@owlstalk Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Sheffield Wednesday FC is 150 years old today. That's a mere drop in the ocean when you think about it. Some of us will have grandfathers who's dads went to the first games! With the club hitting 150th birthday today tell us how long you've supported the Owls. What was your first game? What other memorable times have you had and what have been your highlights and lowlights? Is the 1991 Cup Final the absolute pinnacle of our achievements? Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 1991 League Cup final is most special moment with Promotion 1980 also very special for me, it was first time I had ever seen us do anything having first stared going in 69-70 relegation season. This was another special moment, promotion back to 1st division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtongent Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 I'm afraid I cannot recall who we played or who played,well, not everybody,or even the exact date. What I do remember clearly was that it was SEVENTY years ago. I'm NOT claiming to be the oldest fan, but certainly one of the staunchest. And the nearest I've ever lived to Hillsborough was Hoyland. I've since moved to Hoyland Common, then Clowne in Derbyshire, and finally to Buxton in the Peak District. During a year out at Newcastle, I had a competition with my Landlord as to who arrived home first on a Monday in order to read the Green 'Un. This was when it was a good sports paper. Among my oldest memories are such names as Westlake, Swift, Cockroft, Turton, and Whitcomb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) First Match 18 Nov 1967 Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion D 2-2 League Division One Coming up to 50 years! Edited September 4, 2017 by OxonOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 If anyone fancies a copy of that book you can get one here - BACK TO THE TOP Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internationowl Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Highlight - without having to go back 26+ years, is the day in cardiff vs hartlepool '05. What a day out. The competition or division you're in doesn't really matter on the day does it? Lowlight - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, Internationowl said: Highlight - without having to go back 26+ years, is the day in cardiff vs hartlepool '05. What a day out. The competition or division you're in doesn't really matter on the day does it? Lowlight - Shouldn't you be on a break? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internationowl Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 1 minute ago, Costello 77 said: Shouldn't you be on a break? I'm not sure I follow you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Just now, Internationowl said: I'm not sure I follow you. Username. Topical..... nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) Highlights for me @Cardiff against Hartlepool and Wycombe 'Mid the Gap' at Hillsborough. I missed the Wembley appearances in the 90's Edited September 4, 2017 by OxonOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Capone Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Posted before but New Years Eve 66 Chelsea home 6-1 victory. Many magic memories over the years.Some less talked about than others. Winning 5-1 away at Notts County during the dark years of the early/mid 70's. Beating Reading away 1-0 in 76, first away win for 18 months Ken Knighton kicking the dressing room door off its hinges after being sent off at Orient. Plymouth away on a very cold snowy night in 1979 with 200 or so other hardy souls, less than a week after we'd taken 20k to Leicester for the final Arsenal replay.Tony Coleman "borrowing" Sam Ellis car after he missed the team bus to Derby also Uniteds Alan Woodward saluting the Shoreham at his testimonial before he realised it was full of Wednesdayites and stopped dead in his tracks with a look of total shock on his boat race. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internationowl Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Just now, Costello 77 said: Username. Topical..... nevermind. Ah ok, too quick for me perhaps.. I'm a bit busy watching over the North Korea situation and a few clean ups in the USA and India, plus a few other things at the moment. So there aren't really many breaks. I'm essentially Captain Planet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 HAVENT A CLUE IT WAS 59 YEARS AGO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Starling Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 My favourite memory has to be beating Manchester United at Wembley but the memory of the first game I went to, watching Wednesday play Chesterfield on an Easter Saturday in Division Three and beating them 4-0 will live with me forever. Walking along the concourse under the North Stand getting a glimpse of the ground through the gangways and then that moment when you experience Hillsborough in her full glory. A sight to behold and never forgotten. Thanks to all my family and mates who I have enjoyed many a great game and performance with along with a few disappointments. Here is to many more years. Happy Birthday Sheffield Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh_weds_we_love_you Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) Supported Wednesday all my life, currently sat at 36 years. I have vague memories from school by where my mates were choosing which football team they were going to support - Liverpool, Man Utd, Wednesday, or United. I remember thinking it was strange as I just supported Wednesday - I never made that decision, there wasn't a choice to be made; my dad took me to Hillsborough, got me the new kit every summer, Wednesday were my team. My first game 4th April 1981 (I was 5 weeks old, remember it well! ) as Wednesday beat Luton Town 3-1 at Hillsborough. I can't remember the exact details, but I was supposedly named after Wednesday's first goalscorer (after my birth date or at the Luton game), who was Kevin Taylor. I'm led to believe that Ante Miročević hit the woodwork before Taylor scored! Highlight is the League Cup Final win without doubt! Memories (without even having to think); My first away game - Ipswich 0 The Owls 2. Remember Hirst scoring, might have got two? Hirst scoring 4 vs Hull City. Harkes strike vs Derby. Jemson scoring a brace against Man Utd. Getting thrashed by Forest 0-3 - Stuart Pearce free-kick - to relegate us. Big Ron saying he'll be staying, then leaving a day or so later for Villa. The Chelsea League Cup semi-finals. League Cup Final win. That Hirst goal vs Villa in front of the Kop. Cambridge giving us a good beating in the FA Cup - 4-0, Dublin hat-trick? Going top of the Premier League - 4 wins in a row and Richie Humphries! Numerous relegations. Play-off Final win in Cardiff. Play-off Final defeat at Wembley. Double over the Blades. Steel City FA Cup semi-final and that Waddle free-kick. Chris Woods flapping in the last minute and seeing us lose both cup finals in the same season. Winning 7-2 away at Burnley after we'd just been relegated. Antonio vs Carlisle. Those last 10 minutes at Bramall Lane in the 2-2 in 2012. Bolder's brace at Bramall Lane and the heartbreak of Beattie's stunning free kick to equalise late on. Klinsmann's Spurs debut and goal celebration at Hillsborough. Spora Luxembourg and Kaiserslautern European nights at Hillsborough. Standing ovation for Dublin's retirement. Hirst taking over from Pressman in goal and keeping a clean sheet vs Man City. Waddle destroying West Ham United. Failing to beat 9-man Yeovil Town. Potter's hat-trick of corners. 1-3 up at Highbury only to see us pegged back to 3-3 and any lifeline of staying up going. Palmer hat-trick vs QPR. Pressman sent off within a minute at Wolves. Pressman's penalty in the cup vs Wolves. Crossley making it 3-3 vs Southampton. Sheffield Wednesday 6 Leeds United 0. Newcastle United 8 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Watson's dive for a penalty vs Leeds. Coughlan going off with a head injury only to come back on semi-conscious, boot the ball into row Z of the South Stand, and go back off again! Hamshaw's goal vs Watford in the League Cup. Briscoe's goal vs Arsenal (Di Canio and that shove). Small's goal vs Charlton. Hirst's strike at Old Trafford that got lodged in the stanchion. The kit debacle against Newcastle. Wearing our away kit at home - vs Notts County I think. Offering Ritchie Barker (Assistant Manager) one of my Fisherman's Friends during the game as he was coughing his balls up! I'll leave it there as I could genuinely go on all week! Hope I'm still around to see the 200th anniversary celebrations!! Edited September 4, 2017 by oh_weds_we_love_you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, oh_weds_we_love_you said: Supported Wednesday all my life, currently sat at 36 years. I have vague memories from school by where my mates were choosing which football team they were going to support - Liverpool, Man Utd, Wednesday, or United. I remember thinking it was strange as I just supported Wednesday - I never made that decision, there wasn't a choice to be made; my dad took me to Hillsborough, got me the new kit every summer, Wednesday were my team. My first game 4th April 1981 (I was 5 weeks old, remember it well! ) as Wednesday beat Luton Town 3-1 at Hillsborough. I can't remember the exact details, but I was supposedly named after Wednesday's first goalscorer (after my birth date or at the Luton game), who was Kevin Taylor. I'm led to believe that Ante Miročević hit the woodwork before Taylor scored! Highlight is the League Cup Final win without doubt! Memories (without even having to think); My first away game - Ipswich 0 The Owls 2. Remember Hirst scoring, might have got two? Hirst scoring 4 vs Hull City. Harkes strike vs Derby. Jemson scoring a brace against Man Utd. Getting thrashed by Forest 0-3 - Stuart Pearce free-kick - to relegate us. Big Ron saying he'll be staying, then leaving a day or so later for Villa. The Chelsea League Cup semi-finals. League Cup Final win. That Hirst goal vs Villa in front of the Kop. Cambridge giving us a good beating in the FA Cup - 4-0, Dublin hat-trick? Going top of the Premier League - 4 wins in a row and Richie Humphries! Numerous relegations. Play-off Final win in Cardiff. Play-off Final defeat at Wembley. Double over the Blades. Steel City FA Cup semi-final and that Waddle free-kick. Chris Woods flapping in the last minute and seeing us lose both cup finals in the same season. Winning 7-2 away at Burnley after we'd just been relegated. Antonio vs Carlisle. Those last 10 minutes at Bramall Lane in the 2-2 in 2012. Bolder's brace at Bramall Lane and the heartbreak of Beattie's stunning free kick to equalise late on. Klinsmann's Spurs debut and goal celebration at Hillsborough. Spora Luxembourg and Kaiserslautern European nights at Hillsborough. Standing ovation for Dublin's retirement. Hirst taking over from Pressman in goal and keeping a clean sheet vs Man City. Waddle destroying West Ham United. Failing to beat 9-man Yeovil Town. Potter's hat-trick of corners. 1-3 up at Highbury only to see us pegged back to 3-3 and any lifeline of staying up going. Palmer hat-trick vs QPR. Pressman sent off within a minute at Wolves. Pressman's penalty in the cup vs Wolves. Crossley making it 3-3 vs Southampton. Sheffield Wednesday 6 Leeds United 0. Newcastle United 8 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Watson's dive for a penalty vs Leeds. Coughlan going off with a head injury only to come back on semi-conscious, boot the ball into row Z of the South Stand, and go back off again! Hamshaw's goal vs Watford in the League Cup. Briscoe's goal vs Arsenal (Di Canio and that shove). Small's goal vs Charlton. Hirst's strike at Old Trafford that got lodged in the stanchion. The kit debacle against Newcastle. Wearing our away kit at home - vs Notts County I think. Offering Ritchie Barker (Assistant Manager) one of my Fisherman's Friends during the game as he was coughing his balls up! I'll leave it there as I could genuinely go on all week! Hope I'm still around to see the 200th anniversary celebrations!! Brilliant post thank you :) Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassetts Allsorts Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 First Game My old man got me my first season ticket in the 1992/93 season so my first game would have been Forest. I can't remember that one but I do remember my first away game that same season; Derby Country at the old Baseball Ground in the FA Cup and it finished 3-3. First Memory FA Cup Final replay against Arsenal - cried all the way home and told my Dad I hated Chris Woods. Best Memory Play-off final '05 - amazing from start to finish and the lads I go to the matches with still reminisce about it today. @oh_weds_we_love_you sums the rest up perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 First Game My father and my uncle took me to my first game in 1962, I was 4 years old, the opposition was Aston Villa, I remember nothing about that day Highlight Beating Manchester United at wembley Low point The whole of the 1974/75 season 1 Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Cromwell Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 First match I can actually remember was a 2-2 draw against Wolves December 18th 1956. Seem to think Wolves scored two late goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 That time Sterland ran almost the full the length of the pitch and cracked it home in the Lep ... oh and Boxing Day 79 of course, still a record crowd for a 3rd division match. What an atmosphere, especially back then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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