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| Full name | Sheffield Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Club | |||
| Founded | 24 October 1857 | |||
| Ground | Home of Football Ground, Dronfield, Derbyshire | |||
| Capacity | 2,089 (250 seats)[1] | |||
| Chairman | Richard Tims | |||
| Manager | Jamie Yates | |||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One East | |||
| 2023–24 | Northern Premier League Division One East, 13th of 20 | |||
| Website | https://sheffieldfc.com/ | |||
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Sheffield Football Club is an English football club from Dronfield, North East Derbyshire. They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One East. Founded in October 1857,[2] the club is recognised by FIFA as the oldest existing club still playing football in the world.[3] Sheffield F.C. initially played games under the Sheffield Rules and did not officially adopt the new FA rules until 1878.
The club competes in the Rules derby with near neighbours Hallam. In 2004 they were given the FIFA Order of Merit, an award given to only one other club; Real Madrid. In 2007 they were inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, to commemorate their 150th anniversary.[4]
On the pitch, the club's finest hour came in 1904 when they won the FA Amateur Cup, a competition conceived after a suggestion by Sheffield. They also finished as runners up of the FA Vase in 1977.
- ^ Sheffield Archived 12 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Non-League Club Directory
- ^ 7 OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUBS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Archived 20 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine by Alfie Potts Harmer on HITC website, 2019
- ^ Sheffield FC: Over 150 years of history on FIFA, 24 October 2007
- ^ "FIFA marks Sheffield FC's anniversary". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.