Balpin Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Sheffield rulesMain article: Sheffield rules By the late 1850s, many football clubs had been formed throughout the English-speaking world, to play various codes of football. Sheffield Football Club, founded in 1857 in the English city of Sheffield by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest, was later recognised as the world's oldest club playing association football.[75] However, the club initially played its own code of football: the Sheffield rules. The code was largely independent of the public school rules, the most significant difference being the lack of an offside rule. The code was responsible for many innovations that later spread to association football. These included free kicks[disambiguation needed ], corner kicks, handball, throw-ins and the crossbar.[76] By the 1870s they became the dominant code in the north and midlands of England. At this time a series of rule changes by both the London and Sheffield FAs gradually eroded the differences between the two games until the adoption of a common code in 1877. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I did know that. Sheffield continued to innovate as well for a while. First black player in the league First match under floodlights and so on This little city has been a haven of industry and trailblazing in sport, music and much else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 I did know that. Sheffield continued to innovate as well for a while. First black player in the league First match under floodlights and so on This little city has been a haven of industry and trailblazing in sport, music and much else I always knew we were an innovative engineering town, but didnt know that. You live and learn as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hmm, the OP is cutting and pasting from Wikipedia without giving credit? Naughty boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hmm, the OP is cutting and pasting from Wikipedia without giving credit? Naughty boy! he's hardly the only one, there are people who construct their whole arguments doing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hmm, the OP is cutting and pasting from Wikipedia without giving credit? Naughty boy! My defence is ignorance. I did not know that was an offence. Mucho apologies. If you will accept them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Hmm, the OP is cutting and pasting from Wikipedia without giving credit? Naughty boy! Why not think before you type. While the original text is in a Wikipedia item, it has also been copied by others all over the 'net. Sometimes with correct reference, sometimes without. You, however, had no idea from where the OP copied the text from. Innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoatwobbler Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 If you want a really good book about the early days of Football in Sheffield then I can highly reccomend The Romance Of The Wednesday http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wednesday-Sheffield-1867-1926-Football-Histories/dp/1874287171 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 If you want a really good book about the early days of Football in Sheffield then I can highly reccomend The Romance Of The Wednesday http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wednesday-Sheffield-1867-1926-Football-Histories/dp/1874287171 Would that cover the early years? Wednesday weren't formed until 1867. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The real me Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Would that cover the early years? Wednesday weren't formed until 1867. Thats when football really began Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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