Derick AllsopComment

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY : TEAM OF THE FUTURE

An unlikely band threaten to join England's European roadshow next season - Howard Wilkinson's Sheffield Wednesday.

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SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY : TEAM OF THE FUTURE
Ian RandsComment

THE LEGEND OF THE LONE WOLF

Ask any English football fan of the late 1940's and 1950's how they would describe Jimmy Hagan and you will probably be told he was the complete Inside Forward, that his body swerves and footwork could leave the best defenders stranded and that his one England cap was a travesty.

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THE LEGEND OF THE LONE WOLF
Laura JonesComment

SLIDING DOORS AND THE CHAMBERLAINS

There are ‘sliding door’ moments in everyone’s life.  We make choices that, had we taken another route, may have led us to other, perhaps greater, things. 

Laura JonesComment
SLIDING DOORS AND THE CHAMBERLAINS
Steven KayComment

FOOTBALL'S FIRST ROMANI

Much has been said and written, and rightly so, to improve recognition of Arthur Wharton, the first black footballer.

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FOOTBALL'S FIRST ROMANI
Danny LastComment

STEEL CITY BLUES

Photographer Danny Last followed his beloved Brighton and Hove Albion to Hillsborough in 2013 to watch his favourites take on Sheffield Wednesday.

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STEEL CITY BLUES
Danny LastComment

GOING TO THE MATCH

“It isn't always your choice of camera, but the photographers eye, that counts” so the Guardian Camera Club state in an effort to make those of us who don't much fancy splashing out an arm and two legs on multiple lenses feel better about themselves.

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GOING TO THE MATCH
Sarah ChoonaraComment

A GIFT FROM HEELEY PARISH

It is easy to imagine Heeley Parish Church in any archetypal  English rural setting; the neat stone structure of the small church and its boundary wall, the uneven ground of its surrounding graveyard packed with a jumble of well-preserved grey headstones guarded over by diminutive oaks, hollies and hawthorns all whispering ‘quaint’.  

Sarah ChoonaraComment
A GIFT FROM HEELEY PARISH
Nkosana PhiriComment

BALLOONS, BARRY DAVIES AND A GREASY CHIP BUTTY - 1992: WHEN SHEFFIELD CAME TO WEMBLEY

“Part of supporting a s**t team is grabbing the highs when you can,” recalls 'Tony,' our Sheffield United supporter over 20 years after his adventure to Wembley - when “going to Wembley” was a sacred and privileged journey. 

Nkosana PhiriComment
BALLOONS, BARRY DAVIES AND A GREASY CHIP BUTTY - 1992: WHEN SHEFFIELD CAME TO WEMBLEY
Simon Curtis1 Comment

MY SHEFFIELD STORY 1982-1986

Sheffield, oh, Sheffield, with your windswept hills and rain lashed gulleys, your banging-shutter factories and arthritic cranes, stalking a gloomy skyline of dust and rubble. 

Simon Curtis1 Comment
MY SHEFFIELD STORY 1982-1986
Chris NeeComment

HOW WHILE SHE SLEEPS BRAINWASHED A METAL NATION

Loz Taylor must be sick of hearing, reading and talking about the words "throat surgery".

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HOW WHILE SHE SLEEPS BRAINWASHED A METAL NATION
Sean CrosseyComment

A PARABLE OF MONKEYS, FOOTBALL AND THE INTERNET

For Sheffield Wednesday fans, the 31st January 2006 merely confirmed what they had already known – this was to be a difficult year. 

Sean CrosseyComment
A PARABLE OF MONKEYS, FOOTBALL AND THE INTERNET
Steven Kay3 Comments

FOOTBALL: MADE IN SHEFFIELD

The game of football is the only truly global sport: played everywhere by everyone irrespective of social class. 

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FOOTBALL: MADE IN SHEFFIELD
Somnath SenguptaComment

SHEFFIELD ZULUS : VICTORIAN SHOWMEN

24th November, 1879. A sizable crowd has gathered in Recreation Ground, Chesterfield to watch a very unique football match.

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SHEFFIELD ZULUS : VICTORIAN SHOWMEN
Laura Jones1 Comment

CLANKTOWN: SAVE OUR STEEL

There were 10,000 lights shining in the Theatre of Dreams, an SOS signal to the government to Save Our Steel. 

Laura Jones1 Comment
CLANKTOWN: SAVE OUR STEEL
David HartrickComment

HURRICANE 69

Having watched the blue ball sink into the middle pocket as if pulled by an anchor, Alex Higgins chose to run his teeth over his bottom lip in penance. 

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HURRICANE 69
IBWM StaffComment

KID ACNE'S SHEFFIELD

Artist, illustrator, print-maker and MC – Kid Acne is a modern day renaissance man and elder statesman of the international Street Art scene. 

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KID ACNE'S SHEFFIELD