Sport in Sheffield home of Sheffield Wednesday, which holds around 39,850. The now-demolished Don Valley Stadium was formerly the largest athletics stadium in the United Kingdom. Bramall Lane is the world's oldest major football ground and holds around 33,000 and Sandygate Road, home to Hallam F.C., is the oldest football ground. The World Snooker Championships has been held at the Crucible Theatre since 1977. The earliest reference to cricket involving Sheffield was a match between Sheffield and Nottingham in 1771. The first recorded game of football in Sheffield was played in 1793 between Sheffield and Norton (a village in Derbyshire at the time
Norfolk Street, Strand based in the building. Oswaldestre House at 33–35 Norfolk Street was associated with engineering and radio technology. The name refers to the subsidiary title Baron Oswaldestre of the Dukes of Norfolk. "The Engineer" newspaper (est. 1856) was based there and the building was also the registered address of a large number of consulting engineers, such as Henry Metcalfe Hobart. The Western Electric Company had an early radio station (2WP) on the third floor of the building in 1922. Former inhabitants of Norfolk Street include: Norfolk Street, Strand Norfolk Street in the City of Westminster, London, ran from Strand in the