Hallam FC- 2nd Oldest Team, Worlds Oldest Ground

Hallam FC is recognised as the second oldest team in the world, created just after a team close by in Sheffield FC. Hallam do however occupy the oldest ground in football history and have an official Guinness world record certificate to celebrate this fact. Their ground, Sandygate Road has been around since 1804 and has a capacity of 1000 people. Despite being the oldest ground in the world and the second oldest team, Hallam FC currently sit in Northern Countries East League Division One where they sit top of the table. This historic club has a record attendance of 13,000 which had to be moved stadiums due to the high demand for tickets. Even though they are far down the football pyramid, Hallam FC are still able to bring in good crowds due to their historical importance in the footballing world. With data from the 2018/19 season showing their top attendance to be 408 people watching whilst other teams in the league got as few as just 41 people at the game as well as averaging over 250 supporters at each home game whilst there is just over 110 people at the games they play away from Sandygate Road. This shows that even though they might not be a top team, their importance in football is shown with the amount of people who pop down to watch them play at the oldest ground in the world, located in the Sheffield suburb of Crosspool, South Yorkshire.