Sporty Sheffield and other Sheffield, United Kingdom Sports Travel Tips

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Sheffield has a wide variety of sporting opportunities for both participating and watching.
Football- Home of the first football club- Sheffield FC. Sheffield United FC play at Bramall Lane (There are rumours of another team in the 1st division, but you have to look to the bottom of the league table to find them!) At weekends through the season, you can find local teams of all ages playing in the parks and recreation grounds. 5 a side outside at The Pitz in Attercliffe, plus indoor at sports centres.
Cricket - Local hero Michael Vaughan, has ensured a rise in popularity. One of the nicest places to watch a match is at Low Bradfield- typical English village green.
Boxing- Sheffield has Prince Naseem, Johnny Nelson, Herol 'Bomber' Graham and Brendon Ingle as it's famous boxing names.
Athletics- Don Valley Stadium hosts international and local events. Kelly Holmes recently ran her last race here. Start and finish of the annual Race for Life (breast cancer charity run) and The Sheffield half Marathon (May)


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Directions: All over Sheffield- I'll eventually post addresses, websites etc- in each sports individual tip. please bear with me!

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Swimming- Ponds Forge hosts international swimming and diving competitions. Besides its Olympic size Pool, there is a leisure pool with slides, wave machine and river flume. Adult and child sections. Some hotels, leisure centres (Hilsborough and Concorde) and gyms have swimming, plus old fashioned baths such as Upperthorpe.
Snooker- The Crucible Theatre is well known as the venue for the annual World Snooker championships. Around the city are some snooker halls with numerous tables. Pubs offer pool, a few have snooker tables.
Rock climbing- Indoor centres offer climbing walls and bouldering- The Forge, and The Wall. Also the nearby Peak District for the real thing.
Walking- inner city walks, such as The 5 Weirs. The Round Walk, Trans Pennine route, plus many more. Further afield are the peaks and valleys of the Peak District. Local walking groups- look in The Sheffield Star or Morning Telegraph for details.
Skiing- Sheffield Ski Village offers dry slope skiing.
Ice Skating- The newly opened Ice Centre next to Don Valley Stadium, or Queens Road near(ish) the train station.


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Address: Again, all over Sheffield and surrounding areas
Directions: I'm hoping to give each sport a seperate page, with more detailed info and addresses prices etc

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Bramall Lane is Home to Sheffield United Football Club, the team that I've followed since the early 70's, when they were promoted to the 1st division (before the Premier League was invented!) I had a season ticket for a few years, and saw many of the 70's legends such as George Best, Kevin Keegan etc, but my hero was Tony Currie!

I remember watching Utd play, while a cricket match ran alongside!! The cricket pitch was replaced by the 'new' South Stand.

Besides watching Utd, I've also seen one of my heroes play twice on this ground- Bruce Springsteen!!! On the Saturday, I got to the front row! people still talk about how they sat in their gardens, and could hear the concert- even as far away as Brinsworth- (near Rotherham town)! I went back the next day, but paid for a seat this time!

My title 'Beautiful Down Town' etc etc reminds me of the 70's when the DJ at half time always used to refer to 'The Lane' as such, before playing 1 of his 3 records - Rose Garden by Lynne Anderson, Bridget The Midget, or The Streaker- I seem to remember these were the only records he ever played, Oooh I'm getting a flashback to those songs with the scent of meat pies and hot Bovril drink!!!

Update***
It's a sad day - UTD have just been relegated back to the Championship league :-(

Equipment: Hmmm, footie shirts, scarves etc can be purchased from the official souvenir shop, or local sports shops.

If you're prepared to fork out a small fortune, you can attire yourself in the latest club shirt, t - shirts, fleeces, coats, scarves, headgear, badges, underwear etc- all in home and away colours!!

If you're supporting the away team- well there's safety in numbers I suppose!

Programmes are sold by vendors outside the ground, plus an array of souvenirs.

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Address: S.U.F.C. Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S1
Directions: From the Train Station,- (Well, You'll probably be escorted by the cities police force!) Head left, (Bit difficult to say how, as this area is currently under development, so changes from week to week!) -