William Chesterman Remembers, Pt 3…
“May I congratulate the working members of the present team on so splendidly sustaining the traditions of fair play & honesty…They are ready to accept defeat, to rejoice in victory & above all, to fight an honest fight without unfair play*…”
(Cheers!! )
*…A sly dig at the ever ambitious United, here, maybe, who, by this point, had developed for themselves, it would be fair to say, a bit of a rep…
Don’t mess with United !
…‘Skinny’ Needham & ‘Fatty’ Foulke leading out the hard-as-nails ‘Young Blades’…
“…The origin of our ‘Club’ was in obscurity as the first entry in the books suggested that the Foot Ball Club had been formed in 1859 after sports had been held in 1858…
…about ‘52, however, a Mr Percy had rented for himself a room in Orchard Lane as a teacher of fencing…
Not that kind of fencing, silly…
…that kind !
… &, attracting many a Sheffield gentleman to his room…
Ooooh, Mr Percy!!
… a gymnasium was eventually formed at the foot of College Street under Mr Percy’s management & one which was without doubt the finest in the whole of England!”
“Messrs…
Creswick
…Grrr!
