I’m The ever growing open air international football museum of SHFFIELD, England. Best thing, it’s FREE!

Join us for a fascinating talk by a world class historian. 18th June.

My pleasure today with SHOF to help unveil a blue plaque at John Tompkins new Three Arches events space on Walker Street, the Wicker Sheffield.
The plaque is to mark the very first inter city football match anywhere in the world. If you’re in the area, get down to the Three Arches and have a look.

Double blue plaque unveiling in Sheffield - Saturday, the 1st of February. The 1st on Walker Street next to the Wicker for the worlds first away day football match at 11 am. The 2nd at The York Hotel in Broomhill for York FC the world’s oldest football club to emerge from a hotel or pub at 1:30 pm.

Wilson claims passing in modern football started in Scotland in 1872. New knowledge tell us this is wrong. Passing started in Sheffield at least as early as 1865.

The real history of Association football is slowly being unveiled to the world

Flip. Let us know if there’s anything we can do, as you know I try and come up at least once a year. Missed you before Christmas I think I was told you had gone to Australia? The wife found an old child’s toy while we were looking around this castle.

160 years ago today the first football match between two towns or cities took place in Nottingham at the Meadows cricket ground:

Great news story about the world‘s first ever football captain on BBC News today: lnkd.in/e4f-qgrD

Sheffield’s football Heritage on the front page again.

New blue football plaque for Sheffield to recognise John Charles Shaw.

Did you know the oldest rules of association football were not written at The Freemasons Tavern in 1863 but were written by Sheffield FC in 1858? The plaque can be found on the side of The Crucible theatre in central Sheffield. The site used to be The Adelphi Hotel where the rules were agreed.

STRANGE BUT TRUE FOOTBALL STORIES:
The 2 earliest locations where modern football was played are now both B&Q store car parks

Sheffield FC’s East Bank, now the car park of Queens Road B&Q and the exercise ground of Hillsborough Barracks which is now the car park of the Penistone Road B&Q.

The early FA was a disaster. In February 1867 only 3 football clubs in London were playing by FA rules. At the FA AGM only six clubs turned up and the organisation nearly decided to dissolve itself. Fortunately, Sheffield’s William Chesterman convinced them otherwise. The FA Cup of 1871 saved them.

In 1982, South Yorkshire police recovered the stolen European cup that Aston Villa had won then lost. At West bar police station in Sheffield, they formed two teams and played a match the winners taking the cup. For a brief while I guess they were European champions.

Sheffield’s World Class Football Band: The official England Supporters Band and the Sheffield Wednesday Kop Band

Passion - Football - Art = Raw Atmosphere

Being at live Association football is not just about watching the game it’s also about the atmosphere.

STRANGE BUT TRUE FOOTBALL STORIES:

Maradona at 17 in 1978 was all set to sign for Sheffield United FC.

The club agreed to pay £200K but back out when the fee doubled to £400K. United missed out on having one of the greatest players in football history on their books.