…To start with there was but one, single, solitary Foot Balling entity & they were known as, quite simply…
The
Sheffield Foot Ball Club
Having come together way, way back in 1857, they’ll find themselves having to wait a whole three years before they’ll have anyone else to play with at all…
Sheffield 1st XI
Sheffield 2nd XI
Vs
…Oh, not again…
Come 1860…
Hallam F.C
…are forced to form just to give them a proper bloody game…
…& so, at 2:30 on Boxing Day of 1860, the World’s first Football match, proper, Kicks-Off in the driving drizzle &, after much running about, hacking each other, handling the ball whenever they felt like it*, & an Hour & a blessed Half later, ceases with a Final Tally of…
Sheffield
2-0
Hallam
It falls to…
…natty…
