October 2007 is the 150th anniversary of the founding of Sheffield FC and there will be considerable celebrations both in England and among the wider footballing and sporting community, with Inter Milan, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona keen to be involved. ?In recognition of their unique position as the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC were awarded a FIFA Centenary Order of Merit in 2004. Only one other team in the world have been similarly honoured: Real Madrid. ?Recently The Club, as it is universally known, has attracted a host of celebrity sporting figures as members, including Sven Goran Eriksson, Michael Vaughan, Sepp Blatter, Eric Cantona, Sir Bobby Robson, David Blunkett, Kenny Dalglish, Gordon Banks, Chelsea FC and Def Leppard. ?Sheffield is the true birthplace of football, having had a huge influence on the Football Association. The Sheffield Football Association was once a rival to the game’s ruling body and had a large say in the forming of the Laws of the game. ?Unfortunately Sheffield decided not to embrace professionalism in the late 19th century and so allowed the rise and growth of Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United. But they have kept going and in 2007 were promoted to the Unibond League Division One South. ?Unusually there are two forewords. One from Geoff Thomson OBE, chairman of the FA who has also been chairman of the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA, and the other from the Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, the MP or Sheffield Central, and the former Minister for Sport.
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A tribute to the part played by sons of the city in the development of the world's most popular sport. (Bill Bridge Yorkshire Post )
Bill Bridge, Yorkshire Post Online
A tribute to the part played by sons of the city in the development of the world's most popular sport.
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By S. Turley
This is a great read for those who are interested in the origins of the worlds most popular sport. Find out how Mob football (still practiced on special occasions in some towns to this day) diversified to spawn soccer, rugby union, rugby league, Australian rules and Gaelic football and was transformed from a lawless and violent brawl into complex, tactical engagements between men of all social backgrounds. Learn how pitch size and markings, ball shapes, participant numbers, leagues and rules of play evolved over time either by accident or design to become the basis of the modern games that enthrall millions of people all over the world today. If you are a soccer fan, this book will encourage you to stand up to all those who decry it as a sport for thugs and make you feel proud to play a small part in its continuing history. It might also encourage you to go out and support your local team, even if like Sheffield FC, the world's very first football club, they presently find themselves in a position which is far from flattering.
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I bought this for a German friend who had visited the club and couldn't belive the club's history and the things it gets up to today - international matches with big clubs !! An insight into the club - and an interesting read.
This book is a must for anyone researching the history of soccer. All the information on the oldest club in the world is here in a pocket sized book.
Highly recommended to those who are interested not just in today's game - but more interested in how British football got to how it is now.
What a contrast to the overpaid prima-donnas on the pitch today.
A wonderful gift to someone from Sheffield to celebrate his 80th birthday!
Highly recommended to those who are interested not just in today's game - but more interested in how British football got to how it is now.
What a contrast to the overpaid prima-donnas on the pitch today.
A wonderful gift to someone from Sheffield to celebrate his 80th birthday!
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