Safcfaninpeace Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Love the name Wednesday. How did it come about . Beats being called united I hate any team with a united after it especially being up here in the North East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHERSTATE Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Sheffield Cricket club formed around 1920 took the name from the day of the week they didn't work and played. Where the name 'The Wednesday' came from They decided to branch out to football in 1867 where they took the name 'The Wednesday' football club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Not allowed to play sport on the sabbath then the only other time that many people got to indulge in sport was on half day closing - which was a Wednesday. Saturdays were commerce/trading days Originally called The Wednesday Football Club Thats a very short version btw 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safcfaninpeace Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 minute ago, HIGHERSTATE said: Sheffield Cricket club formed around 1920 took the name from the day of the week they didn't work and played. Where the name 'The Wednesday' came from They decided to branch out to football in 1867 where they took the name 'The Wednesday' football club. Interesting but fascinating how it came about for yous . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 minute ago, HIGHERSTATE said: Sheffield Cricket club formed around 1920 took the name from the day of the week they didn't work and played. Where the name 'The Wednesday' came from They decided to branch out to football in 1867 where they took the name 'The Wednesday' football club. The Wednesday Cricket club formed in 1820 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHERSTATE Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, shandypants said: The Wednesday Cricket club formed in 1820 yea sorry. the inability to edit on this site is rubbish Edited May 15, 2022 by HIGHERSTATE 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safcfaninpeace Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, scram said: Not allowed to play sport on the sabbath then the only other time that many people got to indulge in sport was on half day closing - which was a Wednesday. Saturdays were commerce/trading days Originally called The Wednesday Football Club Thats a very short version btw Have yous always been in the same colours blue and white stripes since being formed . Just lots of teams changed colours ours weren't red and white stripes originally and we started off at a ground in Newcastle Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Safcfaninpeace said: Have yous always been in the same colours blue and white stripes since being formed . Just lots of teams changed colours ours weren't red and white stripes originally and we started off at a ground in Newcastle Road We've always played in blue and white but there is a bit of uncertainty about how the blue and white was configured on the shirts - it could have been stripes (like it is now) or it could have been half blue and half white (like Blackburn Rovers) but, I think, most SWFC historians think it was blue and white hoops (like QPR). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safcfaninpeace Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, shandypants said: We've always played in blue and white but there is a bit of uncertainty about how the blue and white was configured on the shirts - it could have been stripes (like it is now) or it could have been half blue and half white (like Blackburn Rovers) but, I think, most SWFC historians think it was blue and white hoops (like QPR). So yous have been through every combination possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Safcfaninpeace said: So yous have been through every combination possible Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Generally thought to have been hooped shirts originally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, HIGHERSTATE said: yea sorry. the inability to edit on this site is rubbish Subscribers can. 8 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Also, our nickname used to be The Blades (before that other lot across the city existed) and we used to play at Bramall Lane (again, before that other lot across the city existed) although that was never owned by us - we just rented it for a season or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Quinn Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Imagine if it was Sheffield Tuesday or any of the other days, at least Wednesday really does sound the best 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safcfaninpeace Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, shandypants said: Also, our nickname used to be The Blades (before that other lot across the city existed) and we used to play at Bramall Lane (again, before that other lot across the city existed) although that was never owned by us - we just rented it for a season or two. Wow that's interesting. I'd hate to ever been called anything like the lot up the road from us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post flo Posted May 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2022 It comes from the Latin word "Sheffieldwednesday" which means to be poo at football and never do anything good. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 The only football club to have a day of the week named after it. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthowl Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) I cba to do any research on this, but I’m sure there was a thread on this a few years back and in football’s early days there were several “Wednesdays” and even a “Thursday”. Maybe I dreamt it? Edited May 16, 2022 by Tamworthowl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, Tamworthowl said: I cba to do any research on this, but I’m sure there was a thread on this a few years back and in football’s early days there were several “Wednesdays” and even a “Thursday”. Maybe I dreamt it? I vaguely remember something like that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Five Archers Posted May 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2022 Upon returning from the Napoleonic wars and the battle of Waterloo, Major Wawaw soon got bored in the cricket off season. Sat drinking one Wednesday afternoon in the long disappeared Olive Grove pub with his mates Consilio and Animis he proposed forming a football club, “that’s a phóòking great idea” cried Consilio and Animis. Thus FFS Wednesday was born. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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