Why is sheffield Wednesday called sheffield Wednesday?

Answer 1

The Wednesday, as they were at first called, originated in Sheffield and began life as the Wedensday Cricket Club - Wednesday being the day they met to play cricket, because that was the day that the craftsmen who were members of the club worked for half the day only. They began playing football as a means to keeping fit outside the cricket season and presumably found that they were rather good at it because they began competing in the game as the Wednesday Football Club, eventually changing their name to the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club in 1929.

Answer 2

the club was born on the evening of Wednesday, September 4th, 1867

Answer 3

Original team used to play all their games on a Wednesday

Answer 4

they originaly were called the blades but a player presented to them an owl mascot to honour their stadium

Answer 5

The club was formed on 4/9/1889 om a Wednesday so they added the name.

Answer 6

They were originally a cricket club, and they were named after the day on which they played their matches.

Answer 7

1867

Answer 8

Because they played on Wednesday afternoon