April 1877
The Sheffield Football Association
The Sheffield Football Association was founded in 1867, but until 1877 the clubs played the Sheffield Rules variant of the game. In 1877 Sheffield adopted the Association rules, or rather the last differences were ironed out, the FA having already adopted several Sheffield innovations and reciprocal compromises having being reached (after the use of hands and touchdowns had disappeared from both sets of rules, offsides and throw ins had been the main sticking point).
Albion | Artillery and Hallamshire Rifles |
Attercliffe | Brightside |
Brincliffe | Broomhall |
Crookes | Exchange |
Exchange Brewery | Fir Vale |
Gleadless | Hallam |
Heeley | Kimberworth |
Millhouses | Norfolk |
Norfolk Works | Owlerton |
Oxford | Parkwood Springs |
Philadelphia | Rotherham |
Sheffield | Surrey |
Thursday Wanderers | Wednesday |
On March 19th 1877 Hyde Park Sheffield hosted a tournament for 'non association' clubs. The teams played for a prize of 3 footballs. The donor of the prize was unknown, but the local press carried reassurances that there was no move afoot to start a rival association.
The teams taking part were:
Talbot Street,
* later members of the New Association.
Sheffield New Association
In 1877 a rival association given the name Sheffield New Association was established in protest at the Sheffield FA's decision not to allow any club under two years old to become a member.
The original members of the New Association were:
Alliance | Buckingham | Friends |
Nether | Newfield | Owlerton Broughton |
Park Friendly | Park Wanderers | Perseverence |
Pye Bank | Rising Star | St Jude’s |
St Phillip’s | Saxons | Sheaf United |
In 1883 the New Association changed its name to The Hallamshire Football Association.
Sheffield Challenge Cup | ||||
1877 | Wednesday | 4 | 3 | Heeley |
1878 | Wednesday | 2 | 0 | Attercliffe |
1879 | Thursday Wanderers | 3 | 1 | Heeley |
1880 | Staveley | 3 | 1 | Heeley |
1881 | Wednesday | 8 | 1 | Ecclesfield |
1882 | Heeley | 5 | 0 | Pyebank |
1883 | Wednesday | 2 | 1 | Lockwood Brothers |
1884 | Lockwood Brothers | 2 | 0 | Heeley & Middlesbrough |
1885 | Lockwood Brothers | 2 | 0 | Park Grange |
1886 | Mexborough | 2 | 1 | Heeley |
1887 | Wednesday | 2 | 1 | Collegiate |
1878 | Pye Bank | 5 | 0 | Owlerton Broughton |
1879 | Rising Star | 4 | 1 | Pitsmoor Christ Church |
1880 | Burton Star | 2 | 1 | Rising Star |
1881 | Intake | 2 | 0 | Burton Star |
1882 | Intake | 1 | 0 | Dronfield Exchange |
1883 | Spital (Chesterfield) | ? | ||
1884 | Eckington | 4 | 3 | Clinton |
1885 | Staveley | ? | ? | Eckington |
1886 | Staveley | 3 | 2 | Eckington |
1887 | Eckington | 3 | 0 | Clinton |
At the end of the 1886–87 season a merger of the two associations was negotiated by Charles Clegg who took charge of the new association with Pierce-Dix as secretary.
The Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup | ||||
1888 | The Wednesday | 3 | 2 | Ecclesfield |
1889 | Rotherham | 2 | 1 | Staveley |
1890 | Rotherham Town | 1 | 0 | Sheffield United |
Midland League | ||||
1891 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 1 | Sheffield United |
Midland League | ||||
1892 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | The Wednseday Res. |
Northern League | ||||
1893 | Sheffield United Res. | 3 | 1 | The Wednseday Res. |
Sheffield Association League | ||||
1894 | Mexborough | Sheffield United Res. | ||
Sheffield Association League | Sheffield Association League | |||
1895 | The Wednseday Res. | Sheffield United Res. | ||
Sheffield Association League | ||||
1896 | Mexborough | Sheffield United Res. | ||
Midland League | Sheffield Association League | |||
1897 | Sheffield United Res. | 3 | 0 | Wath |
Sheffield Association League | Sheffield Association League | |||
1898 | Sheffield United Res. | 3 | 1 | The Wednesday Res. |
Yorkshire League | Yorkshire League | |||
1899 | Sheffield United Res. | 5 | 2 | Attercliffe |
Midland League | Sheffield Association League | |||
1900 | The Wednesday Res. | 2 | 0 | Worksop Town |
Yorkshire League | Sheffield Association League | |||