In the Beginning
was the
WORD
WORD
& the
was
FOOT-
Ball!
…& in the beginning of the Beginning, of course, was, quite simply…
The Sheffield Foot Ball Club
( 1857 - )
…who seem to be more than satisfied playing among themselves for the first three Footballing seasons before the new decade arrives and brings to them a highly desired rival in…
The Hallam & Stumperlowe Club
( 1860 - )
…which leads, at Christmas 1860, to the World’s first ever Game of Football Kicking-Off…
“…On Saturday the Twenty-Second of December, a notice appeared in ‘The Sheffield Independent’ advertising a novelty for Boxing Day - Something referred to as a “Foot Ball Match”
It all gets underway over at the ‘Stumps’ snowy Sandygate Lane ground, around about half-past Two…
Um, what now..?
Rather fittingly it falls to…
Natty…
…one of the Sheffield Club’s Foremost Founding Fathers to become the first Gentleman among a Legion of Uncountable Very Manys to gain for him-self (…Oh & his side, of course…) a so-called…
‘GOAAAL ! ! ’
Nathaniel Creswick
“…so, what do we do when we ‘score’ one of these ‘GOAALS!!’ exactly ?”
“…Maybe throw our hats in the air like we just don’t care… !!”
“…HaHa! AWESOME !!! ”
A whole Hour & a Half later this “…good natured contest…” comes to its conclusion - The Games first ever Final-Score standing at…
The “…large number of spectators present…” were, (in the words of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph) being “…extremely liberal with their plaudits…”
Hallam & Stumperlowe
0-2
Sheffield
Two of the brightest of the early leading lights of Sheffield’s Swinging Football Scene were the (In)famous Brothers Clegg…
William
&
Charles
…Join the (In)Famous duo under the illuminations as they take charge of the Teams in The World’s first attempt at Football under Floodlight…coming soon…
Next up we’ll see how the flash pair fare for the Football Association of the steely Steel City in an exciting 1874 Bramall Lane clash with their cocky Cockney counterparts…
The Sheffield F.A vs The London F.A…
Credit, where Credit’s due, Brian…
Historical Football Kits…
Chris Hobbs Site…
Outsidewrite…
Vintage Footballers…
Before the ‘D’…
Sheffield-Home of Football…
England’s Oldest Football Clubs…
Umpired by Wikipedia…
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