... founded. In 1867 the Sheffield Wednesday team were founded by a cricket club which had Wednesday as their day off. A rival team were started in 1889, also by a cricket club in Sheffield. The new team advertised for players and got a large response from Scotland, so during the first season many of the players were Scottish. The team was, and still is known as Sheffield United FC. Regardless of the birthplaces of the players, tension was caused between the two sets of supporters, causing rifts in households, between father and son, or brothers. The two sets of fans were prepared to fight each other despite having never met, or likely to meet again. No Sheffield loyalty ever led the fans to celebrate the success of the opposition for the benefits to the city as a whole. As often as not crowd behaviour involves confrontation, one group against another: for ...

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