A blue plaque honouring a player who captained the world's first football club is to be unveiled. John Charles Shaw became ...

A new blue plaque has been unveiled underneath the Wicker Arches in Sheffield to mark the 160th anniversary of the World's ...

Sheffield Football Club, which was founded in 1857 and is recognised by football's governing body Fifa as the oldest club in the world, won the game 1-0. The blue plaque has been fixed to an ...

John Charles Shaw became captain of Sheffield FC after it was established in 1857 and went on to found Hallam FC in 1860. Steve Wood, trustee of charity Sheffield Home of Football, which was ...

John Charles Shaw became captain of Sheffield FC after it was established in 1857 and went on to be one of the founding members of Hallam & Stumperlow Foot-Ball Club in 1860 - better known as ...

Sheffield Football Club founded in 1857, and considered the world's first team, won the game 1-0. The blue plaque has been fixed to an archway on Walker Street in the Wicker area of Sheffield.