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News Archive 2005
16th December 2005CLUB DRAW PREMIER DIVISION OPPONENENTS IN PRESIDENTS CUP QUARTER FINALSSHEFFIELD HAVE BEEN HANDED AN AWAY TIE AT PREMIER DIVISION RIVALS SELBY TOWN IN THE NCE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS CUP. THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED ON TUESDAY 31ST JANUARY.
15th December 2005Wednesday 6 United 5The Owls and the Blades have been battling it out for the last month as part of Sheffield FC’s Dream Team Challenge.
Fans of both clubs were invited by Sheffield FC and Hallam FM to vote for their all-time favourite Sheffield XI.
After a month of frantic voting on the Sheffield FC and Hallam FM websites, the results have been revealed.
The all-time Sheffield XI, as voted for by the Sheffield public, is:
Goal: Ron Springett (SWFC)
Defence: Roland Nilsson (SWFC)
Len Badger (SUFC)
Paul Stancliffe (SUFC)
Des Walker (SWFC)
Midfield: Chris Waddle (SWFC)
Tony Currie (SUFC)
Phil Jagielka (SUFC)
John Sheridan (SWFC)
Attack: Brian Deane (SUFC)
David Hirst (SWFC)
14th December 2005CLUB MARCH ON IN PRESEIDENTS CUPDESPITE MANAGER MCCARTHY RESTING TOP SCORERS DUNCAN BRAY AND ROB WARD AND WITHOUT FULL BACK JOHN DRENNAN, SHEFFIELD STILL MARCHED ON INTO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE PRESIDENTS CUP WITH A CONFIDENT WIN AGAINST LIVERSEDGE. TWO FIRST HALF GOALS FROM JAMES TEVENDALE AND A SECOND HALF STRIKE FROM PETE SMITH SECURED THE WIN FOR CLUB
8th December 2005NEW SHEFFIELD FC CLUB TIES NOW AVAILABLE TO BUYTHE CLUB HAVE NOW TAKEN DELIVERY OF THE NEW DESIGN SHEFFIELD FC CLUB TIE. THE NEW DESIGN IS RED AND BLACK DIAGONAL STRIPES WITH THE SHEFFIELD FC BADGE AT THE BOTTOM AND IS CUT IN A MODERN STYLE.
THE PRICE OF THE TIES IS £14.99 EACH AND THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE CLUB SHOP AT THE LIVERSEDGE FGAME ON TUESDAY 13TH DECEMBER.
IF ANY SUPPORTER WOULD LIKE TO ORDER ONE VIA THE INTERNET THEN PLEASE CONTACT THE CLUB VIA THE WEBSITE
2nd December 2005SHEFFIELD FC MANAGER ANNOUNCES SHEFFIELD FC DREAM TEAM LIVE ON RADIOSHEFFIELD FC MANAGER DAVE MCCARTHY WAS INVITED ONTO HALLAM FM'S BREAKFAST SHOW ON FRIDAY ON THE EVE OF THE BIG SHEFFIELD DEREBY TO ANNOUNCE THE ALL TIME GREATEST SHEFFIELD FC TEAM. THIS TEAM WAS MADE UP OF COURSE OF EX SHEFFIELD UTD AND WEDNESDAY PLAYERS AND VOTED FOR MY LISTENERS TO HALLAM FM.
DAVE ANNOUNCED THE STARTING 11 FROM GOALKEEPER TO STRIKER AND THE TEAM WAS MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:
SPRINGETT(R), NILLSON, WALKER, STANCLIFFE, BADGER, WADDLE, JAGIELKA, CURRIE, SHERIDAN, DEANE AND HURST.
FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT DAVE THEN DREW TWO LUCKY WINNERS OF TICKETS FOR THE GAME THEN AS YOU WOULD EXPECT PROCEEDED TO PLUG SHEFFIELD FC'S HOME GAME WITH LONG EATON UTD ON THE SAME DAY. DAVE THEN PREDICTED A 1-0 BLADES WIN!
27th November 2005SHEFFIELD FC CHRISTMAS PARTY - ALL WELCOMETHE CLUB ARE HAVING A CHRISTMAS PARTY ON THE 10TH DECEMBER AT 'THE PLACE' IN BROOMHILL. THE PLACE IS ONE OF THE CLUB'S SPONSORS AND IS A FANTASTIC BAR AND THEY HAVE KINDLY OFFERED THE PUB TO THE CLUB ON SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER.
ALL THE FOOTBALL CLUB'S SQUADS WILL BE PRESENT, THE FIRST TEAM PLAYERS AND PLAYERS FROM THE UNDER 19'S AND LADIES TEAMS AS WELL AS ED'S DISABILITY SQUAD AND CLUB OFFICIALS AND MANAGEMENT FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A GREAT NIGHT OUT.
ON THE EVENING THERE WILL BE A GENEROUS BUFFET AND ALSO A DISCO UNTIL LATE.
COME ALONG AND MEET ALL THE PLAYERS AND HAVE A GREAT SHEFFIELD FC NIGHT OUT.
TICKETS COST ONLY A FIVER AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME PLEASE LET STEVE HALL OR ONE OF THE CLUB OFFICIALS HAVE YOUR NAME AND MONEY AT ONE OF THE DECEMBER HOME MATCHES.
DON'T MISS OUT ON THE SHEFFIELD FC CHRISTMAS PARTY 2005!!!
23rd November 2005INTERESTED IN HELPING SHEFFIELD ?YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU!!!!!!!!
DUE TO THE EVER INCREASING AMOUNT OF JOBS TO DO ON FIRST TEAM, UNDER 19'S AND LADIES MATCH DAYS, THE CLUB NOW SEEKS MORE MATCH DAY VOLUNTEERS. COULD YOU GIVE UP A LITTLE TIME ON MATCH DAYS TO ASSIST IN SOME CAPACITY?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED PLEASE CONTACT CLUB SECRETARY STEVE HALL ON 0776-1207447
23rd November 2005Sheffield FC's Dreamteam Challenge UpdateFor the last 2 weeks you've been picking your favourite 11 players in our Sheffield FC Dream Team challenge.The top 22 have now been decided. And it's time for you to whittle them down to THE top 11 players in Sheffield footballing history.
The voting closes on Thursday 1st December, two days before the derby at Bramall Lane.
One lucky Wednesdayite and one Unitedite who votes will win a pair of tickets to the big match (which is sold out). This is your last chance to get a ticket so get voting!
The Dream Team will be announced by the Sheffield FC Chairman Richard Tims and Big John at Breakfast on Friday 2nd December - be listening from 6am.
Vote now for your Sheffield Dream Team - and win tickets to the Wednesday-United derby on December 3rd!
18th November 2005Big Names Flock to Sheffield in Dubai Eric Cantona and Sir Bobby Robson head the queue of new fans for Sheffield FC at SoccerEx in Dubai Eric Cantona and Sir Bobby Robson were the big name converts, as Sheffield FC stole the show at SoccerEx in Dubai.
Many of the 2,000 delegates may have arrived not knowing who Sheffield FC were but, such was the club’s presence at the convention, everyone left knowing about the world’s oldest football club.
Eric Cantona, Sir Bobby Robson and Bryan Robson were amongst a host of football legends to sign up as members of the club; whilst delegates from Inter Milan, Barcelona, FC Porto, Galatasary, Fenerbahce, Kaizer Chiefs and Boca Juniors declared an interest in forming a partnership with the club that celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2007.
The Club team headed back to Sheffield with a deal to produce a board game and a documentary on the table, whilst Chairman Richard Tims was presented with an award for services to football by the event organisers.
“Sheffield FC is now established in the football world,” said Chairman Richard Tims. “There’s lots of exciting opportunities on the horizon. Everyone at SoccerEx, from Barcelona to Sir Bobby Robson, wanted to know the story of Sheffield FC. We’ve made a lot of new friends and the future for the world’s oldest football club looks very bright. We even gave business cards to Bill Clinton and Richard Branson, but we’ll have to wait and see if we get anywhere with that.”
27th October 2005Sheffield FC's Dream Team ChallengeHave your say in deciding Sheffield’s ultimate XISheffield’s been home to some great footballers over the years but, if you had to narrow it down to an ultimate XI, who would make it? Waddle or Currie? Hirst or Deane? Woods or Tracey?
Sheffield FC has joined forces with Hallam FM to find the ultimate Sheffield XI. The idea is to come up with the best eleven players that have played for the Sheffield clubs and, as it wouldn’t be fair to call them United or Wednesday, put them together under the banner of the world’s oldest football club.
Sheffield FC’s Dream Team Challenge launches on October 29th. People will have two weeks to nominate any players they like on the Sheffield FC and Hallam FM websites.
On November 16th all the nominations will be whittled down into a shortlist, and people will have two weeks to vote for their ultimate Sheffield XI.
On Friday December 2nd, the day before the first Wednesday-United derby, the Dream Team will be announced live on Hallam FM by Sheffield FC Chairman Richard Tims.
It is hoped that some of the winners will be in the studio to debate the names that made if onto the team sheet.
Whether you’re a Unitedite or a Wednesdayite, it’s up to you to vote, to stop the ‘other lot’ taking over the team!
6th October 2005 Sheffield FC and Real Madrid CF: A union between the oldest and the greatest clubs in the worldOn Wednesday, the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, home of Real Madrid CF, was visited by Club Chairman, Richard Tims and director, Simon Webster. The reason for the visit was to create a partnership between the world's oldest and greatest club sides in preparation for Sheffield FC's 150th anniversary in 2007.
Sheffield FC Chairman Richard Tims commented “The partnership came last year when we were both invited by FIFA to the FIFA Centennial 2004 in Paris. Sheffield FC and Real Madrid CF received a FIFA Centennial Order of Merit, and we´re the only two football clubs in the world ever to receive this award from FIFA.
Because we don´t play professional football. We play for the love of the game, we have been playing football continuously for nearly 150 years. And in this age this is an achievement. We´d like to make partnerships with every football club. There are around 305,000 official football clubs and everyone originated from my club. I think that everyone should have a relationship with the fathers of football.”
Real Madrid´s vice-president Emilio Butragueño showed the visitors around the magnificent Santiago Bernabéu stadium. The Sheffield FC Chairman explained "I would say that there´s nothing in the UK that can compare with this stadium. Manchester United´s ground is fantastic, we´re rebuilding Wembley at the moment which is going to be magnificent and then there's the new Arsenal stadium, but there´s a certain atmosphere about this stadium that takes your breath away. Don´t you have a ball near? ” joked the Chairman. “We appreciate that Real Madrid have taken time to form a partnership with the World's Oldest Club. It´s important for the future of the game.”
27th September 2005Sheffield FC 148th Annual DinnerTickets for Sheffield FC's 148th Annual Dinner are now on sale. This year's dinner is being held at the Holiday Inn, Sheffield on Thursday 27th October. Tickets are priced at £38.00 each.
The price includes a four course meal, guest speaker Rogan Taylor and a top comedian. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets should contact the Club on 0114 2479121 or email david@sheffieldfc.com
26th July 2005 Top refs latest to join the world’s oldest club.Two of England’s top referees, a football league manager and chairman are the latest big names to throw their weight behind the Sheffield FC cause.
Sheffield-based Uriah Rennie and Dermot Gallagher, who have refereed hundreds of Premiership games between them, helped wave play on at Sheffield’s Bright Finance stadium by pledging their membership.
Sheffield Wednesday manager Paul Sturrock and his club Chairman Dave Allen were also delighted to sign up after their side’s 7-1 victory over Sheffield Club in a pre-season friendly.
“We’re delighted to have so many great names as members of our club,” said Chairman Richard Tims. “Once we launch our global membership scheme in August we hope many more people will follow the example set by the likes of Uriah Rennnie, Dave Allen and Sven Goran Eriksson, and join the world’s oldest football club.”
20th July 2005England manager signs for Sheffield FCEngland manager Sven Goran Eriksson is the latest big name signing for Sheffield FC.
The England boss put pen to paper during a fundraising dinner in Sheffield, putting him alongside FIFA President Sepp Blatter and England cricket captain Michael Vaughan as members of the world’s oldest football club.
"I am delighted to be a member of the oldest football club in the world,” Sven told the SFC website. “English football is rightly famous around the world for its rich history and heritage, and Sheffield FC is a big part of that history. I wish the club every success in the future."
All members receive a certificate stating that they are a member of the world’s oldest football club, a newsletter and a Club badge. All members’ names are added to the membership board at the club’s ground.
“Sven was pleased to help out,” said Club Chairman Richard Tims. “We asked him if he would like us to put his name up above Sepp Blatter on the membership board but he said ‘no, you had better leave Mr Blatter above me’.”
If you’d like to join Sven, Sepp and Michael as members of the world’s oldest football club, click here
23rd May 2005Sheffield FC Complete Cup DoubleSheffield Football Club followed up their League Cup win with a convincing victory over Premier Division Worksop Town at Hillsborough today. The vital goal came in the 89th minute by way of a Ben Cressey half volley from the edge of the area.
Club Manager Dave McCarthy enthused "I was delighted with the attitude of the boys they really stuck to the game plan. The result was never in doubt."
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