Football in South Yorkshire

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Association football is one of the most popular sports in the English county of South Yorkshire and has been played in an organised fashion for well over 150 years.

The two oldest football clubs in the world Sheffield FC and Hallam FC hail from the area and today there are five major professional clubs Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers as well as many other semi-professional and amateur clubs.

History

Early history

The largest city in South Yorkshire, Sheffield, played a role in developing the modern day game of football in the 1850s. For years the game had been played on an ad hoc basis with few rules, but the road to a coded version of the sport arguably began in Sheffield in 1855, when two players of Sheffield Cricket Club, Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest, decided to found Sheffield Football Club in order to keep the players fit through the winter months. The club mainly played exhibition matches amongst each other.[1]

The Sheffield Rules

The first written set of laws were produced at the club's first annual general meeting on 21 October 1858. The original draft was amended at the same meeting to produce the following set of rules for the 1858–59 season.[2]

  1. The kick off from the middle must be a place kick.
  2. Kick out must not be more than 25 yards [23 m] out of goal.
  3. A fair catch is a catch from any player provided the ball has not touched the ground or has not been thrown from touch and is entitled to a free-kick.
  4. Charging is fair in case of a place kick (with the exception of a kick off as soon as a player offers to kick) but he may always draw back unless he has actually touched the ball with his foot.
  5. Pushing with the hands is allowed but no hacking or tripping up is fair under any circumstances whatever.
  6. No player may be held or pulled over.
  7. It is not lawful to take the ball off the ground (except in touch) for any purpose whatever.
  8. The ball may be pushed or hit with the hand, but holding the ball except in the case of a free kick is altogether disallowed.
  9. A goal must be kicked but not from touch nor by a free kick from a catch.
  10. A ball in touch is dead, consequently the side that touches it down must bring it to the edge of the touch and throw it straight out from touch.
  11. Each player must provide himself with a red and dark blue flannel cap, one colour to be worn by each side.

Two major events took place in 1860. On 31 January a meeting was held where it was resolved that Law 8 should be expunged and replaced with Holding the ball (except in the case of a free kick) or knocking or pushing it on is altogether disallowed.[3] On the pitch the world’s first inter-club match between Sheffield and the newly formed Hallam F.C. took place on 26 December 1860. The match took place at Hallam's ground, Sandygate Road. It was reported that "The Sheffielders turned in their usual Scarlet and White" which suggests that club colours were already in use.[4] Despite playing with inferior numbers Sheffield F.C. beat Hallam 2–0.

Delegates from Sheffield F.C. were present at the foundation of The Football Association in 1863, joining the new organisation a month later.[5] The FA remained largely dormant after the creation of its rules but in 1866 Sheffield F.C. suggested a match between it and an FA member club.[6] This was misunderstood and they ended up playing a combined FA team on 31 March 1866 under FA rules. The game was the first ever to limit the match to 90 minutes and Sheffield F.C. adopted it as its preferred length of match.[7] The rule would make it to the FA rule book in 1877. A second match was suggested by the London FA in a letter sent in November or the same year but never took place, the reason being disputes of which rules should be used.[8] The FA introduced an 8 feet (2.4 m) cross bar used by Sheffield in the same year only for Sheffield to then decide to raise it to 9 feet (2.7 m).[9] The fair catch was also dropped by Sheffield.[10] This completed the transition to a purely kicking game. The Sheffield Rules soon became the dominant code in England.[11]

Birth of competition

In 1867 the world's first football tournament, the Youdan Cup, was played in Sheffield under Sheffield Rules.[12] The tournament involved 12 local sides and was played during February and March. The tournament committee decided on the use of an off-field referee to award free kicks for infringements. The final took place on 5 March and was only the second football match to take place at Bramall Lane. A crowd of 3,000, a world record attendance, watched Hallam claim the cup by scoring two rouges in the last five minutes to win two rouges to one.[12] The Sheffield Football Association, the first ever County Football Association, was founded following the tournament, with [13] the twelve competing teams involved in the tournament being joined by Sheffield F.C. as founder members. The association adopted the Sheffield Rules without any changes.

A second tournament, the Cromwell Cup was played a year later.[14] This time it was only open to teams under two years old. Out of the four teams that competed, The Wednesday emerged victorious. The final was a goalless draw after 90 minutes so the teams played on until a goal was scored. This was the first instance where a match involved extra time.[15]

Between 1871 and 1876 a total of 16 matches were played between the Sheffield and London associations.[16] As well as playing under both Sheffield and London rules, additional matches were played at Bramall Lane using a mixture of both sets. Aspects of the Sheffield game were also incorporated into the FA rules. The matches being played between Sheffield and London led to the two sets of rules becoming ever more similar. The corner kick was proposed by the Sheffield Association and adopted by the FA on 17 February 1872.[17] They also followed Sheffield's lead in restricting handling of the ball by the goalkeeper to his own half. The Sheffield game reverted to using an 8 feet (2.4 m) crossbar in line with the FA.

Demise of the Sheffield Rules

The FA Cup was inaugurated in 1871, but Sheffield clubs declined to enter the competition as it was being played under FA rules.[18] The first team from the area to enter was Sheffield F.C., in the 1873–74 season. This was after an attempt to enter a Sheffield FA team was refused by the organisers. They reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Clapham Rovers.

The Sheffield FA instituted their own Challenge Cup in 1876.[19] The cup was open to all the members of the SFA that now included many clubs outside the local area. The first final attracted a crowd of 8,000, twice as much as the FA Cup final in the same season. It was a record crowd for a cup match that would be held until the FA Cup of 1883.[19] The match was between Heeley and Wednesday, and resulted in a 2–0 win for the latter.

By 1877 it was clear that the situation concerning different associations using different rules had become impractical. After letters were published in The Field magazine deriding the state of affairs it was decided to unite the kicking game under one set of laws.[20] By this time the FA Cup had helped the FA gain a dominant position within the game.[21] The FA accepted the Sheffield rule allowing throw-ins to be thrown in any direction, as opposed to right angles only as prevails in rugby lineouts. In return the FA's use of a three-man offside was adopted.

By the 1880s the influence of the Sheffield FA started to wane, and in 1887 its famous chairman, Charles Clegg,[22] had to accept a merger with a rival organisation, the Hallamshire F.A., forming the Sheffield & Hallamshire F.A.

Clubs

South Yorkshire had the following clubs playing senior football for the 2015-16 season.

League clubs

These clubs play in fully professional leagues, at levels 1–4 of the English football league system. They also compete in the following cup competitions -

Club League Home Ground Borough Post code
Level 2
Rotherham United Football League Championship New York Stadium Rotherham S60 1AH
Sheffield Wednesday Football League Championship Hillsborough Sheffield S6 1SW
Level 3
Barnsley Football League One Oakwell Barnsley S71 1ET
Doncaster Rovers Football League One Keepmoat Stadium Doncaster DN4 5JW
Sheffield United Football League One Bramall Lane Sheffield S2 4SU
Location of the Football League clubs in South Yorkshire
Blue pog.svg Blue: Level 2
Red pog.svg Red: Level 3

Non-league clubs

These clubs play in semi-professional and amateur leagues, at levels 5–14 of the English football league system. The list does not include reserve teams of clubs that may play further down the pyramid. They also compete in the following national cup competitions -

Non-league clubs that are affiliated to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA compete in the following county cup competitions -

Clubs in South Yorkshire that are affiliated to the West Riding County FA compete in the following county cup competitions -

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Coach & Horses Ground,
Sheffield
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The Welfare Ground,
Armthorpe Welfare
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Sheerien Park,
Athersley Recreation
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Muglet Lane,
Maltby Main
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The Welfare Ground,
Askern
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The Welfare Ground,
Brodsworth Welfare
Phoenix Park,
Dinnington Town
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Rotherham Road,
Swallownest
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Edlington Lane,
Yorkshire Main
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Hard Lane,
Kiveton Park
Club League Home Ground Borough Post code
Level 8
Shaw Lane Aquaforce NPL Division One South Shaw Lane Barnsley S70 6HZ
Sheffield NPL Division One South Coach & Horses Ground Sheffield[lower-alpha 1] S18 2GD
Stocksbridge Park Steels NPL Division One South Bracken Moor Sheffield S36 2AN
Level 9
Armthorpe Welfare NCEL Premier Division The Welfare Ground Doncaster DN3 3AG
Athersley Recreation NCEL Premier Division Sheerien Park Barnsley S71 3DP
Handsworth Parramore NCEL Premier Division Sandy Lane Sheffield[lower-alpha 2] S80 1UJ
Maltby Main NCEL Premier Division Muglet Lane Rotherham S66 7JQ
Parkgate NCEL Premier Division Roundwood Sports Complex Rotherham S62 6LA
Level 10
Hallam NCEL Division One Sandygate Road Sheffield S10 5SE
Penistone Church NCEL Division One Church View Road Barnsley S36 6AT
Rossington Main NCEL Division One Oxford Street Doncaster DN11 0TE
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic NCEL Division One Grimethorpe Sports Ground Barnsley S72 7ND
Level 11
Askern CML North Division The Welfare Ground Doncaster DN6 0AJ
Brodsworth Welfare CML North Division Welfare Ground Doncaster DN6 7PP
Dinnington Town CML North Division Phoenix Park Rotherham S25 2PP
Frecheville Community S&HCSL Premier Division Silkstone Road Sheffield S12 4RJ
Houghton Main S&HCSL Premier Division Middlecliffe Lane Barnsley S72 0HT
Jubilee Sports S&HCSL Premier Division Chaucer School Sheffield S5 8NH
Millmoor Juniors S&HCSL Premier Division Grange Park Rotherham S61 2RB
North Gawber Colliery S&HCSL Premier Division Woolley Colliery Road Barnsley S75 5JA
Oughtibridge War Memorial S&HCSL Premier Division Station Lane Sheffield S35 0JS
Phoenix CML North Division Phoenix Sports & Social Club Rotherham S60 5PA
Swallownest S&HCSL Premier Division Rotherham Road Sheffield S26 4UR
Swinton Athletic S&HCSL Premier Division Hampden Road Doncaster S64 0JL
Thorne Colliery CML North Division Moorends Doncaster DN8 4NH
Thorpe Hesley S&HCSL Premier Division The Rockingham Centre Rotherham[lower-alpha 3] S70 5TU
Wickersley S&HCSL Premier Division Wickersley School Rotherham S66 1JL
Level 12
Armthorpe Markham Main D&DSL Premier Division Church Street Doncaster DN3 3AL
Byron House S&HCSL Division One Warminster Road Sheffield S8 8PR
Caribbean Sports S&HCSL Division One Caribbean Sports Club Sheffield S35 9WN
Davy S&HCSL Division One Prince of Wales Road Sheffield S9 4ER
Denaby Main S&HCSL Division One Tickhill Square Doncaster DN12 4ER
Denaby United S&HCSL Division One Old Road Doncaster DN12 3NX
Dunscroft United D&DSL Premier Division Dunscroft Welfare Doncaster DN7 4HD
Ecclesfield Red Rose S&HCSL Division One Chaucer School Sheffield S5 8NH
Graceholme D&DSL Premier Division Auburn Road Doncaster DN12 1DW
High Green Villa S&HCSL Division One Meadowhall Soccer Centre Sheffield S9 1RZ
Kingstone United S&HCSL Division One Smithies Lane Barnsley S71 1NL
Sheffield Bankers S&HCSL Division One Hillsborough College Sheffield S6 2ET
Silkstone United S&HCSL Division One Barnsley Road Barnsley S75 4LX
Sutton Rovers D&DSL Premier Division Welfare Ground Doncaster DN6 0AJ
Wombwell Main S&HCSL Division One Windmill Road Barnsley S73 8PH
Level 13
Balby Recreational D&DSL Division One Weston Road Doncaster DN4 8AD
Bawtry Town S&HCSL Division Two Keepmoat Stadium pitch 2 Doncaster DN4 5JW
Brinsworth Whitehill S&HCSL Division Two Phoenix Sports & Social Club Rotherham S60 5PA
Doncaster Deaf Trust D&DSL Division One Communication Specialist College Doncaster DN2 6AY
Doncaster Town D&DSL Division One Cantley Park Doncaster DN4 6HR
Grimethorpe Sports S&HCSL Division Two Grimethorpe Sports Ground Barnsley S72 7EQ
Kiveton Park S&HCSL Division Two Hard Lane Rotherham S26 6NE
New Bohemians S&HCSL Division Two Bawtry Road Sheffield S9 1UH
Sheffield Lane Top S&HCSL Division Two Civil Sports Ground Sheffield S35 9WY
Treeton Terriers S&HCSL Division Two Sheffield Park Academy Rotherham[lower-alpha 4] S2 1SN
Yorkshire Main D&DSL Division One Edlington Lane Doncaster DN12 1DA
Level 14
Dale Dynamos SYAL Doncaster Road Barnsley S70 5EF
Euroglaze SYAL Dorothy Hyman Athletics Stadium Barnsley S72 8LH
Sheffield Medics SYAL Warminster Road Sheffield S8 8PR
Sheffield West End SYAL Warminster Road Sheffield S8 8PR
Three Feathers Prince of Wales SYAL Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield S2 1SN
Working Wonders SYAL Darton Academy Barnsley S75 5EF
Level 15
Royston Cross W&DL Division One Rabbit Ings Barnsley S71 4BG
  1. ↑ Currently playing in Dronfield, Derbyshire
  2. ↑ Currently playing in Worksop, Nottinghamshire
  3. ↑ Currently playing in Hoyland, Barnsley
  4. ↑ Currently playing in Sheffield

Key to league initials -

Location of non-league clubs in South Yorkshire at levels 5-8 of the English football league system (clubs eligible to compete in the FA Trophy)
Blue pog.svg Blue: Level 8
Football in South Yorkshire is located in South Yorkshire
Houghton Main
Houghton Main
Jubilee Sports
Jubilee Sports
Millmoor Juniors
Millmoor Juniors
North Gawber Colliery
North Gawber Colliery
Oughtibridge War Memorial
Oughtibridge War Memorial
Swallownest
Swallownest
Swinton Athletic
Swinton Athletic
Thorpe Hesley
Thorpe Hesley
Wickersley
Wickersley
Location of non-league clubs in South Yorkshire at levels 9-11 of the English football league system (clubs eligible to compete in the FA Vase)
Red pog.svg Red: Level 9
Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Level 10
Green pog.svg Green: Level 11

Organisation

The main county FA for South Yorkshire is the Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA (S&HCFA).

See also

References

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