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Youdan Trophy - Rangers U14s beat Charlton 3-2 in the Final

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Things you might not have known about the Youdan Trophy...

 

The Youdan Cup was an association football competition played in Sheffield. Predating the FA Cup by four years, it was the first ever competition in the sports history.

The competition took its name from a local theatre owner, Thomas Youdan, who sponsored the competition and provided the trophy.

The format of the competition was drawn up by a committee and played under Sheffield Rules.

The competition used the concept of 'rouges'. A rouge was scored when an attempt at goal (using a goal only 4 yards wide) missed, but would have gone into a 12 yard wide goal: rouges were only considered in the case of a drawn match.

The first round was competed by twelve teams on 16 February 1867, with the six winners entering into the second round. Of the three second round winners, Hallam and Mackenzie met in a semi-final, while Norfolk were awarded a bye to the final.

The final took place on 5 March 1867 and attracted 3,000 spectators, each paying 3d admission. Hallam defeated Norfolk by two rouges to win the competition.

 

The trophy was subsequently lost and did not resurface again until 1997, when a Scottish antiques collector contacted Hallam F.C. to tell them that he was in possession of it - they subsequently bought it back for £1,600. Since then it has been valued to be worth at least £100,000 by silver specialist Alastair Dickenson of the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow, although the owners have insisted it is not for sale.

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