Sheffield Wednesday F.C. records

These are Sheffield Wednesday F.C. records. They cover all competitive matches dating back to the team's first appearance in the FA Cup in 1880.

Record Games

Record	Against	Ground	Date
Biggest Football League Win	Birmingham City	Hillsborough Stadium	13 December 1930 (Division 1)	9-1	[1]
Heaviest Football League Defeat	Aston Villa	Villa Park	5 October 1912 (Division 1)	0–10	[1]
Biggest Cup Win:	Halliwell	Olive Grove	17 January 1891 (FA Cup Round 1)	12-0	[2]
Heaviest Cup Defeat:	Blackburn Rovers	Kennington Oval	29 March 1890 (FA Cup Final)	1–6	[2]
Highest Home Attendance (all-time):	Manchester City	Hillsborough Stadium	17 February 1934 (FA Cup Round 5)	72,841	[3]

Seasonal records

Record	Season	Total
Most goals scored in a Football League season:	1958–59 (Division 2)	106	[1]
Record Football League points total (3 points for a win)	2011–12 (League 1)	93	[1]
Record Football League points total (2 points for a win)	1958–59 (Division 2)	62	[1]

Record Runs

All records relate to league games only^[1]

Record	Began	Finished	Games
Winning run	23 April 1904	15 October 1904	9
Losing run	9 September 2000	17 October 2000	8
Unbeaten run	10 December 1960	8 April 1961	19
Unbeaten run	26 February 2012	2 September 2012	19
Games without a win	11 January 1975	30 August 1975	20
Sequence of draws	24 October 1992	28 November 1992	5

Players

General

Record	Player	Date(s)	Total
Most Football League Appearances	Andrew Wilson	1900–1920	501	[4]
Most Consecutive League and Cup Appearances	Martin Hodge	1983–1987	214	[5]
Most Goals Scored in a Match	Douglas Hunt v Norwich	19 November 1938 (Division 2)	6 Goals	[6]
Highest goalscorer in a Football League season	Derek Dooley	Division 2, 1951–52	46	[7]
Most Capped Player (whilst at club):	Nigel Worthington		50	[4]
Youngest Player Ever	Peter Fox	31 March 1973 v Leyton Orient	15 years 269 days
Oldest Player Ever:	Jerry Jackson	27 August 1923 v Port Vale	46 Years

Transfers

Record	Player	Club	Date	Fee
Highest Fee Paid	Paolo Di Canio	Celtic	6 August 1997	£5.7m	[1]
Highest Fee Received	Chris Brunt	West Bromwich Albion	15 August 2007	£3m	[1]

Appearances and goals

Pos Player Years Appearances 1. Andrew Wilson 1900–1920 560 2. Jack Brown 1922–1937 507 3. Alan Finney 1949–1965 503 4. Kevin Pressman 1985–2004 478 5. Tommy Crawshaw 1894–1908 465 6. Redfern Froggatt 1942–1960 458 7. Don Megson 1952–1970 442 8. John Fantham 1956–1969 435 9. Ernest Blenkinsop 1923–1934 424 10. Teddy Davison 1908–1926 424

Pos Player Goals scored Average 1. Andrew Wilson 217 0.40 2. John Fantham 167 0.38 3. David Hirst 149 0.41 4. Redfern Froggatt 149 0.33 5. Ellis Rimmer 140 0.33 6. Mark Hooper 136 0.32 7. Fred Spiksley 114 0.36 8. Jimmy Trotter 114 0.71 9. David McLean 100 0.68 10. Harry Chapman 99 0.33

Highest Average attendance in a season

Division	Average attendance	Season
Division 1/Premier League	42,520	1952–1953
Division 2	41,682	1951–1952
Division 3	23,100	2004–2005

Honours

Top tier

Honour	Year(s)
Football Alliance Champions	1890
FA Cup Winners	1896, 1907, 1935
Football League First Division Champions	1903, 1904, 1929, 1930
FA Charity Shield	1935
Football League Cup Winners	1991

Lower tier

Honour	Year(s)
Football League Second Division Champions	1900, 1926, 1952, 1956, 1959
Football League One Play-off Winners	2005
Football League One Runners Up	2012

Local

Honour	Year(s)
Cromwell Cup Winners	1867
Sheffield FA Challenge Cup	1877, 1878, 1881, 1883, 1887, 1888
Wharncliffe Charity Cup	1879, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1888,
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup	1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1939 (shared with Sheffield United), 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1973, 1975

References

1. "Historical Statistics". Sheffield Wednesday. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
2. Young, Percy A. (1962). Football in Sheffield. Stanley Paul. pp. 193–207.
3. Farnsworth, Keith (1983). Wednesday!. Sheffield City Libraries. p. 124.
4. "SWFC Legends T-Z". swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2006.
5. "SWFC Legends G-M". Sheffield Wednesday. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
6. "Players, Managers and Administrators". swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2006.
7. "SWFC Legends D-F". Sheffield Wednesday. Retrieved 17 September 2006.

• Club records (last accessed 28 July 2006)
• Appearances (last accessed 28 July 2006)
• Goalscorers (last accessed 28 July 2006)
• Honours (last archived 15 October 2012)