#6 First away match & first match between 2 towns

This  plaque remembers the world’s very first away football match & first match ever played between 2 towns or cities. It’s located outside the Three Arches Events space on Walker Street next to the Wicker Arches.

On 2nd January 1865 Sheffield FC players returned home victorious to the Wicker Station having played this match in Nottingham against the club, which later become Notts County FC, Nottinghamshire FC. The match was played at The Meadows cricket ground, now the Queens Walk Recreation Ground in south Nottingham.

After returning from Nottingham, the jubilant Sheffield FC players kicked the match ball all the way from the Wicker and through the town up to Broomhill. Sheffield FC’s John Charels Shaw reportedly walked off home with the match ball.

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