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Red and Black Review 2018/19 Season
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Hello, good evening and welcome to the Home of Football for the next fixture in the 2018/19 pre-season campaign, and especially to our visitors from Rotherham United.
It’s hard to believe that it is four days short of a decade since the Millers played here, so it is an extra special welcome to our guests, and a chance to say “thank you” for all the loan signings over the past few seasons. Last Thursday was a bit of an anti-climax to the World’s Oldest Derby, it was a game we never really turned up for, and in the end Hallam were worthy winners of the trophy. On Saturday we gained our first win, although it is never about the results at this time of the season and more about the performances, but with some pretty good showings from the Scholars who played bodes well for the future. Enjoy the game.
Coming Next At The Home Of Football Saturday 4th August LEEK TOWN Kick Off 3:00pm Sheffield FC v Rotherham United Pre-Season Friendly 17.07.18
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Rotherham United Football Club was formed in 1925, although their roots stretch much further back. Rotherham County began life in 1870, originally known as Thornhill, winning the Midland League for four consecutive seasons between 1912 and 1915. They lifted the Sheffield & Hallamshire Cup twice in the same period and were elected into the Football League following World War I. The history of Rotherham Town FC dated back to 1878, becoming founder members of the Midland League in 1889, a title they won in 1892 and 1893. They won Sheffield & Hallamshire Cups in 1889 & 1890 and were elected to the Football League in 1893 but struggled for 3 seasons before the club folded. A second incarnation of Rotherham Town appeared in 1905, via a name change from a club created 6 years earlier. This side won the Sheffi eld Association League in 1903 before joining the Midland League. Like the other Rotherham sides, they also managed to claim a pair of Sheffi eld & Hallamshire Cups, 1920 & 1925. Interestingly, the original Rotherham Town provided the first opposition for Liverpool FC in 1892 and both version of Town recorded 13-0 victories over Sheffi eld FC! In 1925 Town and County merged to create the modern-day club Rotherham United, taking over County’s place in the Football League. They played in Division 3 North through to the outbreak of World War II with little success. Following the resumption of the Football League United finished 2nd in the table on three consecutive occasions before winning the title and promotion in 1950/51. They played at the second tier of English football for 17 seasons, only missing promotion to the top flight on goal average in 1955, before relegation in 1968. In 1961 the side had also reached the final of the inaugural Football League Cup competition; they won the first leg of the final 2-0 but were defeated 3-0 by top flight Aston Villa in the return. In 1973 United were relegated to Division 4 but bounced back just 2 years later and in 1981 claimed the Division 3 title and another promotion. The up-and-down pattern continued for the rest of the 20th century: relegated in 1983 and 1988, winning immediate promotion the following year, back down to Division 4 in 1991 followed by bouncing straight back from the bottom step of the league again. Relegated in 1997, a year after they won the EFL Trophy at Wembley, they missed out in the play-offs 2 years later and would enter the 21st century playing Tier 4 football. That wasn’t to last for long and consecutive promotions meant they lined up for the 2001/02 campaign against opponents such as Manchester City, West Brom, Wolves and both local Sheffield rivals. If one set of supporters have become used to a roller coaster ride it is Rotherham’s though, and they haven’t been disappointed over the last 16 seasons. Relegation in 2005 was followed by a string of financial problems with a total of 37 points deducted from the team between the 2006/07 and ‘08/09 seasons, the period unsurprisingly ending with the side back down in the bottom division of the Football League. During this time, they lost their traditional Millmoor home and found themselves playing at Don Valley, a former ground for Sheffield FC of course, until moving to the impressive New York Stadium in 2012. The new home sparked an upturn in fortunes with consecutive promotions, via a quick drop and return to League 1 last season, meaning they will once again line up in the Championship this year.
In S18 Today... Rotherham United
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We can find eleven previous fixtures against sides under the Rotherham United name, although there are many more meetings against the Rotherham Town and County sides which merged to form United.
As far back as November 1888 there are a pair of friendly wins against Rotherham Town, Club winning the first 5-4 at Clifton Lane in Rotherham and the return 3-1 at Bramall Lane a week later. Sheffield were a side struggling to keep pace with the growing power of professional football though and their winning run was ended the following season when Town won both meetings in the inaugural season of the Midland League. Later in the season Town would make it a treble with a 4 -0 win in the Wharncliffe Charity Cup Semi Final. Town’s dominance was confirmed in the following season when they beat Sheffi eld 13-0 in the FA Cup! The other 19th century clashes were against Town’s Reserves, interestingly playing a period under the name of Rotherham United over 30 years before the formation of today ’s side, with results fairly even. Town (a new incarnation) Reserves provided regular opposition in the early 19th century in various competitions, Club managing just 1 win and 3 draws in the 19 clashes we have listed to December 1905. The last of those was a second 13 -0 hammering, 15 years after the last! In March 1906 Club faced a side under the Rotherham County name for the first time, drawing 3 -3 with County Reserves in the Sheffield Association League, before losing the return 7-2 just 3 weeks later. In Sheffi eld’s defence they played the second match with just 9 players! Against both Town and County sides Club found results hard to come by and we don ’t have a single record of a victory against either, through to their merger in 1925. The story of football in the town was a complicated one and we also have recorded fixtures against teams called Rotherham Swifts, Rotherham Main, Rother Vale and Rotherham Amateurs. In 1925 Rotherham United were formed by a merger of the Town and County clubs and became the dominant side in the town. Rotherham Amateurs continued for a short period, the sides sharing 16 goals and a win apiece in two 1925 cup clashes before a pair of final meetings in the Sheffi eld Association League in 1926. The first meetings with sides under the United name were decisive wins for the new club with United Reserves beating Club 9-1 and then United ‘A’ going one better with a 10-1 victory. Shortly after though Sheffield did restore some pride in a league game against United’s ‘A’ team at their Clifton Lane Ground. Aided by a strong wind the home team took the lead two minutes from the start and added another before the break to lead comfortably at half -time. After the break the game turned though and, despite a third for their hosts, a pair of goals from Godfrey and another from Bentley ensured a share of the league points. After a break in fixtures for a few years either side of World War II there are a run of fixtures between Club and Rotherham United ‘A’ in Division 1 of the Yorkshire League during the 1950s. It also marked an upturn in terms of results for Sheffi eld who won 3 and drew 3 of the 6 results we have recorded from the 8 games which took place. There were certainly some entertaining matches too – not least a 4-4 draw in 1953 and a 5-3 win for Club 2 years later. Sheffi eld’s record goal-scorer Geoff Robinson netted 5 in those clashes and seemed to enjoy the meeting, scoring 9 in the 6 results we have. In fact, the only time he didn’t beat the United keeper was in a 1-1 draw at Abbeydale Road just before Christmas 1956 when they match was abandoned early due to heavy fog! At the end of the 1956/57 season United withdrew their ‘A’ team from the Yorkshire League and it would be over half a century before there was a game (that we know of at least) between the clubs. The next, and last until today, meeting between the sides came as part of a tough pre -season schedule in 2008, when Rotherham visited the Coach & Horses almost exactly 10 years ago, fielding a strong mix of reserve and youth players. After both FIRST MEETING – keepers had made good saves Sheffi eld took the lead on 8 minutes, as Woolley crossed for Vill Powell to stab goalwards, the 10/11/1888 ball was blocked but broke to Matt Roney who had the easiest of Friendly tasks to tap home from ten yards. Midway through the half Rotherham pulled level, with a nice cross from the right being met Rotherham Town 4 by Alex Rhodes, who steered into the corner of the net. The SHEFFIELD FC 5 stalemate was short-lived though, as five minutes before half-time a Steve Woolley corner beat everyone except Gary Townsend who LAST MEETING – rose to flick the ball home with a glancing header. It was second half of few chances, with the best effort coming when United’s 21/07/2008 Tom Cahill hit the post with a long-range shot. Later that season Friendly striker Cahill would join Ilkeston on loan and return to haunt Club with a brace against them in a League Cup game; although never SHEFFIELD FC 2 finding the back of the net in 8 senior Rotherham appearances Matt Roney, Gary Townsend Cahill has had a prolific career at a lower level, scoring over 100 Rotherham United 1 goals and he now plays in Australia, since moving down under in 2011. Alex Rhodes
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Club in Action
Sheffield FC 0 Hallam 2 Pre-Season Friendly Thursday 12/07/18 Attendance: 145 Hallam FC finally regained the Alan Cooper Memorial Trophy last Thursday, as two first half goals proved too much for a lacklustre Sheffield FC side, with the Countrymen running out deserved winners. It was a quiet opening, with the first chance of note falling to Leon Osborne, who saw his first effort
blocked before sending the rebound over the bar. Hallam’s keeper Archie Sneath had to be at his best, getting behind a fierce piledriver, making a fine stop to deny Sheffield. The visitors took the lead on 19 minutes, as Mitchell Dunne got behind the Sheffield defence, only to be hauled down by keeper Jamie Ingham, with Dunne picking himself up to slam the penalty home. Dunne made it 2-0 om 33 minutes, after being set free on the right the winger caught the
ball in his stride, lofting the volley over the top of Ingham and into the far top corner from the tightest of angles. Sheffield had a big shout for a penalty waved away by the referee in the second half, but other than that, Club looked fairly impotent going into the final third. Hallam coasted through to the final whistle with no major alarms, with a solid midfield performance and were able to hold on to lift the trophy for the first time since 2015, to the applause of both sets of fans.
Sheffield FC: Ingham, Turner, Roney, Lawrence ©, Magee, Kay, Yates, Wright, L.Osborne, Fairhurst, Gregory. Subs: Newsham, J.Osborne, Eagle, White, Deakin, Lawis, Downes. Hallam FC: Sneath, Myers, Tootle, Bradley, Damms, Griffiths, Reed ©, McCarthy, Smith, Thornton, Dunne. Subs: Brelsford, Dean, Treasure, Steer, Wilson. Referee: Luke Watson (Barnsley)
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Penistone Church 1 Sheffield FC 2 Pre-Season Friendly Saturday 14/07/18 Attendance: 115 Sheffield won their first game of the 2018/19 pre-season campaign on Saturday, as they ran out 2-1 winners on another scorching hot summer’s day, beating Northern Counties East side Penistone Church. On a rock-hard pitch, Club started the brightest, as Zeph Thomas went close twice – the first with a free-kick, the second reacting quick, only to stab the ball wide.
Penistone for their part gave an excellent account of themselves, and new signing Connor Glavin was far from shy on his debut, going close twice after trying his luck from distance. The deadlock was broken on 36 minutes, as Andrew Gascoigne – returning from a serious bout of salmonella – drove a shot from 25 yards that dipped into the bottom corner. The hosts pressed for the rest of the first half, with Jamie Ingham forced into a reflex save to stop Julian Lawrence deflected an effort into his own net, whilst two more efforts from the home side went either side of the post.
In the second half Penistone hit the bar with a great move on the right, with a second shot going not too far moments later in the fallout from the same attack. With 15 minutes remaining Church grabbed a deserved equaliser, a bursting break down the right wing caught Sheffield out of shape, with the cross being tapped in by the veteran Andy Ring. Club snatched victory in the 82nd minute, as youngsters Ehsan Mohammed and James Hastings teed up the ball for Leon Osborne, who picked his spot to curl the ball into the bottom corner.
Sheffield FC: Ingham, Turner, Eagle, Wright, Kay, Lawrence, Mackie, Gascoigne, Newsham, Thomas, Gregory. Subs: Downes, Mohammed, Yates, Osborne, Hastings, Purkiss, White, Hutchinson, Chapell.
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Player Statistics Richard Adams Ben Algar Laurence Bilboe Alex Brown Jack Brownell Adam Chapman Sam Colbear Lee Cooksey Charlie Dawes Ishmael Dawson Waide Fairhurst Sam Finlaw Luke Francis Andrew Gascoigne Ricky German Ross Goodwin James Gregory Jamie Hadfield Callum Harrison Bradley Howe Ritchie Humphreys Jamie Ingham Louis Jones Frank Koroma Julian Lawrence Ben Ledger Pat Lindley Damian Magee Jack Mawson Lee Morris Luis Morrison Kuda Muskwe Cecil Nyoni Rod Orlando-Young Leon Osborne Matt Outram Dylan Parkin Reon Potts Lewis Price Joel Purkiss Derry Robson Matt Roney Dan Rose Grant Ryan Leslie Sackey Jay Smith Brett Souter Matt Sykes Mohammed Tijani Jack Turnbull Ben Turner Matty Waller Hugo Warhurst Harley Wigley Tyler Williams Daz Winter Rob Worrall Will Wraith Jamie Yates Matt Yates
Total - 2017/18 Season
Career
Apps
Start
Sub
Goal
MOM
Apps
Start
Sub
Goal
15 25 2 27 12 24 6 10 8 1 12 18 7 32 3 6 41 7 4 1 6 7 11 3 22 2 8 16 13 4 13 3 11 2 15 1 6 3 12 21 18 17 1 13 4 5 10 5 14 7 41 3 6 1 10 11 13 1 24 3
15 24 2 25 9 21 6 10 2 1 9 18 0 30 2 4 34 6 1 1 5 7 11 0 20 2 4 12 8 3 12 3 11 0 11 0 6 0 10 14 17 8 1 11 3 4 10 2 7 7 39 1 6 0 10 9 7 0 13 3
0 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 3 0 7 2 1 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 2 7 1 9 0 2 1 1 0 3 7 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 6 1 11 0
1 2 0 0 3 6 0 0 3 0 7 0 1 10 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0
0 3 1 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1
15 96 2 27 12 24 6 139 13 1 12 54 7 250 3 57 252 188 118 2 6 8 11 3 22 2 51 47 13 4 13 3 11 2 15 114 6 3 12 178 18 485 1 13 4 5 10 5 22 7 170 3 6 1 10 172 13 1 24 3
15 86 2 25 9 21 6 120 6 1 9 51 0 212 2 36 227 181 101 1 5 7 11 0 20 2 42 39 8 3 12 3 11 0 11 98 6 0 10 112 17 284 1 11 3 4 10 2 7 7 160 1 6 0 10 161 7 0 13 3
0 10 0 2 3 3 0 19 7 0 3 3 7 38 1 21 25 7 17 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 9 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 16 0 3 2 66 1 201 0 2 1 1 0 3 15 0 10 2 0 1 0 11 6 1 11 0
1 6 0 0 3 6 0 13 3 0 7 0 1 97 1 6 40 25 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 47 0 56 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 18 2 0 3 0
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Stat Attack Opposition
Competition
Score
Att
1
2
3
4
A
NPL 1 South
0-3
106
Souter
Turnbull
Algar
Sackey
Tue 15/08/17 Loughborough Dynamo H
NPL 1 South
2-2
193
Souter
Turnbull
Algar
Sackey
Sat 19/08/17 Ossett Town
H
FA Cup Pre
0-2
229
Souter
Turnbull
Algar
Sackey
Sat 26/08/17 Market Drayton Town
A
NPL 1 South
1-1
102
Souter
Turnbull
Algar
Goodwin
Mon 28/08/17 Stocksbridge PS
H
NPL 1 South
2-2
332
Souter
Turnbull
Algar
Goodwin
Sat 02/09/17 Corby Town
A
NPL 1 South
1-1
358
Souter
Turnbull
Algar
Price
Tue 05/09/17 Scarborough Athletic
A League Cup Pre
0-5
504
Ingham
Turner
Dawson
Turnbull
Sat 12/08/17 Carlton Town
Sat 09/09/17 Peterborough Sports
H
NPL 1 South
3-2
193
Souter
Turner
Algar
Price
Tue 12/09/17 Frickley Athletic
H
NPL 1 South
3-4
215
Souter
Turner
Algar
Price
Sat 16/09/17 Bedworth United
A
NPL 1 South
0-2
161
Souter
Turner
Algar
Price
Tue 19/09/17 Chasetown
A
NPL 1 South
3-4
132
Souter
Turner
Algar
Price
Sat 23/09/17 Basford United
H
NPL 1 South
1-2
235
Parkin
Smith
Algar
Price
Tue 26/09/17 Leek Town
A
NPL 1 South
0-3
218
Parkin
Smith
Algar
Price
Sat 30/09/17 Romulus
A
NPL 1 South
2-2
94
Parkin
Turner
Algar
Robson
Tue 03/10/17 Lincoln United
H
NPL 1 South
3-2
178
Parkin
Turner
Algar
Robson
Sat 07/10/17 Frickley Athletic
H
FA Trophy
0-3
402
Parkin
Turner
Algar
Robson
Tue 10/10/17 Rossington Main
H
Senior Cup R1
4-1
170
Parkin
Turner
Magee
Price
Sat 14/10/17 Spalding United
A
NPL 1 South
0-3
117
Bilboe
Turner
Brown
Robson
Sat 21/10/17 Corby Town
H
NPL 1 South
2-3
284
Bilboe
Turner
Brown
Robson
Sat 04/11/17 Stamford
A
NPL 1 South
2-2
260
Ledger
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Sat 07/10/17 Frickley Athletic
H
Senior Cup R2
0-4
124
Ledger
Turner
Algar
Harrison
Sat 11/11/17 Newcastle Town
H
NPL 1 South
4-3
389
Jones
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Sat 18/11/17 Alvechurch
A
NPL 1 South
2-3
127
Jones
Turner
Brown
J.Yates
Sat 25/11/17 Kidsgrove Athletic
A
NPL 1 South
2-2
125
Jones
Turner
Brown
J.Yates
Sat 02/12/17 Gresley
H
NPL 1 South
0-2
238
Jones
Turner
Brown
J.Yates
Sat 09/12/17 Cleethorpes Town
A
NPL 1 South
4-0
163
Jones
Turner
Algar 1
Nyoni
Sat 23/12/17 Loughborough Dynamo A
NPL 1 South
1-1
106
Jones
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Tue 26/12/17 Belper Town
H
NPL 1 South
0-1
327
Jones
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Mon 01/01/18 Stocksbridge PS
A
NPL 1 South
2-1
212
Jones
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Sat 20/01/18 Stamford
H
NPL 1 South
0-0
229
Jones
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Sat 27/01/18 Newcastle Town
A
NPL 1 South
0-2
102
Jones
Turner
Brown
Nyoni
Sat 03/02/18 Alvechurch
H
NPL 1 South
2-2
220
Jones
Turner
Brown
Morrison
Sat 17/02/18 Basford United
A
NPL 1 South
0-4
197
M.Yates
Turner
Brown
Morrison
Sat 24/02/18 Romulus
H
NPL 1 South
2-2
216
M.Yates
Turner
Magee
Morrison
Wed 14/03/18 Lincoln United
A
NPL 1 South
1-4
87
M.Yates
Turner
Magee 1
Morrison
Tue 20/03/18 Market Drayton Town
H
NPL 1 South
4-4
140
Warhurst
Turner
Magee
Chapman 1
Sat 24/03/18 Gresley
A
NPL 1 South
1-0
267
Warhurst
Turner
Brown
Magee
Tue 27/03/18 Carlton Town
H
NPL 1 South
2-1
172
Warhurst
Turner
Brown
Magee
Thu 05/04/18 Kidsgrove Athletic
H
NPL 1 South
3-2
169
Warhurst
Turner 1
Brown
Magee
Sat 07/04/18 Leek Town
H
NPL 1 South
0-4
229
Warhurst
Turner
Brown
Lawrence
Mon 09/04/18 Cleethorpes Town
H
NPL 1 South
1-1
161
Warhurst
Turner
Brown
Magee
Thu 12/04/18 Belper Town
A
NPL 1 South
2-1
103
Ingham
Turner
Brown
Lawrence
Sat 14/04/18 Peterborough Sports
A
NPL 1 South
1-3
162
Ingham
Turner
Brown
Magee
Tue 17/04/18 Chasetown
H
NPL 1 South
1-1
190
Ingham
Turner
Brown
Winter
Sat 21/04/18 Bedworth United
H
NPL 1 South
1-1
239
Ingham
Turner
Brown
Winter
Tue 24/04/18 Spalding United
H
NPL 1 South
5-1
160
Ingham
Turner
Brown
Winter
Sat 28/04/18 Frickley Athletic
A
NPL 1 South
0-1
255
Ingham
Turner
Brown
Winter
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6
7
Cooksey
Magee
Robson
Cooksey
Morris
Robson
Cooksey
Morris
Robson
Cooksey
Adams
Robson
Cooksey
Adams
Robson
Cooksey
Adams
Robson
8
9
10
11
Gascoigne
Mawson
Humphreys
Gregory
Purkiss 9
Tijani 4
Gascoigne 2
Mawson
Humphreys
Gregory
Purkiss 9
Tijani 8
Gascoigne
Mawson
Humphreys
Gregory
Purkiss 8
Tijani 6
Price
Mawson
Tijani
Gregory
Purkiss 9 1
Waller 10
Purkiss
Tijani 1
Humphreys
Gregory
Sackey 3
Mawson 8 1
Price 4
Gascoigne 1
Mawson
Tijani
Gregory
Purkiss 11
Roney 9
Magee 4
Waller
Mawson 9
Robson 10
Tijani 2
Morris 5
Brownell 7
Sub
Sub
Sub
Waller
2
-
Howe
Rose
Roney
Brownell
Purkiss
Dawes
Cooksey
Adams 1
Robson
Gascoigne
Mawson
Tijani
Morris
Adams
Robson
Gascoigne 2
Mawson
Humphreys
Gregory 1
Smith 6
Dawes 4
Tijani 9
Smith
Adams
Robson
Goodwin
Mawson
Purkiss
Gregory
Tijani 8
Brownell 2
Dawes 9 Goodwin 8
Gregory 2 Humphreys 10
Smith
Adams
Robson
Brownell 1
Tijani 1
Purkiss 1
Gregory
Magee 3
Mawson 9
Colbear
Adams
Robson
Brownell 1
Tijani
Purkiss
Gregory
Goodwin 11
Mawson 4
Turner 7
Colbear
Adams
Robson
Gascoigne
Tijani
Purkiss
Brownell
Sykes 9
Turner 6
Mawson 4
Colbear
Adams
Roney
Gascoigne
Purkiss
Gregory
Brownell 1
Sykes 7
Dawes 9
-
Colbear
Adams
Cooksey
Gascoigne 1
Purkiss 1
Gregory
Brownell
Sykes 7 1
Roney 10
Magee 9
Colbear
Hadfield
Cooksey
Sykes
Purkiss
Gregory
Brownell
Roney 7
Magee 9
Dawes 8
Colbear
Cooksey
Goodwin
Dawes 3
Purkiss
Sykes
Roney
Koroma 4 1
Algar 11
Brownell 8
Hadfield
Adams
Brownell
Finlaw
Ryan
Gregory
Algar
J.Yates 7
German 4
Koroma 2
Hadfield
Adams
J.Yates 1
Finlaw
German 1
Algar
Brownell
Purkiss 11
Price 4
Dawes 7
3
Chapman
9
Hadfield
Adams
Gascoigne
Finlaw
German
Algar
Williams 1
Gregory 1
Lawrence
Adams
Price
Finlaw
Purkiss
Gregory
J.Yates
Gascoigne 7
Koroma 4
5
8
Roney 9 Gregory 7 1
Hadfield
Chapman
Gascoigne
Finlaw
Ryan 1
Algar
Williams 2
Lawrence
Lawrence 1
Chapman
Algar
Finlaw
Ryan 1
Gregory
Williams
Harrison 2
Dawes 10
-
Lawrence
Chapman
Algar
Finlaw
Ryan
Gregory 1
Williams 1
Francis 4
Hadfield 7
Tijani 11
Hadfield
Chapman
Algar
Finlaw
Ryan
Gregory
Williams
Lawrence 5
Francis 7
J.Yates 3
9
J.Yates 11
10
J.Yates
J.Yates 7
Lawrence
Chapman
Worrall 1
Finlaw
Gascoigne 2
Gregory
Williams
Brown
Lawrence
Chapman
Worrall 1
Finlaw
Gascoigne
Gregory
Williams
J.Yates 10
Francis 7
Potts 9
Lawrence
Chapman
Worrall
Finlaw
Gascoigne
J.Yates
Williams
Wigley 4
Potts 7
Francis 9
Lawrence
Chapman 1
Worrall
Finlaw
Osborne
J.Yates
Williams
Francis 7 1
Potts 4
Harrison 11
Lawrence
Chapman
Gascoigne
Finlaw
Muskwe
Worrall
Williams
Osborne 9
Gregory 10
J.Yates 11
Lawrence
Chapman
Gascoigne
Finlaw
Muskwe
Worrall
Osborne
J.Yates 2
Gregory 9
Ryan11
Lawrence
Chapman 1
Finlaw
Gascoigne
Ryan
Muskwe
Nyoni
Gregory 8
Osborne 10
Worrall 9
Lawrence
Chapman
Finlaw
Gascoigne
Worrall
Gregory
Nyoni
Harrison 11
Francis 9
Lawrence
Chapman 1
Finlaw
Gascoigne
Osborne
J.Yates
Gregory 1
Brown 3
J.Yates
Chapman
Finlaw
Gascoigne
Osborne
Ryan
Gregory
Worrall 5
Wraith 8
Roney 9
Morrison
Lindley
Roney
Gascoigne
Osborne 1
Ryan 1
Gregory 1
Outram 7
Winter 6
Fairhurst 10
Morrison
Winter
Roney
Gascoigne
Osborne
Ryan
Gregory
J.Yates 7
Fairhurst 10 1
Lindley 8
Morrison
Winter
Roney
Gascoigne
Osborne
Fairhurst 2
Gregory
J.Yates 7
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Morrison
Winter
Roney
Gascoigne
Osborne
Fairhurst
Gregory 1
J.Yates 7
Chapman 6 1
Ryan10
Morrison
Lindley
J.Yates
Chapman
Osborne
Ryan
Gregory
Fairhurst 9
Gascoigne 11
Winter 6
5
Francis
Worrall 10 Orlando-Young 11
11
Purkiss 9
Morrison
Lawrence
Winter
Chapman
Ryan
Fairhurst
Lindley
Roney 1
Gregory
Morrison
Winter
Chapman
Gascoigne 1
Fairhurst
Purkiss
Gregory 1
Lindley 10
Osborne 9
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Morrison
Lawrence
Roney
Chapman
Fairhurst 1
J.Yates
Gascoigne
Gregory 7
Worrall 8
Lindley 6
Lawrence
Chapman
J.Yates 1
Gascoigne
Fairhurst
Purkiss
Gregory
Worrall 10
Roney 8
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Magee
Lawrence
J.Yates
Gascoigne
Fairhurst 1
Purkiss
Gregory
Osborne 10
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Magee
Lawrence
J.Yates 1
Gascoigne 1 Fairhurst 2
Osborne
Gregory
Chapman 5 1
Roney 2
Lindley 7
Lawrence
Chapman
Lindley
Osborne
Gregory
Worrall 7
Morrison 5
Roney 10
Gascoigne
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Scholars
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Sheffield FC’s collaboration with Maltby Academy Sixth Form has produced another starlet in the making, as Alfie Eagle made his first start for the Club First Team in the pre-season win against Penistone Church. The 16-year-old started in the left back position for the World’s First, and showed he wasn’t over-awed with some confident touches and overlaps, that gave him a standing ovation as he was replaced late in the game. Alfie has just completed year one of the SFC/Maltby Academy Scholarship Programme, which is still recruiting for the new year for new applicants.
Also adding to the success of the Sheffield FC Scholarships, but from a Meadowhead point of view, James Hastings , Ehsan Mohammed and Louis Hutchinson all made appearances in the second half for Club and gave very solid performances with Ehsan (in action right) and James involved in the build up to the winning goal. We are still holding Open Trials for Year 11 students (under 16’s age group) EVERY Tuesday at Maltby Academy between 4:00pm and 6:00pm. There is no appointment needed, just arrive in time to register your interest. VENUE: Maltby Academy, Braithwell Road, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 8AB DATE: EVERY Tuesday TIME: 4.00-6.00pm ESSENTIALS: Suitable Clothing, Shin pads, Water bottle. Contact Chris Dolby on 07967172718 or chris@sheffieldfc.com for more details.
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Sheffield FC's 2018/19 fixture list was released last week, and it starts with a trip up north to one of the promoted new boys. Club start their campaign with a trip to Teeside and Marske United, with the first
home fixture a game against Tadcaster Albion. There is a Bank Holiday Monday trip to Stocksbridge Park Steels, with the Christmas games a trip to Vill Powell's Brighouse Town, and a home game on New Year's Day the return against Stocksbridge. Sat Aug 18 Marske United (A) Tue Aug 21 Tadcaster Albion (H) Sat Aug 25 Hyde United (A) FAC Mon Aug 27 Stocksbridge Park Steels (A) Sat Sep 1 Pontefract Collieries (H) Tue Sep 11 Cleethorpes Town (A) Sat Sep 15 Gresley FC (H) Sat Sep 22 Frickley Athletic (A) Tue Sep 25 Loughborough Dynamo (A) Sat Sep 29 Wisbech Town (H) Tue Oct 2 Morpeth Town (H) Sat Oct 6 Carlton Town (A) Sat Oct 13 Prescot Cables (H) FAT Sat Oct 20 Spalding United (A) Sat Nov 3 Ossett United (H) Sat Nov 10 Pickering Town (A) Sat Nov 17 AFC Mansfield (H) Sat Nov 24 Stamford (H) Sat Dec 1 Lincoln United (A) Sat Dec 8 Belper Town (H) Sat Dec 15 Tadcaster Albion (A) Sat Dec 22 Marske United (H) Wed Dec 26 Brighouse Town (A) Tue Jan 1 Stocksbridge Park Steels (H) Sat Jan 5 Ossett United (A) Sat Jan 12 Spalding United (H) Sat Jan 19 AFC Mansfield (A) Sat Jan 26 Pickering Town (H) Sat Feb 2 Carlton Town (H) Sat Feb 16 Morpeth Town (A) Sat Feb 23 Loughborough Dynamo (H) Sat Mar 2 Wisbech Town (A) Sat Mar 16 Stamford (A) Sat Mar 23 Lincoln United (H) Sat Mar 30 Frickley Athletic (H) Sat Apr 6 Gresley FC (A) Sat Apr 13 Cleethorpes Town (H) Sat Apr 20 Pontefract Collieries (A) Mon Apr 22 Brighouse Town (H) Sat Apr 27 Belper Town (A)
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P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
PTS
Doncaster Rovers Belles
18
15
2
1
52 15
37
47
2
Brighton & Hove Albion
18
12
1
5
35 26
9
37
3
Millwall Lionesses (-3pts)
18
12
3
3
40 23
17
36
4
Durham
18
11
2
5
44 26
18
35
5
Sheffield FC
18
9
1
8
40 31
9
28
6
London Bees
18
6
5
7
29 32
−3
23
7
Tottenham Hotspur
18
6
4
8
32 34
−2
22
8
Oxford United
18
3
3
12
24 41 −17
12
9
Aston Villa
18
3
2
13
21 40 −19
11
10
Watford
18
1
1
16
8
57 −49
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P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
PTS
1
Handsworth Parramore
15
12
2
1
51 15
36
38
2
Staveley Miners Welfare
15
8
2
5
33 22
11
26
3
Hallam FC (-6 pts)
15
8
2
5
28 27
1
20
4
Sheffield United (-3 pts)
15
4
5
6
25 27
-2
14
5
Sheffield FC
15
3
2
10
18 29 -11
11
6
Harworth Colliery
15
3
1
11
18 53 -35
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P
W
D
L
F
A
+/-
PTS
1
Sheffield United
16
12
2
2
68 18
50
38
2
Sheffield FC (-3 pts)
16
13
1
2
55 21
34
37
3
Worksop Town
16
8
4
4
34 30
4
28
4
Alfreton Town
16
8
0
8
31 18
13
24
5
Retford United
16
6
5
5
35 33
2
23
6
Dronfield Town
16
6
2
8
18 38 -20
20
7
Gainsborough Trinity
16
5
1
10
22 51 -29
16
8
Espial (-3 pts)
16
3
1
12
20 41 -21
7
9
Swallownest Miners Welfare
16
1
4
11
26 59 -33
7
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Around The Club In Other News
Last Sunday Sheffield FC hosted a friendly between the Borussia Dortmund UK Fan Club and the BVB Legends team to raise money for the Bluebell Wood Charity. On Thursday at half time between Club and Hallam FC, Sheffield FC's Head of Operations Paul O'Brien was able to hand over a cheque for £167 to Bluebell Wood, with even more money collected on Thursday evening. We'd like to thank all who contributed to the worthy cause. _______________________________ Season Tickets for the 2018-19 Evo-Stik East Division season are on sale today from the Sheffield FC Club Shop, with prices held over from last season.
Adult tickets are £110 once again, with Concessions retailing at £55, giving outstanding value for money for the dedicated Sheffield FC supporter. Make sure you get yours, TODAY. _______________________________ Following a meeting of the directors, the Club has taken the very difficult decision to withdraw from The FA Women’s Championship (formerly FA WSL2). The financial commitments necessary to compete at this level are proving now too onerous. Sheffield FC has been a pioneer of women’s football in Sheffield over the past 15 years, and has competed with honour, pride and considerable success against clubs with much greater resources. Sheffield FC will continue to participate in girls’ and women’s football. The structure of the women’s game at elite level is moving towards a full-time operation which is not no longer consistent with where Sheffield FC is positioned as a club.
Club Ladies are expected to take their place in the Third Tier of Women’s football, the National League, with confirmation expected shortly.
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EARLY FOOTBALL Versions of football evolved in many early civilisations, example of these can be found in ancient China, Greece and Rome. In England the original games were played between villages in fields and streets. This ‘Mob Football’ involved hundreds of players and was little more than prolonged and violent street battles. During the 19th century a more refined version of the game grew in popularity within the public schools and universities, each playing to their own sets of rules. THE BIRTH OF SHEFFIELD FOOT BALL CLUB. During the 1850s the enthusiasm and influence of ex-public school and university students spread the popularity of the game around Sheffield. In the summer of 1857 William Prest and Nathaniel Creswick agreed that the game would be a splendid candidate for organised sport during the winter months. The pair wrote to the Public Schools for information, regarding their varying rules, with the aim of drawing up a set of laws embodying the best points from each. On October 24th, 1857, the world’s first football club was born in a greenhouse, at the home of Harry Chambers. Chambers went on to become one of the club’s greatest players, and Secretary, in a career that spanned over 40 years. Among the first rules drawn up were laws asserting that “no hacking or tripping up is fair under any circumstances”, “no player may be held or pulled over” and “it is not lawful to take the ball off the ground [using hands]”. Upon the formation of the Football Association in 1863, Sheffield Club’s insistence on these laws began the evolution into the game we recognise globally today. Heading, solid crossbars, corner kicks, free-kicks for fouls, throw-ins, a half-time change of ends and floodlit matches can all be traced to the innovators of Sheffield F.C.! EARLY YEARS Initially early matches, such as Married men v Unmarried, had to be played between Club members. Records also show games against local army sides. Following victory over the 58 th Army Regiment in 1860 a local report stated that, “most of the officers were adepts at the game, having, in their younger days, played in the public school matches, and the victory of the civilians was quite unexpected.” Following the birth of Hallam F.C., the world’s first inter-club game took place on Boxing Day in 1860. The match “was conducted with good temper and in a friendly spirit”, concluding in a 2-0 win for Sheffield. For several years all matches were played locally, against a rising number of new sides, before the first ‘out of town’ match was played in Nottinghamshire in 1865. In 1866 the first game limited to a length of 90 minutes was played at Battersea Park against London. The FA Cup was founded in 1871 and in its third season Sheffield became the first northern side to take part. They succeeded in reaching the quarter finals in this and two further seasons also, 1876 and 1878. 1872 saw the first international game, between England and Scotland in Glasgow, with Sheffield’s Charles Clegg playing for the England side. Clegg would later go on to be Chairman, and President, of the FA and receive a knighthood for his services to the game.
Our History
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From the 1880s onwards the rise of professionalism and Sheffield Club’s firm insistence of retaining their amateur status saw them overtaken and overshadowed by other sides in the area. During these years the very survival of the club owed much to the leadership of former players Harry Chambers and Harry Broughton Willey. After the death of the latter in 1933 the minutes stated that “Mr H.B. Willey for years had carried the Club on his back, administratively and financially, making up a yearly deficit from his own pocket.” It wasn’t all doom and gloom though! In fact Sheffield enjoyed possibly their greatest hour in 1904 when they won the Amateur Cup, beating Ealing 3-1 at Valley Parade, Bradford. YORKSHIRE LEAGUE 1949 brought admission to the Yorkshire League and a resurgence, which saw the side promoted to Division One in their third season and reach the League Cup final in 1953. In 1957 they celebrated their Centenary year and reached their first Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Cup final in 1962. The 1950s also saw the emergence of the Club’s greatest legend with forward Geoff Robinson (above) scoring 232 goals over 216 appearances. After a period of yo-yoing between divisions the 1977 side were crowned Division Two Champions and reached that season’s FA Vase final at Wembley. They established themselves as a top division side in the Yorkshire League, lifting the League Cup in 1978, before joining the newly founded Northern Counties East League in 1982. NORTHERN COUNTIES LEAGUE The Division One title was won in both 1989 and 1991 and a first Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Cup win came in 1994. In 2001 the club acquired a permanent ground, for the first time, when moving to its current home. After the turn of the century the side began to consistently challenge for promotion, winning both the League Cup and Sheffield and Hallamshire FA Cup on two occasions. The 2006/07 season ended with a 2 nd place finish and promotion to the Northern Premier League. NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE The side made an instant impact in reaching the 2008 play-off final, narrowly losing only on penalties. That first season also saw games against Inter Milan and Ajax at Bramall Lane, as part of the 150th birthday celebrations, and a few years later a win at Hallam’s Sandygate ground to mark the anniversary of the first inter-club match. Sheffield have twice more been involved in the season ending play-offs and lifted the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Cup on two further occasions also. Manager Mark Hume took over in May 2017, and hopes are high for 2017/18 of making good progress from last season’s disappointing 15th place finish. In addition the SFC Ladies’ team have now risen from the lowest rung of women’s football, to play alongside the elite of the game in the FA Women’s Super League. Sheffield Futsal Club were again amongst the country’s leading sides, the Under 19s won the League Cup and the Over 35s won the treble, whilst the newly formed Sheffield FC Veterans (with Jim Fern scoring, right) went to the San Siro Stadium in Milan to win the ACLI Invitational Trophy as the club continues to go from strength to strength in the grass roots game in its 160th season.
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South Division Table 2017/18 1 2
Team Basford United (CHAMPIONS) Alvechurch (PROMOTED)
P 42 42
W 31 25
D 7 10
L 4 7
F 101 78
A 42 49
Diff 59 29
Pts 100 85
3 4 5 6
Frickley Athletic (-3pts) Bedworth United Chasetown Stamford (PROMOTED)
42 42 42 42
26 22 22 19
7 8 7 14
9 12 13 9
117 73 83 66
61 58 64 34
56 15 19 32
82 74 73 71
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Leek Town Lincoln United Corby Town Cleethorpes Town (-12pts) Stocksbridge Park Steels Peterborough Sports Spalding United Loughborough Dynamo Sheffield FC Belper Town Gresley FC Kidsgrove Athletic Carlton Town Newcastle Town Market Drayton Town
42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42
20 21 18 18 13 15 14 13 10 12 11 11 10 10 10
8 5 6 13 14 6 8 10 15 9 10 9 11 9 9
14 16 18 11 15 21 20 19 17 21 21 22 21 23 23
80 85 74 82 75 70 52 61 66 46 49 70 66 49 51
50 81 75 57 66 78 62 78 85 90 91 90 76 73 97
30 4 -1 25 9 -8 -10 -17 -19 -44 -42 -20 -10 -24 -46
68 68 60 55 53 51 50 49 45 45 43 42 41 39 39
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42
8
11
23
57
94
-37
35
Pre-Season Fixtures 2018 07/07/2018 - 12:30 Chesterfield (H) - LOST 1-5 (Att 418) 12/07/2018 - 19:30 Hallam FC (H) - LOST 0-2 (Att 145) 14/07/2018 - 15:00 Penistone Church (A) - WON 2-1 (Att 115) 17/07/2018 - 19:30 Rotherham United (H) 21/07/2018 - 15:00 SV Lipsia-Eutritzsch 93 (A) 04/08/2018 - 15:00 Leek Town (H) 07/08/2018 - 19:30 Glossop North End (H)
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