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===Notable managers=== Only managers with over 200 games in charge are included. For the complete list see [[List of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. managers]]. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Name !rowspan="2"|Nat !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !P!!W!!L!!D!!Win% |- | [[Arthur Dickinson]] | {{Flagicon|England}} | 1 August 1891 | 31 May 1920 | 919 | 393 | 338 | 188 | 42.27% |- | [[Robert Brown (football manager)|Robert Brown]] | {{Flagicon|England}} | 1 June 1920 | 1 December 1933 | 600 | 266 | 199 | 135 | 44.33% |- | [[Eric Taylor (football manager)|Eric Taylor]] | {{Flagicon|England}} | 1 April 1942 | 31 July 1958 | 539 | 196 | 215 | 128 | 36.36% |- | [[Jack Charlton]] | {{Flagicon|England}} | 8 October 1977 | 27 May 1983 | 269 | 105 | 77 | 87 | 39.03% |- | [[Howard Wilkinson]] | {{Flagicon|England}} | 24 June 1983 | 10 October 1988 | 255 | 114 | 73 | 68 | 44.70% |- | [[Trevor Francis]] | {{Flagicon|England}} | 7 June 1991 | 20 May 1995 | 214 | 88 | 58 | 68 | 41.12% |} Dickinson, who was in charge for 29 years, is Wednesday's longest-serving manager, and helped establish the club during the first two decades of the 20th century.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Brown succeeded Dickinson and remained in charge for 13 years; in 1930 he secured their most recent top division league title to date.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Taylor took over during the Second World War and remained in charge until 1958, but failed to win a major trophy, even though Wednesday were in the top flight for most of his reign.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Charlton took Wednesday out of the Third Division in 1980 and in his final season ([[1982β83 in English football|1982β83]]) he took them to the semi-finals of the [[FA Cup]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Wilkinson succeeded Charlton in the summer of 1983 and was in charge for more than five years before he moved to [[Leeds United A.F.C.|Leeds United]]. His first season saw Wednesday gain promotion to the First Division after a 14-year exile.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} He guided them to a fifth-place finish in 1986, but Wednesday were unable to compete in the 1986β87 [[UEFA Cup]] due to the ban on English teams in European competitions due to the [[Heysel Disaster]] of 1985.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Under [[Ron Atkinson]], Wednesday won the League Cup and promotion to the First Division before departing for [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in July 1991.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/95703.stm |title=Owls show Big Ron the door |publisher=BBC News |date=17 May 1998 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref> [[Trevor Francis]] was appointed as player-manager and guided them to third place in the league in 1992, and earned them a [[UEFA Cup]] place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/trevor-francis-first-million-pound-footballer-b2380929.html |title=Trevor Francis: The 'Super Boy' who became Britain's first Β£1m player |author=Andy Hampson |work=The Independent |date=25 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="TFrancis">{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-never-recovered-since-1995-sacking-of-trevor-francis-2857365 |title=Sheffield Wednesday never recovered since 1995 sacking of Trevor Francis |author=Leon Wobschall |publisher=Yorkshire Post |date=19 May 2020 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-furore-follows-hirst-s-red-card-derek-hodgson-hears-sheffield-wednesday-s-list-of-grievances-after-a-defeat-in-the-uefa-cup-in-germany-1558822.html |title=Football: Furore follows Hirst's red card: Derek Hodgson hears Sheffield Wednesday's list of grievances after a defeat in the Uefa Cup in Germany |author=Derek Hodgson |work=The Independent |date=21 October 1992 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref> They finished seventh in the [[1992β93 FA Premier League|inaugural]] [[Premier League]] season and were runners-up of the [[FA Cup]] and League Cup that year.<ref name="TFrancis"/> He was sacked in 1995 after Wednesday finished 13th β their lowest standing in four years since winning promotion.<ref name="TFrancis"/>
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