Winter Sports


‘Boots for Africa’ collects old football boots and sends them to adults and children who would otherwise play barefoot.


To date, over 30,000 pairs have been sent


on to get really involved in Sheffield FC. Everywhere I travel in the world people are in awe of Sheffield FC and we have groups coming from everywhere to visit us, even though many people in Sheffield haven’t even heard about us.” In 2007, Sheffield FC played a 150th anniversary match against Inter Milan at Bramall Lane. Inter, with a team including a young Mario Balotelli, won 5-2. During their anniversary year football greats Pelé and Sir Bobby Charlton visited Sheffield to show their support.


If ever there was an indication of the club’s view towards the future, it is that


there are thirteen junior teams for both boys and girls, coaching camps during school holidays, as well as staff from the club coaching at over forty schools in the area.


In 2006, the club launched a project called ‘Boots for Africa’ which collects old football boots and sends them to adults and children in Africa, who would otherwise play barefoot. To date, over 30,000 pairs have been sent. Richard was quick to praise Peter’s work on the pitch over the years and said it had played an important part in the development of the club. “We’ve seen a massive improvement in the surface since


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we moved to our new site, like you would never know, and it’s like a totally different ball game. It has helped the team in terms of the style of football that we now play. We could do with installing completely new drainage but, at this moment in


time, that is just not practical. It was a boggy field before and now we have one of the best surfaces in non- league football.”


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