https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfAFlvJRnVk
We celebrate the remarkable history of the Sheffield FC, the country's oldest club and therefore the world's oldest club. Safe to say, South Yorkshire was a hub of football development. Sheffield needs a football museum, like Manchester!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF2DYldIImc
The Sheffield Football Club was first based at a local cricket club in 1855. The club had its first gathering for football in October 1857 and I have seen an early fixture card from 1884-5 on which low and behold, the Old Carthusians (old boys from Charterhouse School) feature as opponents, marking one of the Godalming old boys' ventures north, on tour on April 9th. The OCs were leaders of the amateur game in the 19th Century and still play today, but not on the "Pyramid". In 1881 the OCs were FA Cup winners.
Other clubs playing against Sheffield FC at this time, included Notts County (the oldest professional club), Nottingham Forest, the Cambridge University Wanderers and a week or so before the OC game, Lincoln City.
The Sheffield Rules were established in October 1858, the first published for any club, and were probably employed to get Sheffield FC through their first ever official match against Hallam FC in 1862, played at Bramall Lane cricket ground. The proceeds from this game were devoted to the Lancashire Distress Fund. The game ended 0-0 with no goal nor "rouge" scored. You know what a rouge is don't you? Bit like Aussie Rules football, the ball going though posts on either side of the central goal,
Mob football at this time, of course, was still a popular affair; very dangerous at times and not one club had similar laws! Do codification was needed.
By 1863, when the English FA was formed, the Sheffield Rules were part of the decision making. The Sheffield FA adopted Sheffield Rules in 1867, once word had spread that the laws were to be uniform, avoiding the confusion when visiting a neighbouring club, only to find that the hosts had "local" rules and therefore had a distinct advantage".
Here is a previous blog on the Youdan Cup, very much a Sheffield invention.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/youdan-you-read-you-marvel-you-sure_27.html
Nearby club, Hallam FC, is part of this South Yorkshire football history and is one of the oldest clubs. Tapton School, was early winners of the local schools' cup and famous for Sebastian Coe's place of learning (Seb, of course, a father of an Old Carthusian who enjoyed his football at the Charterhouse).
Locally is Thurlstone School (John Stones' primary school). This rural, village school was first winner of the Sheffield Elementary Schools' FA, The Clegg Shield, which was presented by Alderman W.S.Clegg, first played for and won by the school in 1889. It is the oldest inter-school trophy.
So at 6pm today the two clubs will meet at Far Lane, home to HUFC and will play to the modern laws of the game, with out VAR!!
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