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Jenny Slate
Slate at the 2014 Obvious Child premiere at the ArcLight Hollywood theater
Born
Jenny Sarah Slate
(1982-03-25) March 25, 1982 (age 36)
Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Education
Milton Academy
Alma mater
Columbia University
Occupation
Stand-up comedian, actress, author
Years active
2005–present
Spouse(s)
Dean Fleischer-Camp
(m. 2012; separated 2016)[1]
Jenny Sarah Slate[2] (born March 25, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and author, best known for her role as Mona Lisa Saperstein on Parks and Recreation as well as being the co-creator of the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On short films and children's book series. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for the 2009/10 season and appeared in shows such as House of Lies, Married, Bob's Burgers, Hello Ladies, Kroll Show, Bored to Death, and Girls, as well as movies like Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, and Despicable Me 3. Slate played the lead role in the 2014 film Obvious Child, and in 2016 she was in Brain on Fire.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
Slate was born on March 25, 1982 in Milton, Massachusetts,[3][2] to Ron Slate (born 1950),[4] a businessman and poet who worked as vice president of global communications for the EMC Corporation and later as CEO of a biotech startup,[5][6][7] and Nancy (née Gilson), a ceramicist.[8] She is the middle child of three, with an older sister named Abigail and younger sister named Stacey.[9][10] She was raised in a Jewish family.[8][11][12] One of her grandmothers was born in Cuba, to a family from Russia and Turkey, and was raised in France.[13] After graduating from Milton Academy as the valedictorian,[6] Slate attended Columbia University as a literature major,[8] where she helped form the improv group Fruit Paunch,[14] starred in the Varsity Show[15] and met Gabe Liedman, who would become her comedy partner.[16] Slate graduated from Columbia in 2004.[9][17]
Career[edit]
Alongside Gabe Liedman, Slate was half of the comedy duo Gabe & Jenny.[18] Their live stand-up shows with Max Silvestri titled Big Terrific were named best new variety show of 2008 by Time Out New York.[19] In 2015, Slate, Liedman, and Silvestri announced that the show would be ending due to their busy schedules,[20] though they continue to perform together when possible.
Slate first met Liedman in 2000 while attending Columbia University.[21] They describe their relationship as a "nonsexual romance" and Slate says, "I like to think of us as kind of like Elaine Benes and George Costanza, but we like each other."[6] Throughout 2008 and 2009, Slate regularly performed her one-woman show titled Jenny Slate: Dead Millionaire at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT) in New York City.[22]
Slate with comedy partner Gabe Liedman in 2007
Slate was a regular commentator on many VH1 "talking head" commentary programs.[6] In early 2009, she had made several appearances on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon recurring sketch "7th Floor West", where she played an NBC page also named Jenny, who was later promoted to Fallon's assistant.[23] She also had a recurring role in Bored to Death.[17][24] Slate has made guest appearances on television programs, such as Bob's Burgers, Girls, The Whitest Kids U' Know, Important Things with Demetri Martin and Raising Hope.
Slate joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for one season from 2009 to 2010.[14][23] In her first episode, she accidentally said "fucking" during her debut sketch "Biker Chick Chat", which was heard on the live broadcast, but removed from reruns.[25][26][27] During her brief time on the series, she impersonated celebrities such as Hoda Kotb, Lady Gaga, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Olsen, and Olympia Snowe and became known for Tina-Tina Cheneuse, an infomercial pitchwoman who advertises personalized doorbells, car horns, and alarm clocks.[28] Slate's contract was not renewed for another season.[29]
In August 2010, she co-wrote and voiced Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which garnered viral success. This led to Marcel the Shell with Shoes on, Two.[30][31] Slate also wrote a "Marcel"-themed children's book that was released on November 1, 2011.[32] Her first major film role was as Zoe in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked; more films followed in 2012, including the voice of Ted's mother in The Lorax.
Her first appearance in Parks and Recreation was in the 2013 episode "Bailout", in which she portrayed Mona-Lisa Saperstein. Following her success on the NBC show, Slate released and starred in a 12 episode mini-series on YouTube called Catherine, celebrating late 1980' and early 1990s soap opera aesthetics.[33] On July 23, 2013, she appeared in Drunk History retelling the history of how Coca-Cola was made.
In 2014, Slate starred in the comedy-drama film Obvious Child, which follows the life of a young stand up comic as she grapples with an unplanned pregnancy and eventual abortion.[34] Slate went on to win the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy,[35] Best Breakout Performance at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Virtuosos Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and Best Comedic Actress at the Women Film Circle Awards for her performance in the film.
Slate co-starred with Judy Greer and Nat Faxon in the first season of the FX series Married.[36] She left the series as a series regular in season two, but still appeared in a few episodes. Sarah Burns took her place in the series.
Slate appeared as Liz B. in the recurring "PubLIZity" sketches in Kroll Show, as well as many other recurring and one-off characters, performing in some capacity in almost every episode until the series ended in 2015. In 2016, Slate voiced Dawn Bellwether in the Disney animated comedy-adventure film Zootopia and Gidget in the animated feature The Secret Life of Pets.
Slate and her father co-wrote a book about their time living in Slate's childhood home in Milton, Massachusetts, titled About the House, which was published in December 2016.[37]
In 2017, Slate starred in the film Gifted as Bonnie Stevenson, the teacher of a 7-year-old mathematical genius.
Personal life[edit]
She lived in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, before moving with her former husband to Los Angeles in the early 2010s.[38]
In September 2012, Slate married filmmaker Dean Fleischer-Camp,[39] with whom she collaborated on the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On books and short films. The pair announced their separation in May 2016.[1]
Slate dated actor Chris Evans for nine months until they broke up in early 2017[40]. They got back together in the fall of 2017, but Evans confirmed in March 2018 that they had separated once more.[41]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2010 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Marcel Short film
Also writer
2011 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Zoe
2012 This Means War Emily
The Lorax Mrs. Wiggins (voice)
2013 Bitch Molly Horner Short film
2014 Obvious Child Donna Stern Newport Beach Film Festival Award for Breakout Actress
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award for Virtuoso Award
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy
Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Comedic Actress
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Nominated—Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor
Nominated—Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Breakthrough Performance on Camera
Nominated—Women Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screen Couple
The Longest Week Jocelyn
2015 Digging for Fire Yoga Couple
2016 Joshy Jodi
Zootopia Dawn Bellwether (voice)
My Blind Brother Rose
The Secret Life of Pets Gidget (voice)
Brain on Fire Margo
2017 Landline Dana Jacobs
The Polka King Marla Lewan
The Lego Batman Movie Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn (voice)
Gifted Bonnie
Aardvark Emily Milburton
Despicable Me 3 Valerie Da Vinci (voice)
2018 Hotel Artemis Morgan
Venom Dr. Dora Skirth Post-production
2019 The Ark and the Aardvark Mitzi (voice) In production
The Secret Life of Pets 2 Gidget (voice) In production
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2005 Starved Member of Belt Tighteners Uncredited
Episode: "The Breatharians"
2008 The Whitest Kids U' Know Trevor's Date Episode #2.1
2009 Important Things with Demetri Martin Bride Episode: "Chairs"
2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Jenny the Page 8 episodes
2009 Brothers Annette 2 episodes
2009–10 Saturday Night Live Various 22 episodes
2009 Bored to Death Stella 5 episodes
2011 Ugly Americans Jaclyn (voice) Episode: "Lily and the Beast"
2012 Raising Hope Joan Episode: "Throw Maw Maw from the House"
2012–16 Girls Tally Schifrin 2 episodes
2012–present Bob's Burgers Tammy Larsen (voice) 30 episodes
2013 Hello Ladies Amelia Gordon 4 episodes
2013 Super Fun Night Helen-Alice Unaired CBS pilot
2013–15 Kroll Show Liz / Denise / Various 7 episodes
2013–15 House of Lies Sarah Guggenheim 9 episodes
2013–15 Parks and Recreation Mona-Lisa Saperstein 8 episodes
2013–16 Drunk History Herself 3 episodes
2014 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Bianca Episode: "Undercover"
2014 The Getaway Herself Episode: "Jenny Slate In Barcelona"
2014–15 Married Jess 14 episodes
2015–present Star vs. the Forces of Evil Pony Head (voice) 18 episodes
2016–18 Adventure Time Huntress Wizard (voice) 4 episodes
2016 Animals. Snake (voice) Episode: "Squirrels. Part I."
2016–17 Lady Dynamite Karen Grisham (life coach) 4 episodes
2017 Comrade Detective Jane (voice) 6 episodes
2017–present Big Mouth Missy (voice) 10 episodes
2018–present Muppet Babies Miss Nanny (voice) Main role[42]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b King, Brittany (May 4, 2016). "Jenny Slate and Husband Dean Fleischer-Camp Split". People. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "Jenny Sarah Slate". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Jenny Slate". TVGuide.com. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
Jump up ^ "About Ron Slate - On the Seawall: A Literary Website by Ron Slate (GD)". www.ronslate.com.
Jump up ^ "About Ron Slate | On the Seawall: A Literary Website by Ron Slate (GD)". www.ronslate.com. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Questions For: Jenny Slate". Boston Daily. February 27, 2009. Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Slate, Ron (April 7, 2005). The Incentive of the Maggot. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. v. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Comedian Jenny Slate in Obvious Child". Jewish Journal. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Kurtz Ferrari, Kathy (September 24, 2009). "Jenny Slate Joins the Cast of 'Saturday Night Live'". Milton Times. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Yuan, Jada (March 21, 2017). "The Year of Living Publicly". Vulture.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
Jump up ^ Molyneaux, Libby (December 6, 2012). "Jenny Slate". LA Weekly. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ Cooper, Miranda (March 13, 2017). "Jewish Comedian Jenny Slate on Learning to Love Her Curly Hair". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Jenny Slate On Her Career-Making Film 'Obvious Child'". bullettmedia.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "Jenny Slate". Saturday Night Live. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
Jump up ^ Fitzner, Ana (May 3, 2002). "Varsity Show Reach Exceeds Its Grasp". Columbia Spectator. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Jenny Slate". Into the Gloss. June 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "Vulture Interviews New Saturday Night Live Cast Member Jenny Slate". Vulture. New York Magazine. September 11, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Parker, Billy (June 10, 2009). "Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate, Comedians". Gothamist. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Borden, Jane (December 2008). "Comedy: The best (and worst) of 2008". Time Out New York. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri on the End of Their Weekly Comedy Show, Big Terrific". April 22, 2015.
Jump up ^ Karakh, Ben (May 4, 2007). "Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate, A Night with Gabe and Jenny". Gothamist. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Jenny Slate". Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Bryant, Adam (September 9, 2009). "Saturday Night Live Adds Two New Cast Members". tvguide.com.
Jump up ^ Barrett, Annie (November 9, 2009). "'Bored to Death:' Jenny Slate, please come back". PopWatch. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Schwindt, Oriana (September 15, 2014). "What's Worth Watching". TV Guide. p. 79
Jump up ^ "'Saturday Night Live' starts season with F-bomb". Associated Press. September 28, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Hollowell, Jenny (December 13, 2009). "TV Moment of 2009: Jenny Slate Drops the F-Bomb on 'SNL'". TV Squad. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Anne, Sarah (September 8, 2010). "Celebritology 2.0 – Jenny Slate leaves 'Saturday Night Live', and we ask, what went wrong?". The Washington Post.
Jump up ^ Itzkoff, Dave (September 7, 2010). "'Saturday Night Live' Cast Adds Four and Loses One More - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
Jump up ^ Lyons, Margaret (August 17, 2010). "Jenny Slates's 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On' is fantastic". PopWatch. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
Jump up ^ Matheson, Whitney (August 29, 2010). "Exclusive: 'SNL' star Jenny Slate chats about 'Marcel the Shell'". Pop Candy. USA Today. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
Jump up ^ Swerdloff, Alexis (November 3, 2010). "Jenny Slate Emerges From Her Shell ... As A Shell". Papermag.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Catherine". May 19, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
Jump up ^ Pickett, Leah. "Performance of the Year: Jenny Slate". Consequence of Sound.
Jump up ^ Cappadona, Bryanna. "Jenny Slate Wins Big at the Critics' Choice Awards". Boston Magazine.
Jump up ^ "FX Orders Series Starring Nat Faxon, Judy Greer, Brett Gelman, and Jenny Slate; Coming in July". Splitsider. January 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ Madeline Bilis (November 3, 2016). "Jenny Slate and Her Father Wrote a Book About Their House in Milton". Boston Magazine. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
Jump up ^ Battan, Carrie (June 2, 2014). "How Jenny Slate Went from an 'SNL' Blunder to 'Obvious ChildSuccess". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2014. Slate decamped for Los Angeles a couple of years ago with her now-husband, director Dean Fleischer-Camp.
Jump up ^ Killoran, Ellen (May 25, 2011). "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Jenny Slate". L Magazine. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Chris Evans and Jenny Slate Break Up". E! Online. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
Jump up ^ "Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America, Comes Back Down to Earth". The New York Times. 2018-03-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
Jump up ^ Swift, Andy (February 6, 2018). "Muppet Babies Reboot: Jenny Slate to Voice the Iconic, Faceless 'Miss Nanny'". TV Line. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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Sheffield Wednesday F.C. is a football club from Sheffield, England. Established in 1867, the club would see early regional success followed by a rocky transition to professionalism. Although it has spent the majority of its Football League years in the top flight its position within the league has varied from the very top to almost slipping to the fourth tier.
Historical league position (the four bars represent the four tiers of the Football League)
Contents
1 The 19th century
1.1 The early years
1.2 Rocky road to professionalism
1.3 The Olive Grove years
2 The 20th century
2.1 Pre-war success
2.2 Post-war turmoil
2.3 The 1980s: Resurgence
2.4 The 1990s: Life at the top
3 The 21st century
3.1 Relegation to League One
3.2 Return to the Championship
3.3 Brian Laws and Alan Irvine
3.4 Change of ownership structure
3.5 Gary Megson, Dave Jones, Stuart Gray and Carlos Carvalhal
4 References
The 19th century[edit]
The early years[edit]
The club was initially a cricket team named The Wednesday Cricket Club after the day of the week on which they played their matches. The footballing side of the club was established to keep the team together and fit during the winter months. SWFC was born on the evening of Wednesday 4 September 1867 at a meeting at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield. The formation was announced two days later with the following statement in the Sheffield Independent newspaper:
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY CRICKET CLUB AND FOOTBALL CLUB. – At a general meeting held on Wednesday last, at the Adelphi Hotel, it was decided to form a football club in connection with the above influential cricket club, with the object of keeping together during the winter season the members of this cricket club. From the great unanimity which prevailed as to the desirability of forming the club, there is every reason to expect that it will take first rank. The office bearers were elected as follows: – President, Mr. B. Chatterton; vice-president and treasurer, Mr. F. S. Chambers; hon. Secretary, Mr. Jno. Marsh; assistant, Mr. Castleton. Committee: Messrs Jno. Rodgers, Jno. White, C. Stokes, and H. Bocking. About sixty were enrolled without any canvas, some of them being the best players of the town.[1]
Even at this first meeting it became apparent that football would soon come to eclipse the cricketing side of the club. The formation of the football club came within a decade of the first football club in the world, Sheffield F.C., being formed. Hallam F.C. was set up shortly afterwards and by 1867 Association football was becoming very popular. The Wednesday played their first football match in October 1867 against the Mechanics Club at Norfolk Park, a game which they won by three goals and four rouges to nil.[2]
By 1 February 1868 Wednesday were playing their first competitive football match as they entered the Cromwell Cup, a four-team competition for newly formed clubs sponsored by Oliver Cromwell, the manager of the local Theatre Royal. They went on to win the cup, beating Cromwell's own team, The Garrick Club 1–0 after extra time in the final at Bramall Lane. The match has its own place in history with Wednesday being the scorers in the first recorded instance of a "golden goal" although the term was not used at the time.[3]
Wednesday were joined by the Clegg brothers, Charles and William in 1870. Charles became the club's first international player when he played in the very first international on 30 November 1872.[4] William represented the Wednesday in the next international on 8 March 1873.[5] Both players would go on to be associated with the club for the rest of their lives. Although it would be Charles who became most heavily involved in football eventually rising to become president and chairman of the Football Association.[4] Both the Cleggs received knighthoods in later life.
In 1876 Wednesday were joined by James Lang. The directors of the club had seen him playing for Glasgow against the Sheffield FA representative side. He was subsequently invited to come to Sheffield and play for the club and given a job, working in a silversmiths owned by one of the directors, which involved no formal duties. This is now acknowledged as the first case of professionalism in the game.[6]
Sheffield's first annual tournament, the Sheffield FA Challenge Cup, was inaugurated in 1876 and won by Wednesday who beat Heeley, their chief rivals at the time, in the final 4–3 after extra time. They would go on to also win the first Warncliffe Cup in 1879. By this time Wednesday had become the dominant force in local football.[7]
Rocky road to professionalism[edit]
Leaflet advertising the opening match at Olive Grove between 'The Wednesday' and Blackburn Rovers, 12 September 1887.
In 1879 a number of Wednesday players were involved in a team referred to as The Zulus.[8] The team was set up to raise funds for the families of victims of the Zulu War. They toured the north of England and Scotland but after allegations that the players were being paid, a practice that was illegal at the time, the team was forced to disband by the Sheffield FA in 1882.
In the summer of 1882, after a season in which The Wednesday reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the cricket and football teams split permanently, and by the end of 1925 the cricket team had disbanded. In the 1880s Wednesday became a permanent fixture in the FA Cup as they attempted to move away from local competitions, however in the 1886–87 season Wednesday did not meet the deadline for entry and a revolt by several of their most skilful players followed.
Several players, all involved in the earlier Zulus controversy, temporarily left the club to play for a local works team which had managed to submit its entry on time. Later in the season the same players threatened to walk out permanently and set up a professional club called Sheffield Rovers. Wednesday's President at the time, John Holmes, was against the club turning professional, but under the immense pressure of the possibility of losing his star players he entered into talks with the rebels, eventually offering professional terms. At the meeting called to set up Sheffield Rovers, one of the rebel players, Tom Cawley, argued that Wednesday should be given one final chance and the football club duly turned professional on 22 April 1887. The initial wages were five shillings for home fixtures and seven shillings and sixpence for away games.
The Olive Grove years[edit]
The Wednesday players posing with the FA Cup won in 1896
The move to professionalism led to the team building their own stadium rather than playing at venues such as Bramall Lane or Sheaf House whose owners took a share of the "gate". They leased some land by the railway tracks near Queen's Road from the Duke of Norfolk and in 1887 built the Olive Grove ground. They named it so because an olive farm was bulldozed in order to build it[6]
In 1889, when their first application to join the Football League was rejected, the club became founder members of the Football Alliance of which they were the first champions in a season that they also reached the 1890 FA Cup Final, losing 6–1 to Blackburn Rovers at The Oval. They finished the following season bottom of the Alliance but recovered to finish in fourth place in the final Alliance season.[9] The following season they were elected to Division 1 of the Football League when it was increased from 14 to 16 clubs, topping the poll with 10 votes. They won the FA Cup in 1896, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers by a 2–1 scoreline at Crystal Palace.
The 20th century[edit]
Pre-war success[edit]
In a strong decade Wednesday won the league twice in the 1902–03 and 1903–04 seasons and the FA Cup again in 1907, beating Everton, again at Crystal Palace by two goals to one. After this a relatively fallow period was to be suffered for another two decades.
In 1929 the club officially changed its name from The Wednesday Football Club to Sheffield Wednesday Football Club under the stewardship of manager Robert Brown.[10] However the name Sheffield Wednesday dates back as far as 1883: the former ground at Olive Grove had the name Sheffield Wednesday painted on the stand roof.
The team rose to the top of English football once again in the 1928–29 season. They had almost been relegated in the previous season but with 17 points in the last 10 matches the team pulled off the great escape, rising from bottom to 14th. Consecutive titles in the next two seasons started a run that would see the team finishing lower than third only once until 1935. The period was topped off with the team winning the FA cup for the third time in the club's history in 1935 under manager Billy Walker.
Post-war turmoil[edit]
The 50s saw Wednesday unable to consistently hold on to a position in the top flight. After being promoted back up in 1950, they were relegated a total of three times. Each time would see them bounce back up by winning the Second Division the following season. The decade ended on a high note with the team finally finishing in the top half of the First Division for the first time since World War 2. In 1958, they were the first team to play Manchester United after the Munich Air Disaster, an FA cup tie, which they lost 0–3.
This led to a decade of successfully remaining in the First Division, which included a cup run to the FA cup final in 1966. Off the field the club was embroiled in the British betting scandal of 1964 where three of their players, Peter Swan, David Layne and Tony Kay, were accused of match fixing and betting against their own team. The three were subsequently convicted and, on release from prison, banned from football for life.
Wednesday were relegated at the end of the 1969–70 season, starting arguably the darkest period in the club's history. After going into freefall they spent 5 seasons in the Third Division and the club almost suffered relegation to the Fourth Division in 1976, but a revival over the next few seasons under first, Jack Charlton and then, Howard Wilkinson, saw them reach the First Division in 1984.
The 1980s: Resurgence[edit]
Under the management of Wilkinson, Sheffield Wednesday won promotion to the First Division at the end of the 1983–84 season and would remain at this level for all but one of the next sixteen seasons. They finished fifth in the league at the end of the 1985–86 season and only missed out on a UEFA Cup place because English teams were banned from European competitions due to the Heysel Stadium disaster at this time.
Wilkinson left in September 1988 to take charge of Leeds United who were a Second Division club at the time. Within four seasons, he had taken them to the league title.
Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday replaced Wilkinson with his former assistant Peter Eustace in what proved to be a disastrous appointment. He was at the helm for just four months before being sacked to make way for former West Bromwich Albion manager Ron Atkinson, who had lifted two FA Cups with Manchester United.
The 1990s: Life at the top[edit]
In Atkinson's first full season as manager, 1989–90, Sheffield Wednesday finished 18th in the First Division and were relegated on goal difference, despite the acquisition of the talented John Sheridan and the fact they had pulled towards mid-table at one stage of the season. They regained promotion at the first attempt but the real highlight of the season was a League Cup final victory over Atkinson's old club Manchester United. Midfielder Sheridan scored the only goal of the game, which delivered the club's first major trophy since their FA Cup success of 1935. Atkinson moved to Aston Villa shortly after promotion was achieved, and handed over the reins to 37-year-old striker Trevor Francis.
Wednesday finished third in the First Division at the end of the 1991–92 season, booking their place in the following season's UEFA Cup and becoming a founder member of the new FA Premier League.
1992–93 was one of the most eventful seasons in the history of Sheffield Wednesday football club. They finished seventh in the Premier League and reached the finals of both the FA Cup and the League Cup, but were on the losing side to Arsenal in both games, the FA Cup final going to a replay and only settled in the last minute of extra time. This prevented the Owls from making another appearance in European competition. Still, the 1992–93 season established Sheffield Wednesday as a top club. Midfielder Chris Waddle was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, and the strike partnership of David Hirst and Mark Bright was one of the most feared in the country. Francis was unable to achieve any more success at the club, and two seasons later he was sacked. His successor was former Luton, Leicester and Tottenham manager David Pleat.
David Pleat's first season as Sheffield Wednesday manager was frustrating, as they finished 15th in the Premiership despite an expensively-assembled line-up which included the likes of Marc Degryse, Dejan Stefanovic and Darko Kovacevic – who all had disappointing and short-lived tenures at the club. An excellent start to the 1996–97 season saw the Owls top the Premiership after winning their first four games, and David Pleat was credited Manager of the Month for August 1996. But the club failed to mount a serious title challenge and they faded away to finish seventh in the final table. Pleat was sacked the following November with the club struggling at the wrong end of the Premiership, and Ron Atkinson briefly returned to steer the Owls clear of relegation.
At the end of the 1997–98 season, Ron Atkinson's short-term contract was not renewed and Sheffield Wednesday turned to the Barnsley boss Danny Wilson as their new manager after being given the backword by both Gerard Houllier and Walter Smith who joined Liverpool and Everton respectively. Wilson's first season at the helm brought a slight improvement as they finished 12th in the Premiership. An expensively assembled squad including Paolo Di Canio, Benito Carbone and Wim Jonk failed to live up to the massive wage bill the club was paying and things eventually came to a head when Italian firebrand Di Canio was sent off in a match against Arsenal and proceeded to push the referee on his way off. Danny Wilson was sacked the following March with relegation looking a certainty for the Hillsborough club, following a disastrous season where they had been hammered 8–0 by Newcastle United as early as September. His assistant Peter Shreeves took temporary charge but was unable to stave off relegation.
The 21st century[edit]
Relegation to League One[edit]
Peter Shreeves remained at Sheffield Wednesday for the 2000–01 season as assistant to their new manager Paul Jewell. But Jewell was unable to mount a promotion challenge and he was sacked the following February with the Owls hovering just above the Division One relegation zone. Shreeves was given a permanent contract to take charge of the first team and he guided them to a 17th-place finish. After another bad start in 2001–02, he handed the reins over to assistant Terry Yorath. Wednesday finished just two places above the Division One relegation zone and the only bright spot of the season was a run to the semi finals of the League Cup.
Yorath resigned in October 2002 after Wednesday made a terrible start to the 2002–03 season, and in came Hartlepool manager Chris Turner – a former Owls goalkeeper – as his successor. Turner made a big effort to rejuvenate the side and there were some impressive results during the final weeks of the season, but a failure to beat Brighton in the penultimate game of the season condemned them to relegation.
Turner was optimistic of an immediate return to Division One, but this was not to be. Wednesday finished 2003–04 in 16th place in Division Two, with the lowest goals tally in the division (48). It was the lowest ebb of the club's history, rivalled only by the 1975–76 season, where Wednesday finished in 20th place in the same division with the same number of points as in the 2003–04 season. Turner was sacked after a poor start to the 2004–05 Coca-Cola League One campaign, and replaced by former Plymouth and Southampton manager Paul Sturrock.
Return to the Championship[edit]
Wednesday Lift the 2005 League One Playoff Trophy
Sturrock revitalised Sheffield Wednesday's fortunes and they finished fifth in League One at the end of the 2004–05 season, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. They defeated Brentford 3–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals, moving them into the playoff final on 29 May 2005 at the Millennium Stadium. 41,000 Wednesdayites descended on Cardiff for what was the biggest game in twelve years for the club. They weren't to be disappointed as the Owls took a 1–0 lead through Jon-Paul McGovern on the stroke of halftime. However, Hartlepool fought back and took a 2–1 lead with 20 minutes of the game remaining. Sturrock made a brave triple substitution bringing on 18-year-old striker Drew Talbot and the Owls' top scorer of the season, Steve MacLean (who had been out injured for the previous three months and had not kicked a ball). They combined with 10 minutes left as the Owls levelled the game 2–2. Talbot was adjudged to have been pushed down inside the box and Sheffield Wednesday were awarded a controversial penalty, which also resulted in the dismissal of Hartlepool player Westwood. MacLean duly slotted home the resultant penalty. They went on to win 4–2 after extra time, goals from Glenn Whelan and Drew Talbot, achieving promotion to the Championship.
On 17 April 2006, Sheffield Wednesday retained their place in the Championship with two matches remaining, with a 2–0 away win at Brighton, condemning Brighton, Millwall and Crewe to the drop in the process.[11] Wednesday went on to finish the season in 19th place, 10 points clear of the relegation zone. They were statistically the best supported team in the Championship; their average home league attendance of 24,853 marginally beat newly relegated Norwich with 24,833.
Brian Laws and Alan Irvine[edit]
Despite having been awarded a new four-year contract just five weeks earlier, Sturrock was sacked after a slow start to the 2006–07 season. His replacement was the former Scunthorpe United boss Brian Laws. Wednesday finished the season ninth in the Football League Championship, just four points short of the playoffs.
On 25 June 2007, the River Don burst its bank during a period of severe weather in the area, and the whole ground was flooded with several feet of water. The changing rooms, restaurants and kitchens and boardroom were all flooded, as well as the shop; many local houses were also affected. The club and ground remained closed for the rest of June. On 6 July, the club issued a statement confirming that the pitch would be ready in time for a pre-season friendly match against Birmingham City on 4 August.[12]
A disastrous start of six consecutive league defeats meant the club spent the 2007–08 season battling against relegation and went into the final match of the season against Norwich City knowing that defeat could send them down. After conceding first, a 4–1 victory in front of 36,208 spectators brought much needed relief. This was the Football League's highest attendance of the season and provided a fitting stage for Dion Dublin's final game. He received a standing ovation from all parts of the ground when substituted in the 66th minute.
Season 2008–09 saw Wednesday's first Sheffield derby win double in 95 years and a mid-table finish brought fresh hope for the coming season. But after a run of poor results, Laws left the club by mutual consent in December 2009. He was replaced in January by the former Preston North End boss Alan Irvine. Irvine won the January Championship Manager of the Month award, but the form was not sustained and the club was relegated after failing to beat Crystal Palace in front of 37,121 on the final day of the season.
Change of ownership structure[edit]
The relegation triggered the resignation of chairman Lee Strafford. Stepping into the breach was former Wednesday player and manager Howard Wilkinson, making it clear that this would be an interim measure. In July and September 2010 winding up petitions instigated by HMRC were successfully fought off but in November 2010 a third winding up order threatened the club's existence. The High Court's patience was clearly wearing thin but CEO Nick Parker succeeded in securing a stay of execution after Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg helped persuade the club's main creditor, the Co-operative Bank, to grant more time to find a buyer. Shortly afterwards, Leicester City chairman Milan Mandarić agreed to purchase the club. The purchase was completed the following month after an Extraordinary General Meeting of Wednesday's shareholders during which 99.7% of shareholders voted to sell the company to Mandarić's UK Football Investments for £1. Mandarić agreed to settle the club's outstanding debts as part of the deal and stepped down as chairman of Leicester City. For the first time in the club's history, the whole of the share base was now controlled by a single entity.
Gary Megson, Dave Jones, Stuart Gray and Carlos Carvalhal[edit]
On the field, the club was failing to make its mark in League One and Irvine was replaced by Gary Megson, son of former Owls captain Don Megson, and twice previously a player for the club. Megson failed to salvage the season and the club ended in a disappointing 15th place, lower than when he had taken over.
Season 2011–12 marked the start of a change in the club's fortunes but, after a late dip in form, Megson was controversially replaced by former Cardiff City manager Dave Jones despite having just led Wednesday to what proved to be a season defining Sheffield derby win and with the club lying in third place. Jones carried on Megson's good work and completed the season unbeaten with ten wins and two draws, picking up two consecutive League One Manager of the Month awards. The final match of the season against Wycombe Wanderers attracted 38,082 spectators to Hillsborough to watch Wednesday achieve the victory needed to finish second in the division, clinching promotion at the expense of local rivals Sheffield United who subsequently lost a play off final penalty shoot-out with Huddersfield Town at Wembley.
With one of the lowest playing budgets in the Championship, 2012–13 season was one of survival and, with judicious loan signings, Jones steered the club to an 18th-place finish in one of the toughest Championship seasons in history with fourth bottom club Barnsley needing 55 points to survive.
With no appreciable improvement in the budget, 2013–14 season was again proving to be a struggle and, with only one league win and the club second bottom, Jones was sacked at the start of December. Coach Stuart Gray was named caretaker manager and, after a good run of results, was finally given the job permanently. The length of contract remained confidential and, with a departure from club tradition, Gray was given the job title of head coach. For the third consecutive season Wednesday finished in a higher league position than the previous season.
Season 2014–15 was preceded by a story in the French newspaper, L'Equipe, of the imminent takeover of Wednesday by Hafiz Mammadov, an Azerbaijani industrialist and effective owner of RC Lens. With the Sheffield public hungry for news, Manderić, perhaps unwisely, confirmed the takeover before its completion and announced a shirt sponsorship deal with the supposed new ownership. Mammadov subsequently failed to fulfil his legal obligations within the terms of the takeover agreement and Manderić called time on the deal, instructing the club's lawyers accordingly. Embarrassingly, shirts had already been sold with the logo 'Azerbaijan Land of Fire' and the club decided to continue with the shirt sponsorship deal for the season, insisting that the deal was independent of the failed takeover.
On 29 January 2015 the club announced that an agreement had been reached between Mr Mandaric's UKFI Limited and Thai businessman Mr Dejphon Chansiri to acquire 100% of the club's shareholding. At a press conference on 2 March 2015 Mr Chansiri, whose family has a controlling interest in the Thai Union Frozen Group, announced that he had purchased the club for £37.5m and is aiming for promotion to the Premier League by 2017, the club's 150th anniversary.
Season 2014/15 ended with the club improving its league position for the fourth consecutive season despite a very poor home campaign in which only 16 league goals were scored. The final home game of the season saw a wretched defeat at the hands of Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, contrasting sharply with the previous season's 6-0 victory. Many felt that the home form was the catalyst for Stuart Gray's departure from the club in June 2015 and the appointment of Carlos Carvalhal, a widely traveled but largely unknown Portuguese coach. Carvalhal became Wednesday's first ever overseas manager/coach.
After a patchy start, season 2015/16 culminated in a creditable 6th-place finish which represented a fifth consecutive improvement in league position. Wednesday somewhat luckily defeated the play off favourites Brighton & Hove Albion in the two legged semi-final but suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Yorkshire rivals Hull City in the final, the club's first visit to the new Wembley.
Season 2016/17 ended in disappointment despite Wednesday improving their league position for the sixth consecutive season. Defeat in the play offs at the semi-final stage by eventual winners Huddersfield Town signalled criticism in some quarters of the marked change in playing style from the previous season. After much confusion over Carlos Carvalhal's future due to conflicting press reports it was announced that he would remain in charge for the coming season although the length of his contract was not disclosed.
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