LEAGUE HISTORY
FA PREMIER LEAGUE
Founder members in 1992

FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Members since 1892. First match 3rd September 1892 v Notts County (won 1-0).
League Champions: 1902-03, 1903-04, 1928-29, 1929-30.
Division 2 Champions: 1899-1900, 1925-26, 1951-52, 1955-56 and 1958-59.
Also promoted from Division 2: 1949-50, 1983-84 and 1990-91.
Promoted from League 1 (as play-off winners): 2004-05

COMPLETE LEAGUE RECORD
Pre-Premier League
Division 1: 1892-1899, 1900-20, 1926-37, 1950-51, 1952-55, 1956-58, 1959-70, 1984-90, 1991-92.
Division 2: 1899-1900, 1920-26, 1937-50, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1970-75, 1980-84, 1990-91.
Division 3: 1975-1980.

Post-Premier League
FA Premier League: 1992-2000.
Division 1: 2000-2003; Championship: 2005-
Division 2: 2003-2004; League One: 2004-05

DOMESTIC CUPS
FA CUP
Winners: 1896 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 2-1
1907 v Everton, 2-1
1935 v West Bromwich Albion, 4-2
Runners-up: 1890, 1966 and 1993.
16 FA Cup semi-finals - the first in 1882 was unique in that we had to take our own goalposts! We have competed in the FA Cup since 1880 but missed out in 1886-87 when the entry was submitted too late.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP
Winners: 1991 (Rumbelows Cup) v Manchester United, 1-0.
Runners-up: 1993 (Coca-Cola Cup)
Semi-finalists 1994 and 2002
First entered in 1966-67

CHARITY SHIELD
Winners: 1935 v Arsenal
Runners-up: 1930

CENTRAL LEAGUE
Champions: 1928-9, 1945-6, 1960-1, 1990-1 (Pontins League)
In 1928-9, both our 1st and Reserve teams won their leagues

OTHER HONOURS
FA YOUTH CUP
Runners-up: 1991

UEFA CUP
Played four games in season 1992-93.

FAIRS CUP
Played 10 games by invitation in 1961-62 and 1963-64.
Quarter-final: 1962 (lost 3-2 on aggregate to Barcelona).

FIRST TROPHIES WON
Cromwell Cup in 1868 which was donated by a local Theatre Manager and the Sheffield Challenge Cup in 1877.