The Great Sheffield Flood, an unparalleled disaster that (with the exception of maritime disasters) was the greatest loss of life in the Victorian era in Britain. On the night of 11 March 1864, assisted by a strong south-western gale, the newly built dam, known as the Dale Dyke Dam in Bradfield Dale near Low Bradfield […]
Book out now : A History of Sheffield Football 1857-1889 : Speed, Science and Bottom http://bit.ly/2qYw0r0 Ernest Needham was born at Whittington Manor on 21st January 1873 and died on the 8th March 1936. He played local football for Waverley and Staveley before joining Sheffield United in 1892 and played an important role in the […]
Is this the world’s first ever image of a football game from a newspaper? This full-page engraving is from the August 31st 1861 Harper’s Weekly newspaper depicts a scene from the Civil War, featuring Union troops from the 1st Maryland Regiment ‘playing football before evening parade’. I discussed in my last blog the world’s first […]
The game viewed in reference to the players is a capital one both for boys and men during the winter months, when there is a great temptation to shrink from taking open-air exercise. An excellent antidote to the attractions of the fireside, the arm chair, the three-volume novel, or the billiard-table is an hour or […]
More about Sheffield football history in my book ‘A History of Sheffield Football 1857-1889: Speed, Science and Bottom’ http://bit.ly/2qYw0r0 Photography was invented in the early 19th century but the very first images printed in modern newspapers were made from engravings, because ink could be applied to engravings in the same manner as it was applied to […]
As the author of ‘A History of Sheffield Football 1857-1889: Speed, Science and Bottom’ I became aware of the two competing groups looking to definitively put the general origins of football down to one specific cause. The original thought espoused by Geoffrey Green, Francis Peabody Magoun, Morris Marples, Montague Shearman and Percy Young was that […]
Two Yorkshire derbys at midday with Barnsley hosting Wednesday at 12.15 and 15 minutes later Sheffield United welcome Leeds United to Bramall Lane.Huddersfield are at home against Bournemouth on Sunday and Hallam play East Yorkshire Carnegie at 3.00 pm on Saturday. Sheffield FC dont have a match until the 13th when they home to Spalding […]
Ellis Carr filmed the Off the Shelf book festival when Martin Westby spoke about his new book A History of Sheffield Football 1857-1889: Speed, Science and Bottom – http://bit.ly/2qYw0r0 Before the presentation started he interviewed Bill Towning (secretary of Sheffield FC) Visit and subscribe to Martin Westby’s You Tube Channel http://bit.ly/2CDtvUB
Ellis Carr filmed the Off the Shelf book festival when Martin Westby spoke about his new book A History of Sheffield Football 1857-1889: Speed, Science and Bottom – http://bit.ly/2qYw0r0 Before the presentation started he interviewed Chris Eyre the historian of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association. Visit and subscribe to Martin Westby’s You Tube […]
William Chesterman (22/12/1837 – 6/1/1930) was an incredibly influential man in early Sheffield football and in the national game. He was a partner at the James Chesterman & Co Ltd a company that made measuring instruments on Pomona Street and later in life he was also a Justice of the Peace. He died a wealthy […]
