Sheffield Wednesday Football Club currently compete in the English Football League 1. One of the oldest professional clubs in ... the world, Sheffield Wednesday are the fifth oldest in the English leagues. 'The Wednesday', as we were named until 1929, were founding members of The Football Alliance in 1889, and its first champions that inaugural season. The Wednesday joined The Football League three years later when the leagues merged. Sheffield Wednesday were one of the founding members of The Premier League in 1992 and are nicknamed 'The Owls'. HONOURS: League: First Division/Premier League WINNERS (4): 1902/1903, 1903/1904, 1928/1929, 1929/1930 Second Division WINNNERS (5): 1899/1900, 1925/1926, 1951/1952, 1955/1956, 1958/1959 Cup: FA Cup WINNERS (3): 1895/1896, 1906/1907, 1934/1935 Finalists (3): 1889/1890, 1965/1966, 1992/1993 League Cup WINNERS (1): 1990/1991 Finalists (1): 1992/1993 Other: FA Charity Shield WINNERS (1): 1935 Europe: UEFA Cup Participants (3): 1961/1962, 1963/1964, 1992/1993 read more