Editing Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (section)

==Stadium==

===Past stadiums===
Originally, Wednesday played matches at [[Highfield (stadium)|Highfield]], but moved several times before adopting a permanent ground. Other locations included [[Myrtle Road]], [[Heeley]] and [[Hunter's Bar]]. Major matches were played at [[Sheaf House]] or [[Bramall Lane]], before [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] made it their home ground.<ref name="Wednesday!" /> Sheffield Wednesday's first permanent home ground was at [[Olive Grove]], a site near Queen's Road originally leased from the [[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]]. The first game at Olive Grove was a 4–4 draw with [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] on 12 September 1887.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Extensions to the adjacent railway forced the club to move to their current ground in 1899.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

===Hillsborough Stadium===
Since 1899 Wednesday have played their home games at [[Hillsborough Stadium]] in the [[Owlerton]] district of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/Hillsborough/0,,10304~1024984,00.html |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday F.C. |title= Hillsborough |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306231829/http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/Hillsborough/0%2C%2C10304~1024984%2C00.html |archive-date=6 March 2009 }}</ref> The stadium was originally named Owlerton Stadium but in 1914 Owlerton became part of the parliamentary constituency of [[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Hillsborough]] and the ground took on its current name.<ref name="About_Hillsborough">{{cite web|title=Hillsborough Stadium – About Hillsborough |url=http://www.swfc.co.uk/club/hillsborough_stadium/|publisher=Sheffield Wednesday Football Club|date=26 June 2012|access-date=9 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319052922/http://www.swfc.co.uk/club/hillsborough_stadium/|archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref> With 39,732 seats,<ref>{{cite web |title=Hillsborough Stadium |url=https://www.stadiumguide.com/hillsborough/ |website=The Stadium Guide |publisher=Stadiumguide |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> Hillsborough has the [[List of stadiums in England|12th highest]] capacity in England. The club had intended to increase Hillsborough's capacity to 44,825 by 2012 and 50,000 by 2016 and make several other improvements in the process, but due to England's failed World Cup bid, this is now not the case.<ref name="swfc">[http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10304~1759975,00.html Hillsborough – a vision of the future] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130632/http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10304~1759975%2C00.html |date=20 July 2011 }}</ref>

The stadium has hosted [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] football in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 European Championships]] and 27 [[FA Cup]] semi-finals. The Kop at Hillsborough was re-opened in 1986 by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and was once the largest covered stand of any football stadium in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=The ASD Lighting Kop |url=http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Hillsborough/0,,10304~1032653,00.html |publisher=Sheffield Wednesday Football Club |access-date=18 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808114603/http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Hillsborough/0%2C%2C10304~1032653%2C00.html |archive-date=8 August 2008 }}</ref>

On 15 April 1989, at an FA Cup semi-final between [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], 94 Liverpool fans (later increasing to 97) were crushed to death after the terraces at the Leppings Lane end of the ground became overcrowded, in what became known as the [[Hillsborough disaster]]. The following report concluded that the root cause of the disaster was the failure of local police to adequately manage the crowds.<ref name="Hillsborough justice">{{cite web|title=The Hillsborough Football Disaster|publisher=Hillsborough Justice Campaign|url=http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/history/index.shtm|access-date=11 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="Hillsborough HSE">{{cite web|title=Information relating to the Hillsborough Stadium incident 15 April 1989|publisher=Health & Safety Executive|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/releases/hillsborough.htm|access-date=11 September 2006}}</ref> A memorial to the victims of the disaster stands outside Hillsborough's South Stand, near the main entrance on Parkside Road. After many years of dispute about the facts, in June 2017 six men responsible for safety were charged with criminal offences including manslaughter and misconduct in public office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/hillsborough-six-people-including-two-senior-police-officers-charged |title=Hillsborough disaster: six people, including David Duckenfield, charged |newspaper=The Guardian |date=28 June 2017  |first=David|last= Conn |access-date= 28 June 2017}}</ref>

{{wide image|Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield - geograph.org.uk - 2024092.jpg|900px|align-cap=center|Panorama of Hillsborough Stadium in 2009}}