NEW LEAGUE: SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT LEAGUE
The Sheffield and District League was the idea of two clubs from that city,
Sheffield Philadelphia and
Sanderson’s Weir. Sheffield Philadelphia are not named directly after the city of that name in America, but rather the Philadelphia Steel Works in the centre of Sheffield, where the club founders worked. Their home field is two-thirds of a mile away at Crookes Moor, while their jersey colours are blue and gold. Sanderson's Weir, who began playing on a patch of wasteground alongside the weir of that name on the River Don. As well as the river, the ground is surrounded by steel works which undoubtedly inspired the club's jersey colour of steel grey.
The two founders invited a third club from their city,
Hallamshire Rifles, who are a military team formed by the Hallamshire Volunteer Rifle Corps. They play at the Hyde Park ground in Sheffield, which they also use as their drill ground, and play in red jerseys with a sheaf of arrows from Sheffield’s coat of arms as their symbol. The other three teams come from the nearby towns of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
Barnsley Shaw Lands play at Shaw Lane, just to the west of the town, and wear old gold jerseys.
Doncaster Northern are the works team of the Great Northern Railway’s plant in the town. They play in green jerseys and have their home field at Crimpsall Island, an area between two channels of the River Don. The final team are
Holmes Tail Goit, from Rotherham, whose name comes from that of a small streams which runs past their home field. Their jerseys are dark blue.
LOGOS AND UNIFORMS:
Top Row (L-R): Barnsley Shaw Lands, Doncaster Northern, Hallamshire Rifles
Bottom Row (L-R): Holmes Tail Goit, Sanderson's Weir, Sheffield Philadelphia
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