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===Back in the top flight and title contenders (1959β1970)=== In 1961, the club ran toe-to-toe with [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] at the top of the table for the majority of the season β Wednesday became the first team to beat Spurs all season β before finally finishing in second place, which still (as of 2023) remains the club's highest post-war league finish. In 1966 the club reached its fifth FA Cup final, but they were beaten 3β2 by Everton, having led 2β0. Off the field the club was embroiled in the [[British betting scandal of 1964]] in which three of its players, [[Peter Swan (footballer born 1936)|Peter Swan]], [[David Layne]] and [[Tony Kay]], were accused of [[match fixing]] and [[sports betting|betting]] against their own team in an away game at [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]. The three were subsequently convicted and, on release from prison, banned from football for life.<ref name="Betting Scandal">{{cite news|title = Swan still reduced to tears by the fix that came unstuck| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article690987.ece| archive-url=https://archive.today/20070310210209/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article690987.ece| url-status=dead| archive-date=10 March 2007|access-date=8 April 2009| work = The Times | location=London | date=22 July 2006 | first=Rick | last=Broadbent}}</ref> The three were reprieved in the early 1970s, with Swan and Layne returning to Hillsborough, and, though their careers were virtually over, Swan at least played some league games for The Owls. [[File:1970 Anglo-Italian Cup - Juventus v Sheffield Weds - Coin toss.jpg|thumb|left|The coin toss before the away game in [[Turin]] versus [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] for the [[1970 Anglo-Italian Cup]]]]
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