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Blue plaque № 73235

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The worlds first intercity football match, January 2nd 1865. On January 2nd 1865 Sheffield fc travelled from the Wicker Station to Nottingham to play the worlds first intercity football match. Returning in triumph with the match ball, the victorious players kicked it through the streets of Sheffield to Broomhill. From this point onwards football enthusiasts used the railway to seed the game across the United Kingdom and later the World

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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