steelcityowlsfan Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 A member of the Addam’s family is also named after us. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s73owl Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 27 minutes ago, Five Archers said: 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. That's me convinced 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Nagasaki Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 50 minutes ago, Five Archers said: 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. Brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadsleyOwl Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Safcfaninpeace said: Wow that's interesting. I'd hate to ever been called anything like the lot up the road from us Our poo is their gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTLiam Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Liam is Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonstrix Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Everybody knows that Lord Snooty’s ancestors created the name in homage to the day of the week that the master had rumpy pumpy with his chamber maid, while Lady Snooty was having her wicked way with Mellors the gardener. FFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wexowl Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 4 hours 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? 3 hours ago, OxonOwl said: I vaguely remember something like that too. Me too so it must be true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 13 hours ago, Safcfaninpeace said: 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 We left Brammall Lane when the council put the rent up and moved to an area just outside Owlerton, which is probably why we are called the Owls, although some people will tell you an Owl used to reside in the South Stand. After leaving Bumhole Lane the council were left with an empty stadium Our president in his wisdom decided to unite some of the other teams in Sheffield, I forget who they were, but I believe there was around 5 teams, his idea was to give Wednesday some competition Our president refused to join the newly formed league, prefering to stay local. At some point our players threatened to walk away if we didn't join the league, that's why we were late starters to the league and not founding members, even though we are the 4th oldest club in the country The newly formed Sheffield United didn't have a kit, so their early games they played in a set of blue and white stripes that Wednesday had left at the ground. United have always been Wednesday lite, they have our old ground, played in our old kit, and they took our old nickname They've wanted to be us ever since. 5 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...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 This poster is old now, but I still love it I don't like that shirt though It still looks like an Everton shirt being pulled out of a Tesco carrier bag And the shorts should be black 2 2 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...
mozzy85 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Can someone tell me how many games wednesday played at Bramall Lane. One of my mates (he's a blunt, I know....i'm sorry) said we only only played 1 game there before we left which I know is horseshit but would like to go back to him and put him in his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Always led to believe that The Wednesday Cricket Club was formed by bank employees who at the time worked every Saturday & had Wednesday off …….. As this proved to be more & more popular they decided they needed to make use of the winter months to carry on meeting & expanded to The Wednesday Football Club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOFABI Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Five Archers said: 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. See this is the kind of information Google just cant provide 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Why are we called Sheffield Wednesday? It's because we play in Sheffield, mate. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geörge Whitebread Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, mozzy85 said: Can someone tell me how many games wednesday played at Bramall Lane. One of my mates (he's a blunt, I know....i'm sorry) said we only only played 1 game there before we left which I know is horseshit but would like to go back to him and put him in his place. We played at Bramall Lane because it was originally a cricket ground, which The Wednesday Cricket Club played at from 1855 onwards. (It only had three sides until the mid-70s). We definitely played a few football fixtures there between 1867 and 1879 too (it hosted various tournaments/cups...etc.) and it was our permanent home for league games from 1880-1887. So, 1 game is definitely BS. You can tell your mate that his club only exists because the owners of the ground were greedy swine. Their insistence on taking a share of ticket sales meant we could only turn professional by moving to another ground. So, United were set-up solely to replace the revenue scheme. They were basically set-up to spite us (forever in our shadow!). Edited May 16, 2022 by George Whitebread 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityowlsfan Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 hour ago, mozzy85 said: Can someone tell me how many games wednesday played at Bramall Lane. One of my mates (he's a blunt, I know....i'm sorry) said we only only played 1 game there before we left which I know is horseshit but would like to go back to him and put him in his place. You mean a blade didn’t do his research and still wanted to argue? Shocked! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 16 hours ago, Safcfaninpeace said: 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 What were yous called before Black Cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 hour ago, alanharper said: Why are we called Sheffield Wednesday? It's because we play in Sheffield, mate. Why is Grimsby called Grimsby? Cos they play in Cleethorpes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 16 hours ago, Safcfaninpeace said: So yous have been through every combination possible Yep and none of them have worked. We are still crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo89 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Daniele Giovanni said: What were yous called before Black Cats? Wasnt it picked from a fan vote about 20 years or so ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulcinella Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 In other words… the Blades are our B team set up by our president to keep a stadium going seeing as we’d gone onto bigger and better things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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