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Sheffield Wednesday's main rivals are city neighbours Sheffield United. [73] Matches between these two clubs are nicknamed Steel City derbies , so called because of the steel industry for which the city is famous.
Sheffield's first annual tournament, the Sheffield FA Challenge Cup, was inaugurated in 1876 and won by Wednesday who beat Heeley, their chief rivals at the time, in the final 4–3 after extra time. They would go on to also win the first Wharncliffe Cup in 1879.
The club formally adopted its current name in 1929, previously it was referred to variously as Wednesday, [36] The Wednesday [37] and Sheffield Wednesday. [34] 7 1871 [38] Reading [39] League One: Uncertainty whether formed in 1871 or 1872 [40] 8 1874 [41] Grantham: Northern Premier League: 1874 [42] 9 1874 [43] Aston Villa [44] Premier League
Wednesday were invited to compete in the inaugural Intertoto Cup in 1995, and placed in Group 1. The Owls' first match against FC Basel took place while most of the players were still on holiday, so guest players had to pull on the blue and white shirt - one was John Pearson, who had last appeared for the club 10 years earlier.
The Miracle of Hillsborough was an EFL League One play-off game played at Hillsborough Stadium in Owlerton, Sheffield on 18 May 2023, in which Sheffield Wednesday beat Peterborough United 5–1, overcoming a 4–0 deficit in the first leg of the League One play-off semi-finals.
Sheffield Wednesday meanwhile organised a minute’s applause for the defender and also laid flowers at a shrine at their rivals’ ground ahead of an under-21 derby match.
Hillsborough Stadium is a football stadium in the area of Owlerton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.With a total capacity of 39,732, it has been the home of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club since opening in 1899.
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