14 Facts About Sheffield Wednesday

1.

Sheffield Wednesday'sffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield Wednesday'sffield, South Yorkshire, England.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,430
2.

Sheffield Wednesday is one of the oldest football clubs in the world of any code, and the second-oldest professional association football club in England.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,431
3.

Sheffield Wednesday have competed in UEFA cup competitions on four occasions, reaching the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1963.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,432
4.

Wednesday's biggest rivals are Sheffield United, with whom they contest the Steel City derby.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,433
5.

On 1 February 1868, Sheffield Wednesday played their first competitive football match as they entered the Cromwell Cup, a one-off four-team competition for newly formed clubs.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,434
6.

Sheffield Wednesday went on to win the League title the following season, which started a run that saw the team finishing lower than third only once until 1936.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,435
7.

In 1961, the club ran toe-to-toe with Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the table for the majority of the season – Sheffield Wednesday became the first team to beat Spurs all season – before finally finishing in second place, which still remains the club's highest post-war league finish.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,436
8.

Sheffield Wednesday enjoyed success in its return to the top flight, finishing 8th in their first season back and then 5th the season later, qualifying for European football only to be disqualified due to England's ban in Europe due to the Heysel Stadium disaster.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,437
9.

Between July and November 2010, Sheffield Wednesday faced a series of winding up orders for unpaid tax and VAT bills, with the club's existence under severe threat.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,438
10.

Sheffield Wednesday's socks have been predominantly black, blue or white throughout their history.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,439
11.

Originally, Sheffield Wednesday played matches at Highfield, but moved several times before adopting a permanent ground.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,440
12.

Since 1899 Wednesday have played their home games at Hillsborough Stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,441
13.

Survey conducted in 2019 revealed that, as well as Sheffield United, Wednesday fans consider fellow-Yorkshire sides Leeds United, Barnsley, Rotherham United and Doncaster Rovers as rivals.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,442
14.

Dickinson, who was in charge for 29 years, is Sheffield Wednesday's longest-serving manager, and helped establish the club during the first two decades of the 20th century.

FactSnippet No. 1,301,443