18-541: The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition organised by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association from 1878 to 1984. The competition took its name from the Earl of Wharncliffe , who sponsored the event, and was held with the aim of raising money for local good causes. Sheffield %26 Hallamshire County Football Association The Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association
36-507: A historic county of England, teams are affiliated to the S&;HCFA if they are located within a 20-mile radius of Sheffield Cathedral , although this rule is not set in stone. Hundreds of football clubs are affiliated to the association. As of 2024/25, the following S&HCFA-affiliated clubs compete in senior men's and women's football (not including reserve teams) - The Sheffield & Hallamshire FA formerly ran
54-740: Is a County Football Association in England. It was formed in Sheffield in 1867 as the Sheffield Football Association, and is the second-oldest football governing body after the Football Association (FA). Its teams adopted the Sheffield Rules of football until 1878, when they were merged with the FA's rules. Its members include the two oldest football clubs in the world, Sheffield and Hallam . Today,
72-553: The Sheffield Zulus , lining up for them against Chesterfield on 24 November 1879 and Barnsley in January 1880 – he was also briefly secretary for the club. Lang featured for Wednesday over 20 times during the 1880–81 season, captaining them in the opening months. However, for the 1881–82 season he only appeared three times – including the 1882 Wharncliffe Charity Cup Final against Heeley, which Wednesday won 5–0. Lang
90-784: The Wanderers , the Swifts and the Royal Engineers . The first annual competition, the Sheffield Association Challenge Cup , was introduced in the 1876–77 season . This was joined by the Wharncliffe Charity Cup two years later. Both were won by Wednesday, who had become the dominant force in local football, in their first year. The creep of professionalism began in 1876 when Wednesday brought down James Lang from Glasgow . He
108-609: The County FA is responsible for the administration, control, promotion and development of grass-roots football within a 20-mile radius of Sheffield Cathedral. This covers almost all of South Yorkshire (excluding only the area around Askern , Hatfield and Thorne ) as well as parts of North Derbyshire (e.g. Dronfield ), North Nottinghamshire (e.g. Worksop ), and southern parts of West Yorkshire (e.g. Emley , Hemsworth ). Organised football started in Sheffield in 1857 with
126-752: The FA's rules which had been formulated in February of the same year. Although the Youdan Cup took place between February and March 1867, and was competed for by most of the Association's member clubs, it was organized by a separate committee and was unable to use the Sheffield FA's rules, since they were not issued until the day after the Cup's final. A second cup, the Cromwell Cup , was played
144-473: The Sheffield Association, led by Charles Clegg and William Peirce Dix remained firm opponents of professionalism in football. In 1877, a rival association given the name Sheffield New was established in protest of Sheffield FA's decision not to allow any club under two years old to become a member. It later changed its name to Hallamshire Football Association. This situation persisted until
162-533: The Sheffield representative team that was active from the earliest days of the game in the 1860s, playing against select teams from cities such as London and Glasgow , the series against the latter running from 1874 to 1960. Since 1944 an U18 side has represented the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA in the FA County Youth Cup , winning the competition in 1953 and 1964. James Lang (footballer) James Joseph Lang (March 1851 – 14 July 1929 )
180-605: The birth of Sheffield Football Club and the creation of Sheffield Rules. By the early 1860s, there were over 15 clubs in the Sheffield area and they were the first to start inter-club games. This was done with no formal body in overall control with Sheffield Rules used by the majority of clubs. The Sheffield Football Association was founded by the end of January 1867, with Harry Chambers , secretary of Sheffield FC, serving as its first President. It claimed membership of 14 clubs, representing over 1,000 members. The Association issued its first set of rules on 6 March 1867, basing them on
198-497: The border, Lang still featured for The Wednesday in 1878, playing in three Sheffield Challenge Cup matches, including the final in which Wednesday beat Attercliffe 2–0. While still at Third Lanark, Lang played once more for Wednesday in January 1879 against Heeley , before returning full-time to South Yorkshire for the 1879–80 season. Lang featured for Attercliffe against Blackburn Rovers in November 1879. Lang also played for
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#1732775807131216-768: The directors, Walter Fearnehough. Although the family business manufactured "Bayonet Spirals, Ledger Blades and Chaff Knives" Lang received no formal duties and he spent most of the day reading the paper. The first mention of Lang playing for Wednesday was a friendly against local rivals Hallam on 25 November 1876. While he appeared for Wednesday throughout the 1876–77 season, featuring in "six friendly matches, four cup ties, two representative fixtures and one benefit game", he also made two appearances for Chesterfield Spital during December 1876. Lang returned to Third Lanark in October 1877 and played in their 1878 Scottish Cup Final defeat to Vale of Leven . Despite returning north of
234-614: The end of the 1886–87 season when a merger of the two associations was negotiated by Clegg who took charge of the new association with Dix employed as secretary. The clubs of the Sheffield F.A. of 1877 were 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 . Unlike most County FA's, which cover
252-542: The first ever Scottish Cup final in 1874 , losing 2–0 against Queen's Park . He also became involved with the Glasgow vs. Sheffield association matches, and at the 1876 meeting (in which Glasgow won 2–0) he caught the attention of The Wednesday board. They subsequently invited him to play for their team. He was not paid by the club but instead gained employment with a company in Garden Street owned by one of
270-531: The national adoption of the London rules. However, the Sheffield Association continued to have some influence and on 17 February 1872 proposed Rule VII introducing the corner-kick to the Association Rules. Over the next few years, matches against the associations of Birmingham, Glasgow, North Wales, Manchester and Staffordshire were arranged. Other non-association friendlies were played notably against
288-479: The next year under the auspices of the Sheffield Association. It was only open to teams under two years old, and was won by The Wednesday . On 2 December 1871, the Sheffield Association played the first inter-association game with the London Association, beating them 3–1 at Bramall Lane . Despite losing the game, the London Association (now known as the F.A.) became the primary association which led to
306-696: Was a Scottish international footballer who represented Scotland twice from 1876 to 1878. Lang was born in March 1851 in Scotland. Before his football career, he worked at the John Brown & Company 's shipyard on the River Clyde in Glasgow , where he lost sight in one eye due to an accident in 1869. Lang's playing career started with Glasgow's Eastern , from where he moved to Clydesdale and then Third Lanark . While with Clydesdale he played in
324-408: Was officially hired by the club but received a job with no formal duties from one of the members of the club board. The association subsequently had to deal with open professionalism when members of The Zulus received payment for matches. A number of players were banned, so many in fact that it led to the abandonment of the 1882 Sheffield Challenge Cup final. In 1885, professionalism was made legal but
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