Sheffield Home of Football
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.

Blue plaque, What's On
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.

SHOF GUIDED FOOTBALL WALKS
The final two walks for 2026. Sheffield's Football History - Guided Walks

SHOF GUIDED FOOTBALL WALKS

THE FINAL TWO PUBLIC WALKS LOST GROUNDS and YOUDAN CUP - walk around a two square mile area and hear about at least 11 football grounds and the teams that played there; stand on the spot where you are less than half a mile from five Wednesday grounds; the pioneering rules and games in the Youdan Cup; the first ground that Sheffield FC played on. HISTORIC CITY CENTRE - visit the places where Sheffield FC were formed; the the first rules for the modern game were written; the Bramall Lane Cricket Ground was approved; The Wednesday were formed; Sheffield United were formed; agreed; the workplace of the man who signed the amalgamation of the London and Sheffield Rules; the works team that nearly won the FA Cup; the monument to the first (and only) FA Cup game won on the toss of a coin.

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.

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.

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Sheffield & Hallamshire County F.A. crest Official Heritage Partner · Men's Senior Cup 150th Anniversary
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