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Sheffield's failure to market being birthplace of football is major own goal: David Richards
It wasn’t Wembley, but it mattered just as much to the 1,563 fans packed into Sandygate. Hallam FC, the world’s second-oldest ...
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Oldest club Sheffield FC turns 150
Blatter was unveiling a bust of the club's co-founder William Prest -- one of two cricket fans who founded Sheffield FC, then known simply as Sheffield Club, on October 24, 1857 after deciding ...
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Chairman of 'world's first' football club leaves role
Sheffield FC formed in 1857 - three years before their city rivals Hallam, who are believed to be the world's second-oldest football club and play their home games at the oldest recognised ...
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'World's oldest derby match' returns after 13 years
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 ...
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Blue plaque marks first football 'away' match
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 ...