Football Association Challenge Cup Runners-up Team of 29 March 1890Football Association Challenge Cup Runners-up Team of 29 March 1890
Football Association Challenge Cup Runners-up Team of 29 March 1890

Rare pictures unearthed of Sheffield Wednesday players and fans going back more than a century

Sheffield is the home of football so take a walk down memory lane and relive the highs and lows of Sheffield Wednesday going back to the 1890s.

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These pictures have been donated by Picture Sheffield and show us a window to a different world of football and its fans and the silverware going back more than 130 years.

And for those Sheffield United fan’s don’t worry we’ll delve into the archive for your team next week.

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