& In the Beginning…
(Part Four…)
Arrival of the Rivals…
Original Sheffield Foot Ball Club member…
( 2/2 )
William Chesterman
…will take up the Story…
“…Later clubs which appeared were…
…a club of gentlemen & yeoman farmers, retained a strong Derbyshire identity alongside the many Sheffield Association sides…
Norton F.C
( 1861-1885 )
Proper Player…
Edwin Buttery
…the early ‘Kings’ of Yorkshire Football…
Pitsmoor F.C
…arguably the strongest of ALL of Sheffield’s many teams of the early Sixties…
(1862-1876)
Proper Player…
William Waterfall
Creswick v Waterfall
The Battle of Old Bramall Lane, 1862 - coming soon…
&
Broomhall F.C
…a privileged club who represented the city’s…
powerful…
(1862-1885)
…elites!
Proper Player…
Charles Clegg
Not only was Charlie an awesome Footballer ( One of England’s original Internationalists…) & administrator ( …he’ll go on to become Chairman & eventually President of the F.A…) he also, as did many an early footballer, excel on the Athletics Track, too - See here, soon…
…bringing a new & more general appreciation of the growing game…”
Chesterman Remembers - Coming soon…
Next, In the Beginning, Part Five - Somewhere down South…(soon)
