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Sheffield FC, recognised by Fifa as the world's oldest football club still playing, was founded on this day 1857. The club is now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, and competes in the United Counties League Premier Division North (pic is Sheffield FC 1876).

Don’t they look thrilled? No ‘say cheese’ in those days.

Smiling is a relatively new thing for photos- 1920s-ish. They had to sit for quite a long time for photos in those days, hence the blurry lady on the left. There'll be a Reddit post about it somewhere

Thanks for the info. Makes sense. And I suppose it was a serious matter back then. Wonder what they’d make of selfies/insta etc 😄