Blue plaque marks Sheffield FC's first away game
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A new blue plaque has been unveiled at the Wicker Arches in Sheffield to mark the 160th anniversary of Sheffield FC's first away game.
On 2 January 1865 a party from Sheffield FC boarded a train from the nearby station to travel to Nottingham where they played Nottinghamshire.
This is the latest in a number of plaques unveiled by the charity Sheffield Home of Football (SHOF).
The game itself was played at Meadows Cricket Ground in Nottingham. The Nottinghamshire team which went on to become Notts County had only formed the previous month at the George Hotel.
Sheffield Football Club, which was founded in 1857, won the game 1-0.
The blue plaque has been fixed to an archway on Walker Street in the Wicker area of Sheffield.
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