Sheffield Wednesday FC

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY FC. English football club nicknamed The Owls are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the third oldest in the English league. The Wednesday (as they were known until 1929) were founding members of The Football Alliance in 1889 and its first champions. They joined The Football League three years later and were also one of the founding members of the Premier League in 1992. Since joining the Football League in 1892, the club has spent most of its history in the top flight of English football, but has not played at this level since being relegated in 2000. They are historically one of England's more successful clubs (Four League Titles / Three FA Cups and one League Cup. Since 1899, they have played home matches at Hillsborough.