{"id":49671,"date":"2023-03-23T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=49671"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:00:02","slug":"hallam-fc-our-trophy-is-older-than-the-fa-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/hallam-fc-our-trophy-is-older-than-the-fa-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallam FC: Our trophy is older than the FA Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Sheffield football club has disputed the claim that the FA cup is the oldest football trophy in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hallam FC are the owners of the Youdan cup, which they claim was first contested in 1867, four years before the start of the FA cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trophy is named after its inventor, Thomas Youdan, who used the competition to raise money after his theatre burned down during a performance of the Great Fire of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich Pillinger, Chairman of Hallam FC, said: \u201cWe tried to get in touch with the FA but they don\u2019t want anything to do with us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s poor. It\u2019s really poor I think by the FA. This is history. It\u2019s the oldest challenge cup, and Thomas Youdan was really the Bill Gates of his time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is where it started, this is history. We need a bit of backing which we don\u2019t seem to get, which is bizarre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think if Manchester or Liverpool had the history and the heritage that we\u2019ve got, they\u2019d be shouting it from the rooftops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual competition consisted of 12 teams from around Sheffield, with Hallam being awarded the first and only trophy after beating Norfolk in the final at Bramall Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/IMG_9683-437x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49672\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Youdan Cup on full display at Hallam FC&#8217;s Sandygate stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stuart Goodacre, 59, a football historian, said: \u201cWhat you\u2019ll find is that it\u2019s falsely assumed the FA cup is the oldest, just as Cambridge Rules were the origins of football. Neither is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always adored the FA cup, but credit has to go to Thomas Youdan for creating the first knockout tournament, for which the Youdan cup was awarded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/03\/IMG_9686-845x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49673\" width=\"538\" height=\"652\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Guinness World Records company officially recognises it as the oldest soccer trophy in the world.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cup had been lost for many years, but it resurfaced in 1997 when it was found by a Scottish antiques collector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hallam had the cup valued at \u00a3100,000 on the BBC\u2019s Antiques Roadshow, but it has tripled in value after a recent reevaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pillinger said: \u201cWe got the trophy reevaluated this year for insurance purposes, it\u2019s been a few years since we did it last, and you have to keep up with modern times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe cup is not for sale at any cost. It\u2019s heritage, it&#8217;s part of our club and our history, and that is where it will remain. We are mere custodians to pass it onto the next generation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FA refused ShefNews\u2019s interview request, with a statement that said: \u201cThe FA Cup is the oldest and longest-running national knockout football competition played under the laws of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sheffield football club has disputed the claim that the FA cup is the oldest football trophy in the world. Hallam FC are the owners of the Youdan cup, which they claim was first contested in 1867, four years before the start of the FA cup. 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