South Derbyshire Football Association
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The South Derbyshire Football Association was the third oldest football association in the world, after the FA and Sheffield FA. In 1871 it consisted of eleven clubs and used the Sheffield Rules
Sheffield Rules
The Sheffield Rules were a code of football devised and played in the English city of Sheffield between 1857 and 1877. They were devised by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest for use by the newly founded Sheffield Football Club. The rules were subsequently adopted as the official rules of...