Tickets for Good and Sheffield FC are set to celebrate their ongoing partnership this weekend with a dedicated Community Game as the club takes on Thackley on Saturday 14 March, a reminder that football’s origins and its future both belong to the community.
The fixture arrives at a moment of renewed energy around the club, following the recent appointment of Reverend and the Makers frontman Jon McClure as chairman. McClure joins a new leadership group including David Bianchi, Andrew Ford and Alexis Krachai, alongside existing owner Jeremy Levine, with a shared ambition to raise the profile of the world’s oldest football club and reconnect it more closely with the city where the game was invented.
Founded in 1857, Sheffield FC is recognised globally as the original football club and the birthplace of the modern game. Its name carries weight from South Yorkshire to South America. Yet for many in the city, its story remains surprisingly under-recognised. The club’s new leadership has spoken openly about changing that, celebrating Sheffield’s role in football history and ensuring the club becomes a stronger part of the city’s cultural identity once again.
Tickets for Good is the club’s Community Ticketing Partner for the current season, working at every home fixture to ensure that seats at the world’s oldest football club are opened up to everyone. The Community Game in March reflects the work that has been happening week in, week out.
Headquartered in Sheffield and now operating internationally, Tickets for Good is driven by a simple but radical mission: to ensure all events are available, to everyone . Both organisations are rooted in Sheffield. One represents the origins of the game. The other is working to widen access to the experiences that bring people together.
Through the partnership, tickets are made available via the Tickets for Good platform to NHS staff, charity workers, teachers, volunteers and members of the Ticket Bank programme, which supports those facing financial hardship.
Steve Rimmer, CEO of Tickets for Good, said:
“Tickets for Good is about opening doors. When NHS staff, teachers, charity workers or people going through a tough time get the chance to come to a match, that is exactly what we are trying to do.
“This Community Game is a great moment for the partnership, but the important bit is what happens every week. We want more people to feel like football, and live events more broadly, are something they can be part of.”
