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Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

records. They cover all competitive matches dating back to the team's first appearance in the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

in 1880.

Record Games

Record	Against	Ground	Date
Biggest Football League Win	Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...	Hillsborough Stadium	13 December 1930 (Division 1)	9-1
Heaviest Football League Defeat	Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...	Villa Park Villa Park Villa Park may mean:United Kingdom* Villa Park, an association football stadium in Birmingham, EnglandUnited States* Villa Park, California, a small city in Orange County* Villa Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County...	5 October 1912 (Division 1)	0–10
Biggest Cup Win:	Halliwell	Olive Grove Olive Grove Olive Grove was Sheffield Wednesday F.C.'s first permanent football ground, home to the club for just over a decade at the end of the 19th century...	17 January 1891 (FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Round 1)	12-0
Biggest loss:	Alfreton town	Hillsborough	31July 2011 (Pre-season friendly)	0-14
Heaviest Cup Defeat:	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.... ,	Crystal Palace	29 March 1890 (FA Cup Final)	1–6
Highest Home Attendance (all-time):	Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	Hillsborough	17 February 1934 (FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Round 5)	72,841

Seasonal records

Record	Season	Total
Most goals scored in a Football League season:	1958–59 (Division 2)	106
Record Football League points total (3 points for a win)	1983–84 (Division 2)	88
Record Football League points total (2 points for a win)	(Division 2)	62

Record Runs

All records relate to league games only

Record	Began	Finished	Games
Winning run	23 April 1904	15 October 1904	9
Losing run	9 September 2000	17 October 2000	8
Unbeaten run	10 December 1960	8 April 1961	19
Games without a win	11 January 1975	30 August 1975	20
Sequence of draws	24 October 1992	28 November 1992	5

General

Record	Player	Date(s)	Total
Most Football League Appearances	Andrew Wilson	1900–1920	501
Most Consecutive League and Cup Appearances	Martin Hodge Martin Hodge Martin Hodge is an English former professional football player. He played as a goalkeeper for Plymouth Argyle, Everton, Sheffield Wednesday, Leicester City, Hartlepool United and Rochdale. His career lasted from 1977 to 1996 during which time he played 602 league and cup matches.-Football...	1983–1987	214
Most Goals Scored in a Match	Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt Douglas ‘Doug’ Hunt was a professional footballer whose career lasted from 1934 to 1948. Hunt was a centre forward who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday and Leyton Orient. Hunt lost some of his best years as a footballer to World War II being only 25 when war was declared... v Norwich Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...	19 November 1938 (Division 2 Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... )	6 Goals
Highest goalscorer in a Football League season	Derek Dooley	Division 2 Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... , 1951–52	46
Most Capped Player (whilst at club):	Nigel Worthington Nigel Worthington Nigel Worthington is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.He was manager of the Northern Ireland national team from 2007 until after their final Euro 2012 qualifying campaign match against Italy in October 2011.As a player, he was a left full back and occasional left...		50
Youngest Player Ever	Peter Fox Peter Fox (footballer) Peter Fox is an English former footballer, who recently worked as a goalkeeper coach at Blackpool.-Playing career:...	31 March 1973 v Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...	15 years 269 days
Oldest Player Ever:	Jerry Jackson	27 August 1923 v Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...	46 Years

Transfers

Record	Player	Club	Date	Fee
Highest Fee Paid	Paolo Di Canio Paolo Di Canio Paolo Di Canio is a Italian former professional footballer and current manager of League Two side Swindon Town. Di Canio made over 500 league appearances and scored over 100 league goals as a player....	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	6 August 1997	£5.7m
Highest Fee Received	Chris Brunt Chris Brunt Christopher Brunt is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger and more recently an attacking midfield position. He is also the Albion captain....	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	15 August 2007	£3m

Appearances and goals

Pos	Player	Years	Appearances
1.	Andrew Wilson	1900–1920	560
2.	Jack Brown Jack Brown (footballer) John Henry "Jack" Brown was an English football goalkeeper who played almost all his professional career with Sheffield Wednesday before moving to play briefly for Hartlepool United. Brown’s career lasted from 1923 to 1937 during which time he made 466 League appearances...	1922–1937	507
3.	Alan Finney Alan Finney Alan Finney is a former footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers, featuring in over 500 games during his time at Hillsborough and the consistency of his performances made a popular member of the team among the Club's supporters.-Football career:Alan Finney joined...	1949–1965	503
4.	Kevin Pressman Kevin Pressman Kevin Paul Pressman is an English former football goalkeeper, currently coaching at Bradford City. Pressman made 588 appearances in English and Northern Irish league football for 5 different clubs over 3 decades....	1985–2004	478
5.	Tommy Crawshaw Tommy Crawshaw Tommy Crawshaw was a professional footballer who played almost his entire League career with Sheffield Wednesday. Crawshaw was a centre half whose career lasted from 1894 to 1909 during which time he played a total of 492 games in all competitions, scoring 27 goals...	1894–1908	465
6.	Redfern Froggatt Redfern Froggatt Redfern Froggatt was a footballer for Sheffield Wednesday and England.Redfern was the son of former Sheffield Wednesday captain Frank Froggatt, and the cousin England international Jack Froggatt. In 1942 'Red' was signed from Sheffield YMCA but did not become a regular in the Wednesday side until...	1942–1960	458
7.	Don Megson Don Megson Donald Harry Megson is an English former footballer and football manager.Don Megson is regarded as one of Sheffield Wednesday's greatest servants. He was signed from Mossley in the Cheshire League by Wednesday in 1952...	1952–1970	442
8.	John Fantham John Fantham John Fantham was born in Sheffield and is still Sheffield Wednesday's leading post war goalscorer with 167 goals. He was signed in 1956 and made his Wednesday debut two years later. John firmly establish himself as an able goalscorer in the English top flight for Wednesday, as his 23 goals...	1956–1969	435
9.	Ernest Blenkinsop	1923–1934	424
10.	Teddy Davison Teddy Davison Teddy Davison was an English footballer and manager who had a long and successful association with the football clubs of Sheffield, playing for Sheffield Wednesday for 18 years and later managing Sheffield United for 20 years. His fairness and diplomacy earned him the nicknames of "The George...	1908–1926	424

Pos	Player	Goals scored	Average
1.	Andrew Wilson	217	0.40
2.	John Fantham John Fantham John Fantham was born in Sheffield and is still Sheffield Wednesday's leading post war goalscorer with 167 goals. He was signed in 1956 and made his Wednesday debut two years later. John firmly establish himself as an able goalscorer in the English top flight for Wednesday, as his 23 goals...	167	0.38
3.	David Hirst David Hirst (footballer) David Eric Hirst is an English former professional footballer, an exciting but injury prone striker who played for Sheffield Wednesday for much of his career.-Playing career:...	149	0.41
4.	Redfern Froggatt Redfern Froggatt Redfern Froggatt was a footballer for Sheffield Wednesday and England.Redfern was the son of former Sheffield Wednesday captain Frank Froggatt, and the cousin England international Jack Froggatt. In 1942 'Red' was signed from Sheffield YMCA but did not become a regular in the Wednesday side until...	149	0.33
5.	Ellis Rimmer Ellis Rimmer Ellis Rimmer was a former professional footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town. He was a left winger who was quite tall and scored his fair share of headed goals...	140	0.33
6.	Mark Hooper Mark Hooper Mark Hooper was a professional footballer who played for Darlington F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and briefly with Rotherham United in a 16 year career which lasted from 1923 to 1939 although he appeared in 1945 in a few games after World War II . In total he played 500 League games in that time,...	136	0.32
7.	Fred Spiksley Fred Spiksley Fred Spiksley was an English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford and in 1907 became the only professional footballer to play for the Corinthians...	114	0.36
8.	Jimmy Trotter Jimmy Trotter Jimmy Trotter was a football player and, later, manager.-Playing career:Trotter's playing career began with Bury from where he joined The Wednesday in 1923. He scored 108 times, including five in one game against Portsmouth, in 150 league matches before joining Torquay United in 1930...	114	0.71
9.	David McLean	100	0.68
10.	Harry Chapman	99	0.33

Highest Average attendance in a season

Division	Average attendance	Season
Division 1/Premier League	42,520	1952–1953
Division 2	41,682	1951–1952
Division 3	23,100	2004–2005

Top tier

Honour	Year(s)
Football Alliance Football Alliance The Football Alliance was an association football league in England which ran for three seasons, from 1889–90 to 1891–92.It was formed by 12 clubs as a rival to the Football League, which had begun in the 1888–89 season, also with 12 member clubs... Champions	1890
FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... Winners	1896, 1907, 1935
Football League First Division Football League First Division The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship.... Champions	1903, 1904, 1929, 1930
FA Charity Shield	1935
Football League Cup Football League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis... Winners	1991

Lower tier

Honour	Year(s)
Football League Second Division Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... Champions	1900, 1926, 1952, 1956, 1959
Football League One Football League One Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system.... Play-off Winners	2005

Local

Honour	Year(s)
Cromwell Cup Cromwell Cup The Cromwell Cup was the second ever football competition and was held in Sheffield, England. It was held in February 1868 and named after Oliver Cromwell, manager of the local Alexandra Theatre, who donated the cup . He also played for the Garrick club. The tournament was only open to teams... Winners	1867
Sheffield FA Challenge Cup Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup The Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association...	1877, 1878, 1881, 1883, 1887, 1888
Wharncliffe Charity Cup Wharncliffe Charity Cup The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition involving the Sheffield FA's top teams during its earliest days. The competition took its name from the Earl of Wharncliffe who sponsored the event, and was held with the aim of raising money for local good causes...	1879, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1888,
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup The Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup was a county cup competition involving the professional sides within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association...	1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1939 (shared with Sheffield United), 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1973, 1975

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