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Steel City giants on the slide: Money worries, sacked managers and boardroom chaos... Sheffield's famous rival clubs United and Wednesday both look doomed to the drop from the Premier League and Championship

On the first day of March, Sheffield's newspaper, the Star, revealed plans for a new stadium for the world's oldest football club. 'Finally a home for the Home of Football,' rejoiced the front-page headline.

Sheffield FC were formed in 1857 and, though not the city's most successful team, have survived a nomadic existence and lurk in the eighth tier of English football.

This proposed home with a capacity of 4,000 would incorporate a heritage centre as part of a broader initiative aimed at reclaiming lost history: how football first organised beside a flourishing steel industry.

An exhibition at the Central Library might evolve into a permanent museum, there is a 4.