Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional football team based in Sheffield , England who currently compete in the Championship , the second tier of the Football League . Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world.

Nicknamed the "Owls", the club has won four league titles , three FA Cups and one League Cup , but their League Cup triumph in 1991 is their only major trophy since World War II . They did reach both domestic cup finals in 1993 , but lost 2-1 to Arsenal each time.

Their main rivals are neighbours Sheffield United . Matches between Wednesday and United are nicknamed Steel City derbies and are usually the highlight of the season for both sets of fans. Famous matches include The Boxing Day Massacre , a Football League Third Division match which took place at Hillsborough on 26 December 1979. A record Third Division crowd of 49,309 fans watched Wednesday beat United 4-0 and the game has become part of Sheffield Wednesday folklore, even inspiring a song.

Whilst they have some successes, there has been a few bleak moments for the Owls. After relegation from the First Division in 1970, Wednesday did not reappear at this level until 14 years later after a grim 70s. Currently, they have played in the top tier 66 times, but have not returned since 2000.

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The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England . It is more commonly known by the name of its official title sponsor as the Ryman League , and has in previous years been variously known (in chronological order) as the Rothmans Isthmian League , Berger Isthmian League , Servowarm Isthmian League , Vauxhall -Opel League , Vauxhall League , Diadora League and ICIS League .

The league was founded in 1905 , and was strongly dedicated to amateurism . The champions did not even receive a trophy, league policy being that the honour sufficed. Teams less able to compete financially thus gravitated to it rather than the Southern League , while those with ambition and money would move in the opposite direction.

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FA Amateur Cup , it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern Premier League which were the top regional semi-professional leagues.

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