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Kick off Let s bring football back home! Dear friends of football, First of all we would like to thank you for your support and part in the beau;ful game.

As discussed previously, we would like to officially invite you to join our campaign to rebuild the Home of Football at Olive Grove in Sheffield the world s first football ground and original home of

2 Kick off Let s bring football back home! Dear friends of football, First of all we would like to thank you for your support and part in the beau;ful game. It makes us very proud that we have found a group of supporters to help us achieve our founda;on s mission, aiming to promote and protect the heritage of football. As discussed previously, we would like to officially invite you to join our campaign to rebuild the Home of Football at Olive Grove in Sheffield the world s first football ground and original home of Sheffield FC back in The following presenta;on will outline poten;al ac;vi;es for you to support our campaign as a true social pioneer of football. We remain in deep respect and apprecia;on for your service to football. Thank you! Yours in Sports, Richard Tims, Chairman of Sheffield FC

3 The World s First Football Club

Opening Where it all began Football has become the most watched and most played sport in the world, with more than > 350.

4 Opening Where it all began Football has become the most watched and most played sport in the world, with more than > clubs > 300 million ac;ve players > 1.6 billion fans and therefore is today one of the greatest inven;ons of human kind. But where did football kick off?

5 Who? Sheffield FC - The World s First Football Club! Founded 1857 by the pioneers Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest! Composi;on of the first officially adopted set of rules and laws for the beau;ful game! True amateurs and promoter of modern grass roots football playing for the love of the game! Officially recognised by FIFA and the FA as the World s First Football Club! FIFA Order of Merit Winners 2004 together with Real Madrid! Lives by the games original values Integrity, Respect, Community

What? Our mission: Protect and promote the

Club as community club at amateur level, offside

Promote grass roots football and the founding

6 What? Our mission: Protect and promote the heritage of football! Sheffield Football Club FoundaOon! Since 2010 Sheffield FC is based on a charitable Founda;on with the aim to: 1. Protect and preserve The World's First Football Club as community club at amateur level, offside professionalism. 2. Promote grass roots football and the founding principles of the game: Integrity, Respect, Community. 3. Establish a new spiritual Home for Football on the original ground of Sheffield FC, the field of Olive Grove, where the club was founded in 1857 and the original rules were wriben.

7 The Home of Football!

Now it s ;me to take the club back home to where it all began.

8 Why? We want to build a home for football, back to the roots! Sheffield FC has played football without a permanent home and its own ground for more than 140 years. Now it s ;me to take the club back home to where it all began. We want to build a Home for Football on the field of Olive Grove, where the founders of Sheffield FC developed the first set of rules and played the first games of football back in 1857.

9 Where? The original ground of Sheffield FC: The field of Olive Grove Home of Football Olive Grove Rd. Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom

When? Our ;meline and project outlook > Financial backing by the sale of the Sheffield FC stadium in Dronfield. Phase 3: 2.000.

10 When? Our ;meline and project outlook > Financial backing by the sale of the Sheffield FC stadium in Dronfield. Phase 3: Funding to develop community and history center around Olive Grove including a museum, class rooms, educa;onal sights and the original green house of > January 2017 December 2017 Phase 2: Funding to rebuild the football sight on Olive Grove including floodlights, locker rooms, stands, infrastructure for fans, parking, pub and food stands etc. > January 2016 December 2016 Phase 1: Funding to build a proper pitch, flaben the land, set up goals and corner flags, construct a new driveway and fence around the area. > July October / / 2017

12 Support #theworldsfirst

13 Opening Let s bring football back home! Links to Campaign Crowd- funding campaign page: hbp://igg.me/at/homeoffootball Youtube video: hbps:// Campaign website: hbp://

14 How to support the campaign 1/3 Donate a personal amount to the crowd- funding campaign Let s bring football back home! Clubs, FA s and Players donate the year of their founda;on as amount in Bri;sh GBP via our crowd- funding page on hbp://igg.me/at/homeoffootball or buy a specific perk and gin for their fans, e.g. a life;me ;cket for the Home of Football ( 500) Clubs, FA s, Players, Sponsors Indiegog Campaign: Home of Football

15 How to support the campaign 1/3 Sample dona;ons by other football clubs and associa;ons via indiegogo DFL, Governing Body of the Bundesliga, founded 2001 (Germany)

16 How to support the campaign 2/3 Share the story on social media Text Image* Without Sheffield FC, no...! Therefore we give XXXX to help the club build a stadium on their very first ground, where football kicked off! Let s bring football back home! Support #theworldsfirst hbp://igg.me/at/homeoffootball * You can download more images and content on

17 How to support the campaign 2/3 Sample ambassadors since campaign kick off July 24th FC St. Gallen (Oldest Club from Switzerland) Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Ilkay Gündogan (NaOonal Team Player, Germany)

18 How to support the campaign 3/3 Dona;on* of the official shirt with signatures and the founding year Borussia Dortmund, founded 1909 (Germany) * The donated shirts of all clubs, FA s and players will be auc;oned in October via Ebay and all funds will go towards the Home of Football campaign.

19 The Supporters Club Thanks for your support to bring football back home! Source: => How you can support

20 How to support the campaign? Media highlights about campaign kick oﬀ July 24th Sample Sources: hbp:// II hbp://espnfc.com/sheﬃeldfc

21 Summary: Support and benefits for Clubs, FA s, Players and Fans! =! For All: Shut down website for 90 minutes around July 24th (detailed date tbc.) and display Error 1857.! For Clubs/Players/FA s: Donate a symbolic amount of 1XXX (year of club founda;on) via indiegogo plaworm.! For All: Share Your 1 for the Home of Football campaign image on social media.! For Clubs/Players/FA s: Send official jersey (or other gins) to Sheffield FC for local display, online auc;ons and added funds.! For Clubs/Players/Fans: a) Presence on the campaign website and indiegogo plaworm as part of the Supporters Club b) Permanent presence at the Home of Football within brick wall, original club jersey etc.! For Fans: Goodies depending on dona;on amount a.o. heritage leather football, supporter shirt, ;cket for opening match etc.! For All: Posi;ve PR as true ambassador!

22 Sheffield Football Club FoundaOon Home of Football Coach & Horses Ground Sheffield Road Dronfield, S18 2GD United Kingdom football.com contact:

Pioneers Cup Hard Facts

Pioneers Cup Hard Facts Hard Facts What: The first Pioneers Cup When: kick-off 6pm, November 16 th, 2013 Where: Who: Why: Home of Football Sheffield FC Stadium Sheffield Road - Dronfield, S18 2GD The oldest football clubs from: