Sheffield Home of Football - Porterbrook's Hidden Football Treasures - Guided Walk
A nostalgic 90-min walk to hear about 11 lost footballing legends, and then to Ecclesall Rd for more lost grounds and stories of footballing history making.
On this walk come and hear the stories of the grounds, teams, matches, rules, and people who moved football forward through the amateur, professional and international eras.
Stories involving Albion F.C. with Billy Mosforth and the Cleggs; Collegiate Club and the salvation of Sheffield FC; Thursday Wanderers; The Wednesday; Oxford FC; and more Youdan Cup tales.
More evidence of Sheffield moving football from being a ‘game of catching, hacking, and weird offside rules’ to a more organised and structured game. Eventually leading to professional teams, sporting stadiums, and the World’s biggest and greatest sport.
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Starting at the Montague Street entrance to the Cemetery we follow the path of Porter Brook, through Sheffield General Cemetery where we will visit the graves of some of Sheffield’s footballing greats and acknowledge the legacy they left behind.
We then continue following Porter Brook and go onto Ecclesall Road, visiting and hearing the stories about the locations of football grounds used from 1858 onwards and the teams and people that played there.
Every ground, team and player making a significant contribution in creating the unique footballing history and heritage of Sheffield.
There are some controversial tales to tell along the way. Our Historians have discovered over 200 football clubs that we know were playing football in Sheffield to 'Sheffield Rules' between 1857 and 1875.
Some of these clubs played 14-a-side and had 2-3 teams playing and training regularly so that’s potentially 100+ games of football every week during the months of October to March!! Where did they play?
