England Players' Clubs - Wednesday, The Wednesday, Sheffield Wednesday (original) (raw)

The Owls	Sheffield Wednesday FC Founded Wednesday, 4 September 1867 as Wednesday CFC Turned professional April 1887 Name Changed 1899 (The Wednesday FC) & June 1929 Players provided 43 Different scorers 12 (26 goals)Total appearances 261 1872-1998
Hillsborough
Domestic Honours	Football Alliance founder members winners 1888-89;FA Cup runners-up 1889-90, 1965-66, 1992-93, winners 1895-96, 1906-07, 1934-35; Football League Division Two winners 1899-1900, 1925-26, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1958-59, runners-up 1949-50, 1983-84; Division One Champions 1902-03, 1903-04, 1928-29, 1929-30, runners-up 1960-61; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1930**, winners** 1935;Mercantile Credit Centenary Tournament runners-up 1987-88; Football League Cup winners 1990-91, runners-up 1992-93; After League restructure: Football League Division Two/League One fifth place-play-off winners 2004-05, runners-up 2011-12, third place_-play-off winners_ 2022-23; Division One/Championship sixth place-play-off runners-up 2015-16, fourth place-play-off semi-finalists 2016-17; FA Premier League best: seventh place 1992-93, 1993-94 & 1996-97;Football League Trophy best: Northern Final 2003-04 (beaten by Blackpool, agg 0-3);
European Honours	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup best: Quarter-finals 1961-62 (beaten by Barcelona, agg 3-4); Anglo-Italian Cup best: Group Stage 1969-70 (sixth of six English teams);UEFA Cup best: Second round 1992-93 (beaten by Kaiserslautern, agg 3-5);UEFA Intertoto Cup best: Group Stages 1995-96;
Home venue	Hillsborough since 1899, known asOwlerton until 1912; previously occupied Olive Grove 1887-99;Sheaf House 1877-87; Myrtle Road 1869-77; Beginning at Highfield 1867-69;Some games were played at Endcliffe in the 1880's, andBramall Lane was used for the more important games up until 1895;
Home strip	Blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts, blue socks.