William Chesterman
Remembers…
Pt 4…
“ The Sheffield Foot Ball Club was largely made up of public school boys but there were absolutely no rules whatsoever & no other clubs with which to meet, so sides such as…
Marrieds against Singles, Young versus Old etc, were chosen at first, then came…
The Hallam & Stumperlowe Club
…through the enterprise of Mr…
Tom Vickers
& our very own…
John Shaw
Matches were arranged in which…
‘bull strength’
Moooo-ve it!
Pull the udder one!
…was the principle feature… ”
“ My main memories of these early matches was of seeing the leather lying quietly in one half of the field & groups of half-a-dozen lads butting each other like rams in the other ! ”
…Laughter!
“…The idea was, if you can get a shot at your opponent, charge the b****r, whether near the ball or not! ”
…more laughter!!
“Still, there were…
NO RULES ! ”
“Bits had to be got piecemeal, bits from the rules of each Public School as the boys came in…
OFF-SIDE, ol’ boy !
…One law, which thankfully didn’t last very long, was that the players should carry half-a-crown in each hand to avoid pushing their opponent with the open hand…”
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