Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons
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This is a list of seasons played by Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in English and European football, from 1880 (when The Wednesday first entered the FA Cup) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, the top scorers, and the average home league attendance for each season.
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Season | Division | Pos | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Top scorer | Goals | Av. Att. |
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1880-81 | n/a | n/a | Fourth round | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1881-82 | n/a | n/a | Semi-finals | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1882-83 | n/a | n/a | Fourth round | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1883-84 | n/a | n/a | First round | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1884-85 | n/a | n/a | Second round | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1885-86 | n/a | n/a | First round | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1886-87 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1887-88 | n/a | n/a | Quarter-finals | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1888-89 | n/a | n/a | Quarter-finals | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1889-90 | Alliance | 1st | Runner-up | ? | ? | ? | ||
1890-91 | Alliance | 12th | Third round | ? | ? | ? | ||
1891-92 | Alliance | 4th | Third round | ? | ? | ? | ||
1892-93 | Div 1 | 12th | Quarter-finals | Fred Spiksley | 18 | ? | ||
1893-94 | Div 1 | 12th | Semi-finals | Fred Spiksley | 16 | ? | ||
1894-95 | Div 1 | 8th | Semi-finals | Harry Davis | 12 | ? | ||
1895-96 | Div 1 | 7th | Winners | Fred Spiksley | 14 | ? | ||
1896-97 | Div 1 | 6th | First round | Fred Spiksley | 10 | ? | ||
1897-98 | Div 1 | 5th | Second round | Fred Spiksley | 17 | ? | ||
1898-99 | Div 1 | 18th | First round | Bill Hemmingfield | 8 | ? | ||
1899-00 | Div 2 | 1st | Second round | John Wright | 27 | ? | ||
1900-01 | Div 1 | 8th | First round | Andrew Wilson | 13 | ? | ||
1901-02 | Div 1 | 9th | First round | Harry Chapman | 9 | ? | ||
1902-03 | Div 1 | 1st | First round | Harry Davis | 13 | ? | ||
1903-04 | Div 1 | 1st | Semi-finals | Andrew Wilson | 12 | ? | ||
1904-05 | Div 1 | 9th | Semi-finals | Andrew Wilson | 18 | ? | ||
1905-06 | Div 1 | 3rd | Quarter-finals | Jimmy Stewart | 22 | ? | ||
1906-07 | Div 1 | 13th | Winners | Andrew Wilson | 21 | ? | ||
1907-08 | Div 1 | 5th | First round | Andrew Wilson | 19 | ? | ||
1908-09 | Div 1 | 5th | Third round | Andrew Wilson | 21 | ? | ||
1909-10 | Div 1 | 11th | First round | Andrew Wilson | 12 | ? | ||
1910-11 | Div 1 | 6th | First round | Harry Chapman | 11 | ? | ||
1911-12 | Div 1 | 5th | First round | David McLean | 26 | ? | ||
1912-13 | Div 1 | 3rd | Third round | David McLean | 38 | ? | ||
1913-14 | Div 1 | 18th | Quarter-finals | Andrew Wilson | 15 | ? | ||
1914-15 | Div 1 | 7th | Third round | David McLean | 23 | ? | ||
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I | ||||||||
1919-20 | Div 1 | 22nd | First round | Jimmy Gill | 8 | ? | ||
1920-21 | Div 2 | 10th | Second round | Johnny McIntyre | 27 | ? | ||
1921-22 | Div 2 | 10th | First round | Jimmy Lofthouse & Johnny McIntyre |
8 | ? | ||
1922-23 | Div 2 | 8th | Third round | Sid Binks | 16 | ? | ||
1923-24 | Div 2 | 8th | Second round | Sid Binks | 17 | ? | ||
1924-25 | Div 2 | 14th | Second round | Jimmy Trotter | 18 | ? | ||
1925-26 | Div 2 | 1st | Third round | Jimmy Trotter | 38 | 23,660 | ||
1926-27 | Div 1 | 16th | Fourth round | Jimmy Trotter | 39 | 23,060 | ||
1927-28 | Div 1 | 14th | Fifth round | Mark Hooper | 22 | 22,075 | ||
1928-29 | Div 1 | 1st | Fourth round | Jack Allen | 35 | 27,017 | ||
1929-30 | Div 1 | 1st | Semi-finals | Jack Allen | 39 | 25,873 | ||
1930-31 | Div 1 | 3rd | Fourth round | Jack Ball | 29 | 19,911 | ||
1931-32 | Div 1 | 3rd | Fifth round | Jack Ball & Ellis Rimmer |
23 | 16,906 | ||
1932-33 | Div 1 | 3rd | Third round | Jack Ball | 35 | 16,704 | ||
1933-34 | Div 1 | 11th | Fifth round | Harry Burgess, Neil Dewar & Mark Hooper |
13 | 16,019 | ||
1934-35 | Div 1 | 3rd | Winners | Ellis Rimmer | 26 | 18,568 | ||
1935-36 | Div 1 | 20th | Fourth round | Neil Dewar | 21 | 18,127 | ||
1936-37 | Div 1 | 22nd | Fourth round | Neil Dewar | 10 | 20,708 | ||
1937-38 | Div 2 | 17th | Third round | Ernest Matthews & Jackie Robinson |
7 | 23,600 | ||
1938-39 | Div 2 | 3rd | Fifth round | Douglas Hunt | 25 | 27,146 | ||
1939-40 | Div 2 | 17th | n/a | Charlie Napier | 2 | 16,500 | ||
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II | ||||||||
1945-46 | n/a | n/a | Fifth round | ? | ? | n/a | ||
1946-47 | Div 2 | 20th | Fifth round | Tommy Ward | 18 | 26,082 | ||
1947-48 | Div 2 | 4th | Fourth round | Eddie Quigley | 23 | 35,426 | ||
1948-49 | Div 2 | 8th | Fourth round | Eddie Quigley | 19 | 34,146 | ||
1949-50 | Div 2 | 2nd | Third round | Redfern Froggatt | 14 | 40,684 | ||
1950-51 | Div 1 | 21st | Third round | Redfern Froggatt, Dennis Woodhead & Walter Rickett |
14 | 41,527 | ||
1951-52 | Div 2 | 1st | Third round | Derek Dooley | 47 | 41,461 | ||
1952-53 | Div 1 | 18th | Third round | Jackie Sewell | 17 | 42,530 | ||
1953-54 | Div 1 | 19th | Semi-finals | Dennis Woodhead | 21 | 35,923 | ||
1954-55 | Div 1 | 22nd | Fourth round | Jackie Sewell | 14 | 27,149 | ||
1955-56 | Div 2 | 1st | Third round | Roy Shiner | 33 | 27,454 | ||
1956-57 | Div 1 | 14th | Third round | Albert Quixall | 24 | 29,460 | ||
1957-58 | Div 1 | 22nd | Fifth round | Roy Shiner | 16 | 23,396 | ||
1958-59 | Div 2 | 1st | Third round | Roy Shiner | 28 | 29,452 | ||
1959-60 | Div 1 | 5th | Semi-finals | John Fantham | 18 | 32,703 | ||
1960-61 | Div 1 | 2nd | Quarter-finals | John Fantham | 23 | 31,054 | ||
1961-62 | Div 1 | 6th | Fifth round | Fairs Cup Quarter-finals | John Fantham | 24 | 28,882 | |
1962-63 | Div 1 | 6th | Fourth round | David Layne | 30 | 25,686 | ||
1963-64 | Div 1 | 6th | Third round | Fairs Cup Second round | David Layne | 28 | 24,051 | |
1964-65 | Div 1 | 8th | Third round | John Fantham | 20 | 20,745 | ||
1965-66 | Div 1 | 17th | Runner-up | John Fantham | 15 | 23,161 | ||
1966-67 | Div 1 | 11th | Quarter-finals | Second round | David Ford & John Ritchie |
15 | 30,460 | |
1967-68 | Div 1 | 19th | Fifth round | Fourth round | John Ritchie | 22 | 31,735 | |
1968-69 | Div 1 | 15th | Fourth round | Second round | Jack Whitham | 10 | 27,150 | |
1969-70 | Div 1 | 22nd | Fourth round | Second round | Anglo-Italian Cup group stage | Jack Whitham | 11 | 26,619 |
1970-71 | Div 2 | 15th | Third round | Second round | Mick Prendergast | 16 | 16,036 | |
1971-72 | Div 2 | 14th | Third round | Second round | Brian Joicey | 16 | 17,160 | |
1972-73 | Div 2 | 10th | Fifth round | Third round | Brian Joicey | 20 | 17,313 | |
1973-74 | Div 2 | 19th | Third round | Third round | Brian Joicey | 20 | 14,727 | |
1974-75 | Div 2 | 22nd | Third round | First round | Eric McMordie | 6 | 13,292 | |
1975-76 | Div 3 | 20th | Third round | First round | Mick Prendergast | 13 | 11,068 | |
1976-77 | Div 3 | 8th | Second round | Fourth round | Rodger Wylde | 25 | 13,470 | |
1977-78 | Div 3 | 14th | Second round | Fourth round | Tommy Tynan | 21 | 11,423 | |
1978-79 | Div 3 | 14th | Third round | Second round | Brian Hornsby | 21 | 10,643 | |
1979-80 | Div 3 | 3rd | Second round | Second round | Terry Curran | 24 | 18,090 | |
1980-81 | Div 2 | 10th | Third round | Third round | Andy McCulloch | 18 | 18,403 | |
1981-82 | Div 2 | 4th | Third round | Second round | Gary Bannister | 22 | 19,082 | |
1982-83 | Div 2 | 6th | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Gary Bannister | 22 | 16,609 | |
1983-84 | Div 2 | 2nd | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Gary Bannister | 22 | 22,488 | |
1984-85 | Div 1 | 8th | Fifth round | Quarter-finals | Imre Varadi | 21 | 27,774 | |
1985-86 | Div 1 | 5th | Semi-finals | Third round | Lee Chapman & Brian Marwood |
15 | 23,101 | |
1986-87 | Div 1 | 13th | Quarter-finals | Third round | Lee Chapman | 22 | 23,172 | |
1987-88 | Div 1 | 11th | Third round | Quarter-finals | Lee Chapman | 22 | 19,796 | |
1988-89 | Div 1 | 15th | Fourth round | Second round | David Hirst | 9 | 20,036 | |
1989-90 | Div 1 | 18th | Fourth round | Third round | David Hirst | 16 | 20,927 | |
1990-91 | Div 2 | 3rd | Fifth round | Winners | David Hirst | 32 | 26,604 | |
1991-92 | Div 1 | 3rd | Fourth round | Third round | David Hirst | 21 | 29,578 | |
1992-93 | Prem | 7th | Runner-up | Runner-up | UEFA Cup Second round | Mark Bright | 18 | 27,263 |
1993-94 | Prem | 7th | Fourth round | Semi-finals | Mark Bright | 23 | 27,186 | |
1994-95 | Prem | 13th | Fourth round | Fourth round | Mark Bright | 13 | 26,596 | |
1995-96 | Prem | 15th | Third round | Fourth round | Intertoto Cup Group stage | David Hirst | 13 | ? |
1996-97 | Prem | 7th | Quarter-finals | Second round | Andy Booth | 13 | ? | |
1997-98 | Prem | 16th | Fourth round | Second round | Paulo Di Canio | 14 | 28,706 | |
1998-99 | Prem | 12th | Fifth round | Second round | Benito Carbone | 9 | 26,745 | |
1999-00 | Prem | 19th | Fifth round | Fourth round | Gilles De Bilde | 11 | 24,855 | |
2000-01 | Div 1 | 17th | Fourth round | Quarter-finals | Gerald Sibon | 15 | 19,268 | |
2001-02 | Div 1 | 20th | Third round | Semi-finals | Gerald Sibon | 13 | 20,870 | |
2002-03 | Div 1 | 22nd | Third round | Second round | Gerald Sibon | 9 | 20,327 | |
2003-04 | Div 2 | 16th | Second round | First round | Football League Trophy Final (North) | Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu | 10 | 22,336 |
2004-05 | League 1 | 5th | First round | Second round | Football League Trophy First round | Steve MacLean | 20 | 23,100 |
2005-06 | Championship | 19th | Third round | Second round | Chris Brunt | 7 | 24,853 |
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ League football in England did not start until 1888, although Wednesday were not admitted to the Football League until 1892.
- ↑ The Wednesday became founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889 following their application to join the Football League being turned down.
- ↑ In the 1886-87 season, The Wednesday failed to submit their application for the FA Cup on time, an error which ultimately led to the club turning professional later in the season.
- ↑ The Wednesday were unanimously elected to the First Division of the Football League in 1892.
- ↑ The 1939-40 season was abandoned in early September, after only three matches had been played; Sheffield Wednesday were 17th in the table at the time.
- ↑ The FA Cup was contested in 1945-46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
[edit] References
- Early Owls Records. Retrieved on May 18, 2006.
- Football Club History Database. Retrieved on May 18, 2006.
- The Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Retrieved on July 27, 2006.
- Sheffield Wednesday Official Website. Retrieved on July 30, 2006.
- SoccerBase. Retrieved on July 30, 2006.
- ITV Football Statistics. Retrieved on August 2, 2006.
- Jason Dickinson (2005/06). Wednesday - Official Programme of SWFC. Dunwoody Sports Marketing.
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