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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Sheffield Wednesday
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, known as the Owls (Hillsborough, Sheffield).
Football club formed in 1867 by the Sheffield Wednesday Cricket Club, which itself dated from 1825. It was elected to Division 1 of the *Football League in 1892 and has spent the greater part of the time since then in the top division, becoming a founder member in 1992 of the Premier League. Club victories: FA Cup 1896, 1907, 35; League Champions 1903, 04, 29, 30.
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