Editing Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (section)

=== Professional football, English Champions and FA Cup winners (1889–1939) ===
[[File:Sheffield wednesday 1896.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sheffield Wednesday players posing with the FA Cup won in 1896]]
The move to professionalism took the club from Bramall Lane, which had taken a share of the ticket revenue, to the new [[Olive Grove]].<ref name="Football in Sheffield">{{cite book|last=Young|first=Percy M.|year=1962|title=Football in Sheffield|publisher=S. Paul}}</ref> In 1889 the club became founder members of the [[Football Alliance]], of which they were the first champions in a season where they also reached the [[1890 FA Cup final]], losing 6–1 to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] at [[Kennington Oval]], London. Despite finishing the following season bottom of the Alliance, they were eventually elected to the expanded [[Football League]] in 1892. They won the [[FA Cup]] for the first time in [[1896 FA Cup final|1896]], beating [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] 2–1 at [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre|Crystal Palace]].

Owing to an expansion of the local railway lines, the club was told that they would have to find a new ground for the [[1899–1900 in English football|1899–1900 season]].<ref name="Wednesday!" /> After a difficult search the club finally bought some land in the village of [[Owlerton]], which at the time was several miles outside the Sheffield city boundaries. Construction of a new stadium (now known as [[Hillsborough Stadium]]) was completed within months and the club was secured for the next century. In a strong decade, Wednesday won the League in the [[1902–03 in English football|1902–03]] and [[1903–04 in English football|1903–04]] seasons and the FA Cup again in [[1907 FA Cup final|1907]], beating [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] 2–1, again at Crystal Palace. When competitive football was suspended in 1915 because of the outbreak of [[World War I]], the club participated in several regionalised war leagues, until 1919, when competitive football resumed.

They were relegated from the top flight for the first time in 1920, and did not return until 1926, and in the [[1927–28 in English football|1927–28]] season they looked like going down again before securing a haul of 17 points from their last 10 matches to secure safety. Wednesday went on to win the League title the following season ([[1928–29 in English football|1928–29]]), which started a run that saw the team finishing lower than third only once until 1936.<ref name="Football in Sheffield" /> The period was topped off with the team winning the FA Cup for the third time in the club's history in [[1935 FA Cup final|1935]]. When [[World War II]] began, the club entered non-competitive war leagues, returning to competitive football in 1946.