[Westbars Spireite]

I'll save Stu plugging shamelessly plugging it himself

http://cfchistory.webs.com/

[Frank Thacker]

 Westbars Spireite, on 22 August 2012 - 09:16 PM, said:

I'll save Stu plugging shamelessly plugging it himself

http://cfchistory.webs.com/

Why thankyou, sir. I hope everyone who has noticed the disappearance of this stuff from the official site will approve. Still a fair bit of work to do on elements of it but I wanted mainly to get the statistical stuff back up, since some folk have actually asked about it! This stuff had to be abandoned on the official site when the new platform imposed on the club did not support excel files.

[moondog]

 Stuart Basson, on 22 August 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

Why thankyou, sir. I hope everyone who has noticed the disappearance of this stuff from the official site will approve. Still a fair bit of work to do on elements of it but I wanted mainly to get the statistical stuff back up, since some folk have actually asked about it! This stuff had to be abandoned on the official site when the new platform imposed on the club did not support excel files.

I think we should have a link as a sticky topic but I don't appear to have the admin rights to do this, so will make enquiries

[60s 70s Spireite]

 Stuart Basson, on 22 August 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

Why thankyou, sir. I hope everyone who has noticed the disappearance of this stuff from the official site will approve. Still a fair bit of work to do on elements of it but I wanted mainly to get the statistical stuff back up, since some folk have actually asked about it! This stuff had to be abandoned on the official site when the new platform imposed on the club did not support excel files.

Great to see the return of the history stats, I have missed them. And how poor are the official sites on the subject of stats. Missing information, eg overall stats for league players, and no sense of order. CFC goalscorers, 1st Lester 2, next one down Wafula 0, followed by every other squad player 0. Wafula? Unlikely to make the subs bench isn't he?

[hewittfan]

 Stuart Basson, on 22 August 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

Why thankyou, sir. I hope everyone who has noticed the disappearance of this stuff from the official site will approve. Still a fair bit of work to do on elements of it but I wanted mainly to get the statistical stuff back up, since some folk have actually asked about it! This stuff had to be abandoned on the official site when the new platform imposed on the club did not support excel files.

I think it's great, much easier to find stuff than before, well done and thanks.

I'm looking forward to the biographies when they're in place, and also the link to "The sordid George Parsonage Affair" which I don't think I've heard of before!

[sky is blue]

 Westbars Spireite, on 22 August 2012 - 09:16 PM, said:

I'll save Stu plugging shamelessly plugging it himself

http://cfchistory.webs.com/

Great name for the website Stu!!

[martatcross]

 moondog, on 22 August 2012 - 09:49 PM, said:

I think we should have a link as a sticky topic but I don't appear to have the admin rights to do this, so will make enquiries

its there now

[HistoricWarwick]

The Rangers photo is fantastic. Strange to see not a tattoo in sight.

Stu, have you not got a pic of the fan on a stretcher being carried in front of the Kop with a dart sticking out of his eye?

[Frank Thacker]

 HistoricWarwick, on 23 August 2012 - 08:22 PM, said:

The Rangers photo is fantastic. Strange to see not a tattoo in sight.

Stu, have you not got a pic of the fan on a stretcher being carried in front of the Kop with a dart sticking out of his eye?

Unfortunately not. Perhaps if we can get Tina and John Lowe together with the original victim on Saturday, we might re-create it for posterity.

[HistoricWarwick]

 Stuart Basson, on 23 August 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

Unfortunately not. Perhaps if we can get Tina and John Lowe together with the original victim on Saturday, we might re-create it for posterity.

What about the 6k gers fans - that should make quite a night.

Great job on the site though!

[Eiderland Spireite]

Wonderful.

Couldn't resist looking at the first in the biographies 'Shirley Abbot' of whom I loved :-

'The choice of forename seems odd, even in a modern age when kids are called after anything from a type of alcoholic beverage to the dog off "EastEnders," but it reflects a traditional family naming pattern'.


One question, can't you just call the new place the 1866 Sheffield Rd Stadium? Afterall, isn't that its name, not the temporary sponsor's name ?!
History teaches us we need proper names for places which last till they are no more, does it not?

[Frank Thacker]

 Eiderland Spireite, on 25 August 2012 - 10:18 PM, said:

Wonderful.

Couldn't resist looking at the first in the biographies 'Shirley Abbot' of whom I loved :-

'The choice of forename seems odd, even in a modern age when kids are called after anything from a type of alcoholic beverage to the dog off "EastEnders," but it reflects a traditional family naming pattern'.


One question, can't you just call the new place the 1866 Sheffield Rd Stadium? Afterall, isn't that its name, not the temporary sponsor's name ?!
History teaches us we need proper names for places which last till they are no more, does it not?

Thanks for the compliments. Like it or not, it seems to me that the ground's name is the Proact Stadium. Its address might be 1866 Sheffield Road (which would actually probably place it somewhere in Dronfield,) but our old place was never the St Margaret's Drive Ground. Sorry!

This post has been edited by Stuart Basson: 26 August 2012 - 12:21 AM

[diddyuk]

 Stuart Basson, on 22 August 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

Why thankyou, sir. I hope everyone who has noticed the disappearance of this stuff from the official site will approve. Still a fair bit of work to do on elements of it but I wanted mainly to get the statistical stuff back up, since some folk have actually asked about it! This stuff had to be abandoned on the official site when the new platform imposed on the club did not support excel files.

What a fantastic load of info, I just love going through all the stats etc, well done and please
keep it up, found a player I have been looking for, for ages Billy Stark who I could not understand why we released him when he scored 15 goals in a season? sure you will correct if wrong any way great site

[born in 1866]

 Stuart Basson, on 22 August 2012 - 09:40 PM, said:

Why thankyou, sir. I hope everyone who has noticed the disappearance of this stuff from the official site will approve. Still a fair bit of work to do on elements of it but I wanted mainly to get the statistical stuff back up, since some folk have actually asked about it! This stuff had to be abandoned on the official site when the new platform imposed on the club did not support excel files.

Nothing to stop them posting a link though.

[Ilsonspire]

Great site, full of useful stuff. Will the "Friendlies and non-competitive games" list appear somewhere?

[bluearmytwo]

 Ilsonspire, on 10 September 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

Great site, full of useful stuff. Will the "Friendlies and non-competitive games" list appear somewhere?

They can be found under Stats & records/Line-ups and then under each season.

[Beelzebub]

Just seen that Stuart has found a reference to CFC in the Derbyshire Times of 2nd January 1864 - meaning that the formation of the fledgling club can be safely dated to 1863 at the latest. Kudos.

http://cfchistory.we...JotHWVQ.twitter

Keep looking backwards Stu. It'd be very amusing if you could find evidence to show we are older than Sheffield FC

[Xerxes]

 Beelzebub, on 13 September 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

Just seen that Stuart has found a reference to CFC in the Derbyshire Times of 2nd January 1864 - meaning that the formation of the fledgling club can be safely dated to 1863 at the latest. Kudos.

http://cfchistory.we...JotHWVQ.twitter

Keep looking backwards Stu. It'd be very amusing if you could find evidence to show we are older than Sheffield FC

Well done Stuart

Wonder if the ground address will now change to 1863 Sheffield Road?

Actually, I'm more than happy to stick with the traditional date of 1866. I think football was a lot different, a lot more haphazard, back then!

What rules would the game have been played under? - Sheffield rules I assume - wasn't the game played before the FA rules were written?

I read a book(Football in Sheffield?)years ago describing a match played in Sheffield involving Norton in or around the 1860s - the match report described Norton supporters as 'the men from the Peak' - Norton was in Derbyshire at the time. Apparently they were a rough lot!

[Frank Thacker]

 Xerxes, on 14 September 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

Well done Stuart

Wonder if the ground address will now change to 1863 Sheffield Road?

What, and move the ground thirty feet to the south?

Quote

Actually, I'm more than happy to stick with the traditional date of 1866. I think football was a lot different, a lot more haphazard, back then!

What rules would the game have been played under? - Sheffield rules I assume - wasn't the game played before the FA rules were written?

Wiki has the Sheffield Rules used from 1857, so it's the most likely. Certainly, the 1867 club and the early Spital club played under the Sheffield code, until about 1877.

This post has been edited by Stuart Basson: 14 September 2012 - 11:59 AM

[dalekpete]

I have added a couple of more recent games to that section.

I hope it is possible to comment on the games via Facebook at the bottom of each page.

Luton- The Great Escape

What's the time, Mansfield?