From the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent - 4th July 1840
Cricket - Sheffield Wednesday Club v. Denton.
On Monday last, a match was commenced between eleven of the Sheffield Wednesday Club (those staunch and almost only supporters of the manly and truly English game of cricket, in this town.) and ten of the Denton club, with T. Marsden given. Denton is a village a little on this side of Manchester and its cricket club have at present the benefit of the superior abilities and judgement of the veteren Marsden.
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Marsden was one of the great players of the early part of the 19th century. Born of 1805, he died at the age of 37 in 1843, just three years after this match.
Marsden played for Sheffield, Yorkshire and England.
He was, however, on the losing side in this match.
Wednesday made 119 and 97
Denton made 55 and 83
So Wednesday won by 69 runs.
As with the early years of the football club, the cricket team are referred to as Sheffield Wednesday when they play 'foreign' teams, but the Wednesday Club when they play local teams.
Saturday, 14 July 2007
Saturday, 16 June 2007
Anglo Italian Cup
At the end of the terrible 1969-1970 season Wednesday played in the inaugural Anglo-Italian Tournament where they were drawn against Naopli and Juventus.
30,000 saw Wednesday lose 5-1 in southern Italy, while only 10,000 saw a 4-3 victory in the return. A similar number watched a 0-0 against Juventus at Hillsborough before Wednesday bowed out of the competition with a 2-0 loss in Turin.
v. Napoli (a) 1-5 30000
scorers :- own goal
v. Napoli (h) 4-3 10,166
Scorers :- Warboys 2, Downes 2
v. Juventus (a) 0-2
v. Juventus (h) 0-0 9,495
Thursday, 7 June 2007
Monday, 4 June 2007
Sheffield Wednesday Badge
There was no obvious club badge, or crest (that I have found) before the 1930's. Official documents just used the club title. However in 1907/8 the Sheffield Star launched the Saturday Sport Special - called the Green'Un. The cartoonist of the Green'Un began representing Wednesday as a spindly legged Owl and United (The Cutlers) as a cut throat razor..
After a couple of years the Owl had a make-over becoming a portly, top hat and spats, cigar smoking gent, while United's razor had developed into a cigarette smoking, flat capped blade.
The first sign of an Owl badge connected to Wednesday came in the form of the supporters club badge, which represented an owl in front of a football. This remained the badge of the supporters club until at least the late 1960's.
Up until the 1930's, the programmes had been almost entirely text based, but by 1935 Wednesday had introduced their first banner headline. This included an incorrect establishment date for the club of 1866, a picture of the ground looking over the corner of the South Stand and East Bank, and the dates of Wednesday's honours (which sadly would be barely different form a similar list in today's programmes.)
By 1950/51 Wednesday had developed a crest consisting of the club initials over the city crest (sheaves of corn and crossed arrows).
In 1956/57 Wednesday introduced a club badge which included the motto, "consilio et animis". The owl is sitting on a branch over the white rose (for Yorkshire) with crossed arrows in the upper corners.
For the centenary year (they had sorted out the correct year of Wednesday's foundation by then) Wednesday decided to introduce a new mascot (Wednesday did have a monkey for a mascot briefly when someone gave McConnell,a relatively new signing from Sunderland in 1908, a monkey called "Jacko").For better or for worse, Ozzie now attends home matches with a number of his relatives.
Looking like an outcast from the children's TV programme "The Herbs", this short, fat-arsed, big eyed monstrosity was thankfully short lived - appearing in 1971 and disappearing shortly thereafter.
The line art, minimalist owl came into being just as Wednesday were going through the worst patch in their history (and difficult though it is to believe, they were much worse than today's overpaid, underachieving bunch.) A competition was held to design a new badge. The winner was a student at the University. The badge came into use around the 1971/2 season.
The badge remained unchanged through the 70's, 80's and early 90's until the 95/96 and the introduction of the faux-Birmingham shirt. The minimalist owl briefly disappeared, to be replaced by a close ancestor of the 50's/60's owl on a branch. This time the owl sat on something that looked suspiciously like barbed wire, but which I take to be a symmetrical branch, under a blue rose (Blue??) all of which is under "Hillsborough". The owl is flanked by the clubs initials. The striped appearance was camouflage so that it could not be seen on the shirt? (you'd think they would want it to stand out.)
In 95/96, the same badge as above, but with a totally white background, appeared on the orange away shirt. By 96/97 Wednesday had returned to proper blue and white stripes, and so the white badge was put on the blue stripe of the shirt. And very good it looked too.
At the same time as the minimalist owl was being usurped from its rightful place on the players left tit, it was making an appearance on a circular design which was used for a year or two on Wednesday products and in the programme, but which then disappeared. The design consisted of three concentric circles.
The outer circle :- Sheffield Wednesday Football Club PLC
The middle circle :- Consilio et Animis Est. 1867
The inner circle :- minimalist owl.
The latest club crest came about in 1999-2000. This saw the return of minimalist owl and the clubs initials writ large.
After a couple of years the Owl had a make-over becoming a portly, top hat and spats, cigar smoking gent, while United's razor had developed into a cigarette smoking, flat capped blade.
The first sign of an Owl badge connected to Wednesday came in the form of the supporters club badge, which represented an owl in front of a football. This remained the badge of the supporters club until at least the late 1960's.
Up until the 1930's, the programmes had been almost entirely text based, but by 1935 Wednesday had introduced their first banner headline. This included an incorrect establishment date for the club of 1866, a picture of the ground looking over the corner of the South Stand and East Bank, and the dates of Wednesday's honours (which sadly would be barely different form a similar list in today's programmes.)
By 1950/51 Wednesday had developed a crest consisting of the club initials over the city crest (sheaves of corn and crossed arrows).
In 1956/57 Wednesday introduced a club badge which included the motto, "consilio et animis". The owl is sitting on a branch over the white rose (for Yorkshire) with crossed arrows in the upper corners.
For the centenary year (they had sorted out the correct year of Wednesday's foundation by then) Wednesday decided to introduce a new mascot (Wednesday did have a monkey for a mascot briefly when someone gave McConnell,a relatively new signing from Sunderland in 1908, a monkey called "Jacko").For better or for worse, Ozzie now attends home matches with a number of his relatives.
Looking like an outcast from the children's TV programme "The Herbs", this short, fat-arsed, big eyed monstrosity was thankfully short lived - appearing in 1971 and disappearing shortly thereafter.
The line art, minimalist owl came into being just as Wednesday were going through the worst patch in their history (and difficult though it is to believe, they were much worse than today's overpaid, underachieving bunch.) A competition was held to design a new badge. The winner was a student at the University. The badge came into use around the 1971/2 season.
The badge remained unchanged through the 70's, 80's and early 90's until the 95/96 and the introduction of the faux-Birmingham shirt. The minimalist owl briefly disappeared, to be replaced by a close ancestor of the 50's/60's owl on a branch. This time the owl sat on something that looked suspiciously like barbed wire, but which I take to be a symmetrical branch, under a blue rose (Blue??) all of which is under "Hillsborough". The owl is flanked by the clubs initials. The striped appearance was camouflage so that it could not be seen on the shirt? (you'd think they would want it to stand out.)
In 95/96, the same badge as above, but with a totally white background, appeared on the orange away shirt. By 96/97 Wednesday had returned to proper blue and white stripes, and so the white badge was put on the blue stripe of the shirt. And very good it looked too.
At the same time as the minimalist owl was being usurped from its rightful place on the players left tit, it was making an appearance on a circular design which was used for a year or two on Wednesday products and in the programme, but which then disappeared. The design consisted of three concentric circles.
The outer circle :- Sheffield Wednesday Football Club PLC
The middle circle :- Consilio et Animis Est. 1867
The inner circle :- minimalist owl.
The latest club crest came about in 1999-2000. This saw the return of minimalist owl and the clubs initials writ large.
Saturday, 2 June 2007
Abandoned Games
April 6th 1895
Wednesday played Stoke at Olive Grove with a Mr Lewis as referee. Mr Lewis had given a less than astounding performance a couple of weeks previously v. Sunderland, and the crowd were not impressed. In the second half the referee was subject to increasing verbal abuse, and after 75 minutes he could not take any more and he stopped play. As he left the pitch a spectator threw a grassy sod at him - after which Mr Lewis abandoned the game (at 0-0).
The game was played a week later with Wednesday winning 4-2.
1899
Cup game v. United at Bramall Lane was abandoned early int he second half due to snow.
1916
After 85 minutes of their wartime match,Tom Brelsford and Torrence of Bradford City come to blows (because Torrence is sent off but refuses to go).
3 spectators(two of whom are sailors) jump the fence and join in.
There follows a general pitch invasion which causes the referee to abandon the match.
The FA allow the match result to stand
1949
Game at Coventry abandoned after 63 minutes due to fog.
1967
Arsenal match at Highbury abandoned after 47 minutes due to snow.
1972
The only peace-time match at Hillsborough (v. Bristol City) to be abandoned, is cut short by snow.
1975
Match at Walsall is abandoned with the pitch waterlogged.
Thursday, 31 May 2007
Most Appearances for Sheffield Wednesday
Appearances
Name ................App ..Sub Total
1 Andrew Wilson......545 ...0 ...545
Name ................App ..Sub Total
1 Andrew Wilson......545 ...0 ...545
2 Jack Brown.........507 ...0 ...507
3 Alan Finney........503 ...0 ...503
4 Tommy Crawshaw ....465 ...0 ...465
5 Redfern Froggatt...458 ...0 ...458
3 Alan Finney........503 ...0 ...503
4 Tommy Crawshaw ....465 ...0 ...465
5 Redfern Froggatt...458 ...0 ...458
Top Transfers to Sheffield Wednesday
Top transfers to and from the Club.
IN
Player Club Fee(£) Year
Andrew Wilson .Clyde .............200 1900
Tom Brittleton Stockport County ..300 1904
James Maxwell .Kilmarnock ........500 1906
David McLean ..Preston .........1,000 1910
David Parkes ..Brighton ........1,800 1913
Jimmy Blair ...Clyde ...........1,975 1914
Ted Harper ....Blackburn Rovers 4,000 1927
Eddie Kilshaw ..........Bury 20,000 1948
Jackie Sewell ..Notts County 35,000 1950
John Ritchie ..........Stoke 80,000 1966
Tommy Craig .......Aberdeen 100,000 1968
Terry Curran ...Southampton 100,000 1978
Ante Mirocevic ...Buducnost 250,000 1980
Simon Stainrod .........QPR 250,000 1984
Gary Thompson ...Aston Villa 450,000 1986
Carlton Palmer ..........WBA 555,000 1988
Chris Waddle ....Marseille 1,000,000 1992
Des Walker ......Sampdoria 2,750,000 1993
Andy Sinton ...........QPR 2,750,000 1993
Darko Kovacevic
Dejan Stefanovic Red Star Belgrade 4,500,000 1995
Benito Carbone ........Inter Milan 3,000,000 1996
Paulo Di Canio .............Celtic 3,000,000 1997
The Di Canio deal was a part exchange, with Reggie Blinker going to Celtic. Blinker was valued at 1.5M and so the total deal was worth 4.5M.
IN
Player Club Fee(£) Year
Andrew Wilson .Clyde .............200 1900
Tom Brittleton Stockport County ..300 1904
James Maxwell .Kilmarnock ........500 1906
David McLean ..Preston .........1,000 1910
David Parkes ..Brighton ........1,800 1913
Jimmy Blair ...Clyde ...........1,975 1914
Ted Harper ....Blackburn Rovers 4,000 1927
Eddie Kilshaw ..........Bury 20,000 1948
Jackie Sewell ..Notts County 35,000 1950
John Ritchie ..........Stoke 80,000 1966
Tommy Craig .......Aberdeen 100,000 1968
Terry Curran ...Southampton 100,000 1978
Ante Mirocevic ...Buducnost 250,000 1980
Simon Stainrod .........QPR 250,000 1984
Gary Thompson ...Aston Villa 450,000 1986
Carlton Palmer ..........WBA 555,000 1988
Chris Waddle ....Marseille 1,000,000 1992
Des Walker ......Sampdoria 2,750,000 1993
Andy Sinton ...........QPR 2,750,000 1993
Darko Kovacevic
Dejan Stefanovic Red Star Belgrade 4,500,000 1995
Benito Carbone ........Inter Milan 3,000,000 1996
Paulo Di Canio .............Celtic 3,000,000 1997
The Di Canio deal was a part exchange, with Reggie Blinker going to Celtic. Blinker was valued at 1.5M and so the total deal was worth 4.5M.
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