{"id":68677,"date":"2026-03-12T12:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=68677"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:54:32","slug":"sheffield-charity-explores-citys-footballing-heritage-through-guided-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/sheffield-charity-explores-citys-footballing-heritage-through-guided-walks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield charity explores city&#8217;s footballing heritage through guided walks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Sheffield charity has kicked-off its 2026 football history walks, exploring the city\u2019s contribution to the origins of modern football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhomeoffootball.org\/\">Sheffield Home of Football Charity<\/a> is running five different guided walks between March and October that aim to promote the locations and stories that shaped football worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield FC &#8211; who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ce3g7l0qwx5o\">this week announced<\/a> &#8216;Reverend and the Makers&#8217; singer and musician Jon McClure as their new chairman &#8211; is widely considered to be the world\u2019s oldest football club, while local rivals Hallam FC is home to the first football stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9627-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9627-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9627-edited-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9627-edited-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9627-edited-480x320.jpg 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with the Historic City Centre Walk that visits where the first-ever knockout football tournament came from, where the first Rules of Football were written and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a charity, our aims are primarily to educate,\u201d said SHOF historian and trustee Steve Wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSheffield is the only city on the planet that has a ready-made open-air football heritage museum fit for taking people from [all] parts of the globe on a walk through the early evolution of the biggest sport on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEach walk reveals and makes visible a different part of Sheffield\u2019s once invisible footballing past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Charity has 13 blue plaques highlighting the people and places which have contributed to Sheffield\u2019s unique footballing heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure 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