[PW] Sheffield Wednesday

[Bye, Dan J]

Just in case nobody has realised it, the second of these links is intended to be humorous  -from a long running and hilarious radio show.  First Mainline are the main bus company in Sheffield.

The name of the club does owe its origins to the day of the week they originally played, though.   It was a cricket club that took up football during the winter.
The wikipedia site is accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.#Name_origins_and_nicknames

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org 
> [mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On 
> Behalf Of Wendy Miller
> Sent: 26 March 2008 14:42
> To: list at project-wombat.org
> Subject: Re: [PW] Sheffield Wednesday
> 
> Another tidbit or two about Sheffield Wednesday as a 
> reference -- not sure if these connections are at all helpful.
> 
> Jack Reynolds was a football player then manager who had the 
> misfortune to be interned by the Germans in Upper Silesia 
> during WW II; one of his fellow detainees was P. G. 
> Wodehouse. Among other teams Reynolds played during his 
> active career for was Sheffield Wednesday.
> -- from http://www.thefishy.co.uk/story.php?sid=909&stid=8340359&p=2
> 
> Sheffield Wednesday took its name from the day on which the 
> team played their first ever game, after taking the bus to 
> their original ground just outside the town. If they hadn't 
> chosen to go by First Mainline, they would have been called 
> Sheffield Tuesday Afternoon.
> -- from http://www.g0akh.f2s.com/isihac/Humphs_Intros_Page.php
> 
> Wendy Miller
>