The two men that had more to do with football codification than anyone else were Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest; or as I lovingly call them: Pres-Wick.

These all around athletes competed in everything from pedestrianism to potato sack races. From jumping competitions to fencing.

It's possible that their sport of choice was cricket, or maybe Sheffield just didn't have enough organized sports to quench their thirst for competition. To while away the winter season, that dreary time after cricket

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