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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Wednesday/
The Wednesday/
Sheffield Wednesday
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Sheffield Wednesday FC Profile |
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Club name
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Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, since June 1929 |
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Previous names
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Wednesday Cricket & Football Club 1867-99; The Wednesday FC 1899-1929; |
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Ground(s) |
Hillsborough since 1899, previously called Owlerton
until 1912; previously occupied Olive Grove 1887-99. |
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Founded
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Wednesday, 4 September 1867; turned professional
April 1887. |
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Colours |
Blue and white striped shirts, black shorts, blue
stockings. |
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Domestic honours |
Football League Champions 1902-03, 1903-04, 1928-29,
1929-30; Division Two winners 1899-1900, 1925-26, 1951-52, 1955-56,
1958-59;
FA Cup winners 1895-96, 1906-07, 1934-35, runners-up 1889-90, 1965-66,
1992-93;
Football League Cup (Rumbelows) winners 1990-91, (Coca-Cola)
runners-up 1992-93;
FA Charity Shield winners 1935, runners-up 1930; |
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European honours |
None |
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International honours |
None |
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Most capped player |
Nigel Worthington, 50 (66), Northern Ireland. |
'Consilio et Animis'
By Wisdom and Courage.
Chronologically
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Most Capped |
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
| 786 |
Springett, Ronald Deryk George |
1959-66 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
| 529 |
Blenkinsop, Ernest |
1928-33 |
26 |
0 |
26 |
4 |
0 |
| 549 |
Strange,
Alfred Henry |
1930-33 |
20 |
0 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
| 791 |
Swan,
Peter |
1960-62 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
| 993 |
Woods,
Christopher Charles Eric |
1991-93 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
| 1041 |
Palmer,
Carlton Lloyd |
1992-93 |
14 |
4 |
18 |
0 |
1 |
| 406 |
Wilson,
George |
1921-24 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
0 |
| 219 |
Crawshaw,
Thomas Henry |
1895-1904 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
| 209 |
Spiksley,
Frederick |
1893-98 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
5 |
| 440 |
Kean, Frederick William |
1923-27 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
| 512 |
Brown, John Henry |
1927-29 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 711 |
Sewell,
John |
1951-54 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
| 358 |
Brittleton, John Thomas |
1912-14 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 626 |
Catlin,
Arthur Edward |
1936-37 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 721 |
Quixall,
Albert |
1953-55 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 47 |
Mosforth,
William H. |
1877-82 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| 552 |
Rimmer,
Ellis James |
1930-31 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| 556 |
Burgess, Harry |
1930-31 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
| 638 |
Robinson,
John |
1937-38 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
| 718 |
Froggatt,
Redfern |
1952-53 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| 281 |
Davis,
Henry |
1903 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| 292 |
Ruddlesdin, Herod |
1904-05 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 548 |
Marsden,
William |
1929-30 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 596 |
Burrows, Horace |
1934-35 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 1027 |
Hirst, David Eric |
1991-92 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| 1079 |
Hinchcliffe, Andrew George |
1998 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 328 |
Stewart,
James |
1907 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 553 |
Leach,
Thomas |
1930 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
Clegg,
John Charles |
1872 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Clegg,
William Edwin |
1873 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 137 |
Brayshaw, Edward |
1887 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 154 |
Betts, William |
1889 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 335 |
Bradshaw, Francis |
1908 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 426 |
Davison,
John Edward |
1922 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 492 |
Felton,
William |
1925 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 532 |
Stephenson, George Ternent |
1931 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 578 |
Starling,
Ronald William |
1933 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 798 |
Fantham,
John |
1961 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 831 |
Young,
Gerald Morton |
1964 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1008 |
Sterland,
Melvyn |
1988 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1005 |
Walker,
Desmond Sinclair |
1993 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 41 |
Total |
1872-1998 |
248 |
5 |
253 |
15 |
28 |
Notes
Wednesday have fielded four players at once for England on
two occasions. Ernie Blenkinsop, Tony Leach, Alf Strange and Harry
Burgess all started against Ireland, October 1930. George Stephenson
replaced Leach in the line-up for the game against France, May 1931.
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