trustee for SHOF, said: "We take away games for granted as football fans but the ... George Hotel. Sheffield Football Club founded in 1857, and considered ...

Sheffield Foot-Ball Club was established in 1857, six years before the Football Association was founded. Still going today, Sheffield FC bills itself as the world's first football club.