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The Sun Still Shines

21 Wednesday May 2025

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Saturday 12th April 2025 ko 15:00

Championship

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 0

OXFORD UNITED 1 (Long 79)

Att 25,646

Entry £33

Programme £3.50

If you’re going to visit all the iconic football grounds in England I’d suggest that Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough would be close to the top of just about any list. The ground dates from 1899, and post World War II became one of the country’s pre-eminent grounds. The first of 26 FA Cup semi finals here here took place in 1915.

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Legacy

28 Tuesday Jan 2025

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Saturday 4th January 2025 ko 15:00

Sheffield & Hallamshire League- Premier Division

SHEFFIELD CITY 0

JUBILEE SPORTS 6 (Barnsley 25 Turner 60 Evison 65p Taylor 83 Reet 86 90+6)

Att 31 at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium, Attercliffe

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It is a curiosity that the Olympic Legacy Stadium may well be part of the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics, and is the only such stadium built outwith the host city, but its roots lie with a completely different Olympics.

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Start Spreading The News

08 Sunday Jan 2017

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Saturday 7th January 2016 ko 15.00

FA Cup 3rd Round

ROTHERHAM UNITED 2 (Ward 51 Adeyemi 90)

OXFORD UNITED 3 (Taylor 41 Edwards 80 Hemmings 88) Maguire missed penalty 36

Att 5,618 (1,292 away)

Entry £13

Programme £2

It’s a tradition that families gather round the radio or television to listen to the FA Cup draw. Everyone has their list of clubs they’d love to see they’re team play, but top of my list was, perhaps, a slightly unusual one. I wanted my side to play Rotherham away.
My reasoning was entirely selfish, the New York Stadium (it lies on an island called New York, would you believe), was the only stadium I needed to re-complete the 92 Football League and Premier League grounds. It would have been reasonably straightforward to blast up the M1 to get it done one midweek, but the story of Rotherham United’s homes is a tale that requires telling with attention to detail.

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