My Visit To The Home Of Football: Sheffield FC, England (Formed 1857)

My Visit To The Home Of Football: Sheffield FC, England (Formed 1857)

“It’s coming home. It’s coming. Football’s coming home” – The Lightning Seeds. Sheffield FC are widely regarded as the oldest club in world football that have been continuously playing. They were formed in 1857 and as much as I hate FIFA, they are the governing body of world football and they recognise Sheffield FC as the world’s Read more about My Visit To The Home Of Football: Sheffield FC, England (Formed 1857)[…]

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 AFC Bournemouth (17th March 2004) at Hillsborough

My Twenty Season Gap From Sheffield: A Football Return

“The air coming up to the boil; rubbing up against walls and lamp-posts trying to get rid of it. Old women clack their tongues in the shade of crumbling concrete bus shelters” – Jarvis Cocker (Pulp – Sheffield: Sex City). Sheffield FC are widely regarded as the oldest club in world football that have been Read more about My Twenty Season Gap From Sheffield: A Football Return[…]

Watching AFC Bournemouth win at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium

Wednesday Night Fever…Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 AFC Bournemouth (17.03.2004)

I had been longing for a Cherries away match since my first visit to Dean Court. It was not a case of picking out a fixture list and hand picking an away match to go to. Everything had to be right. We hadn’t won an away match in 6 months (I think 1-0 at Notts Read more about Wednesday Night Fever…Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 AFC Bournemouth (17.03.2004)[…]