The latest schedule of the SHOF Guided Football Walks
SHOF GUIDED FOOTBALL WALKS
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO ATTEND A SHOF FOOTBALL WALK IN 2026
Events & programme
What's on.
Permanent exhibitions, blue-plaque unveilings, guided football walks and evening talks across Sheffield. Book a walk online, £10 per person.
2026 Programme
What’s On
Below are the forthcoming events from Sheffield Home of Football.
These events include our guided football history walks (which run March through to November); our Blue Plaque unveilings; SHOF presentations and talks; and SHOF attendance at various public events, e.g. Sheffield Fayre, Kelham Island Victorian Market.
Monday 31 August 2026 - Norfolk Park - 10.30 to 17.00
SHOF at Sheffield Fayre 2026
Sheffield Home of Football will be providing their usual information about why Sheffield is the Home of the Modern Football Game. SHOF are also teaming up with Yard Ball to give you an opportunity to test your own footballing skills. This FREE entry major event in Sheffield is in its 23rd successful year and is a fantastic day out for all of the family in Norfolk Park (one of the grounds used in the Youdan Cup in 1867).
2nd Sept 2026 at 1pm - Millennium Gallery - Fr2nd Sept 2026 at 1pm
Presentation: Why Sheffield is the Home of Modern Football !
Is Sheffield really the world’s home of modern football? Join Sheffield Home of Football’s Steve Ingall as he delves into the stories and the facts that prove just that!
90 minute Guided Walk · £10 per person via Eventbrite
Penistone's Origins of Football Walking Trail
A walk around the picturesque town of Penistone visiting places and hearing the stories about the remarkable role played by this town in the early game is often overlooked.
11th September 2026 at 11am - 16th Blue Plaque
Blue Plaque Unveiling for NORTON FC
In June 1865, a Norton led Sheffield team playing in Leeds and are credited with the earliest account of using formational tactics in modern football. SHOF will hold its 16th Blue Plaque unveiling at 11am on 11th September for one of Sheffield's very early & significant football clubs, NORTON FC at The Cross Scythes public house, Derbyshire Lane, Sheffield, S8 9EQ.
90 minute Guided Walk - £10 per person via Eventbrite
Lost Grounds and Youdan Cup - Guided Football Walk
An amazing walk that explores the locations, people and events in and around the Sheffield S2 area covering 17 'lost grounds' and 30 'clubs' who played on these grounds between 1857 and 1875.
90 minute Guided Walk · £10 per person via Eventbrite
Historical City Centre - Guided Football Walk
Hear about the hidden history of Sheffield's football heritage as we visit places where people engaged and events evolved that ignited the modern game of football right in the centre of Sheffield.
90 minute Guided Walk · £10 per person via Eventbrite
Porterbrook's Hidden Football History - Guided Football Walk
A guided walk following the Porter Brook through Sheffield General Cemetery and on to Ecclesall Road. We visit the graves of the people who shaped the modern game and the grounds where clubs played and history was made.
90 minute Guided Walk · £10 per person via Eventbrite
TEST Penistone's Origins of Football Walking Trail
TEST-TEST-TEST A walk around the picturesque town of Penistone visiting places and hearing the stories about the remarkable role played by this town in the early game is often overlooked.
Gift vouchers: treat someone to any SHOF guided walk. Buy a gift voucher on Eventbrite.
Questions or group bookings? Email the walks team direct at SHOF.WALKSandTALKS@gmail.com.
Why come
“Discover why Sheffield shaped the world's favourite game, from the first rules, to the first club, to the first football culture.”
Join us at an event.
Guided walks are £10 per person, booked online via Eventbrite.
