{"id":51191,"date":"2023-04-28T10:41:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=51191"},"modified":"2023-04-28T10:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:41:47","slug":"the-oldest-rivalry-in-football-still-alive-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/the-oldest-rivalry-in-football-still-alive-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oldest Rivalry In Football: Still Alive In Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This season marks a decade since the last competitive match between Sheffield FC and Hallam FC, the oldest rivalry in world football.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sheffield clubs\u2019 first meeting, on Boxing Day in 1860, marked the world\u2019s first ever football match upon an agreed set of written rules, earning the nickname \u2018The Rules Derby\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield FC\u2019s Club Historian, Andrew Dixon, said: \u201cThe Rules Derby lit the flame for a unified sport to be forged, before this \u2018football\u2019 covered a wide range of games often wildly different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn this sense Sheffield is the crucible of football, the point at which a variety of separate games became the global sport we know today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/04\/Sheffield-FC-Picture-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51195\" width=\"819\" height=\"446\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fixture hasn\u2019t taken place competitively since the sides faced off in the 2012\/13 Hallamshire Cup, with Sheffield FC winning 3-2, but Mr Dixon insists the game is still hugely important today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cWhat these two little clubs did for football is still immensely important today, as in any walk of life it\u2019s important to remember your history and where you come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor football, it was in Sheffield with the formation of these two clubs, that the spark was lit for the explosion of the beautiful game to spread across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rivalry is often overshadowed by the Steel City derby between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, however in some instances the \u2018Rules Derby\u2019 could be a bigger match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Dixon said: \u201cThe atmosphere when we play Hallam now is definitely a little less intense than you\u2019d see at Hillsborough or Bramall Lane, but perhaps in terms of significance to the history of football it is a bigger game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite the friendly tag, I think I speak for both clubs when I say this is always a fixture we want to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough we still believe football is played for the love of the game, I don\u2019t think you can have a Rules Derby which is not a competitive game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being in different leagues for the past 16 years, Hallam FC now sit just a league below Sheffield FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Dixon said: \u201cIt would be great if Hallam could gain promotion, but I don\u2019t think the Rules Derby needs anything else to survive, its importance is timeless.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This season marks a decade since the last competitive match between Sheffield FC and Hallam FC, the oldest rivalry in world football. 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