Sheffield
About Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated 29 miles (47 km) south of Leeds and 32 miles (51 km) east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is the second largest city in Yorkshire, and the third largest in Northern England.
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The first recorded football match ever in Sheffield, in 1794, was three days long, and the match report said 'a very good match' and felt it necessary to note that although there were quite a lot of injuries, no one was killed.
from 403: No Such Thing As The Buckingham Palace All-Day Breakfast, 2021-12-10 at 00:05:28 · read transcript
Other times Sheffield came up
There's, when was wire invented and then various people underneath give their answers. One of the answers is fierce controversy surrounded the invention of wire. It goes on to explain that Thomas Malum said he invented wire in 1830 at his foundry in Sheffield. A Frenchman, Jean-Francois Martin also said he'd invented wire at the same time. There was this legal action contesting the right to the patent.
No Such Thing As A Dragon Walk, 2023-12-07 · listen
In France, that's what happened. Around that time, around the 18th century, they started doing the double names. so you could have marry Claire or marry whatever. Yeah, so they started, almost everyone was called marry something. Oh. In 1379, 33% of the male population of Sheffield were called John. 22% of the women were called Alice. John and Alice have invited us around. Be more specific.
No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone, 2023-06-15 · listen
In France, that's what happened. Yeah. Around that time, around the 18th century, they started doing the double names, so you could have Marie Claire or Marie whatever. Yeah, so they started almost everyone was called Marie something. Oh. In 1813, 179, 33% of the male population of Sheffield were called John. 22% of the women were called Alice. John Alice invited us around. Be more specific! That's us!
483: No Such Thing As Rivets On A Tombstone, 2023-06-16 · listen
Yes, as well as variations in the size of the ball. There were variations in early matches between the kind of football code that you would use. There were the Sheffield rules and the Nottingham rules. Some, some matches took different sets of rules even for the first and second halves of the game. In the early days as well, they turned up with different numbers of players.
17: No Such Thing As A Bassoon In A Football Stadium, 2014-07-11 · listen
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