Blatter boosts England bid with Sheffield role
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has given England’s ailing bid a timely boost with the news that he is to become Sheffield FC’s honorary president.
This coup from the World’s oldest club should help to drive home the bid message that England is the spiritual home of football. The news is also set to boost Sheffield’s bid to become a host city for 2018.
After several years without a home, Sheffield FC are keen to move back to the city centre and create a stadium that will commemorate Sheffield’s role in the creation of the modern game.
Richard Tims, the Sheffield FC chairman, will be at Fifa headquarters in Zurich today to meet Blatter and settle the details of the new role as head of a foundation to help to continue the transformation of Sheffield.
The city will find out in December 2009 if they have been successful in applying to be a host city should England win the rights to host the tournament in 2018.
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the world’s oldest football club in the world is not Sheffield United but Notts County (1862)
@dubey: Sheffield FC is not Sheffield United.
Dubey get your facts Right Sheffield Fc was founded in 1857 and sheffield united and Sheffield Fc are different teams
The world’s oldest football club is Sheffield FC
The world’s oldest professional football club is Notts County
The world’s oldest stadium where professional football is still played is Bramall Lane which is the home of Sheffield United FC
The oldest football pitch in the world is in Sheffield where Hallam FC play