Hallam F.C.

This article is about the English association football club. For the Australian rules football club, see Hallam Football Club.

Hallam
Full nameHallam Football Club
Nickname(s)The Countrymen
Founded4 September 1860; 163 years ago (4 September 1860)[1]
GroundSandygate
Capacity1,300 (250 seated)[2]
Coordinates53°22′34.95″N 1°31′52.41″W / 53.3763750°N 1.5312250°W / 53.3763750; -1.5312250
ChairmanRichard Pillinger
ManagerCraig Denton
LeagueNorthern Counties East League Premier Division
2023–24Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 9th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Hallam Football Club is an English football club based in Crosspool, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Founded in 1860, Hallam is the second oldest association football club in the world. Hallam have played at their Sandygate home in the Sheffield suburb of Crosspool since formation, with the ground being officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as "The Oldest Football Ground in the World".[3] In 1867, the club made history by winning the world's first ever football tournament, the Youdan Cup.[4]

Hallam currently play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, at the ninth level of the English football league system. Games against local rivals Sheffield F.C., the oldest club in the world, are known as the Rules derby.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Countrymen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hallam Northern Counties East League Premier Division
  3. ^ "World's oldest football teams play in derby". BBC News. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ Murphy, Brendan (2007). From Sheffield with Love. SportBooks Limited. ISBN 978-1-899807-56-7.