The FA Cup third round draw took place at 4pm this afternoon,

We were number 34 in the draw and we have been drawn to play:

Macclesfield Town V The Owls

The Owls travel to Moss Rose to visit Conference side Macclesfield Town. This will be our first ever visit to Moss Rose

We have only played The Silkmen once before in November 1975 when we played them at Hillsborough is the 1st round of the FA cup and we emerged winners with a 3-1 victory. 

With Macclesfield being one of only three non-league sides still in the cup there is a very good chance this may be picked for live TV,  and with the current capacity of Moss Rose being only 6,335. Away fans are normally located in the open John Askey Terrace, where up to 1,500 fans can be accommodated. Additionally, 403 seats are usually made available in the Henshaw's Stand, which sits at one side of the pitch.

The full draw is shown below (Ties to be played on the weekend of 4 and 5 January 2014) 

The announcement of Nelson Mandela's death was made by President Jacob Zuma at 21:50 on Thursday 5th December 2013 live on television speaking to the world.

One of the brightest lights in our world has gone out tonight.

To those who observed him closely, Nelson Mandela always carried himself as one who was born to lead. 

The board of Wednesdayite have received notice from Richard Davies that he is standing down from being a Wednesdayite director.

The board wishes to place on record their sincere thanks to Richard for all his hard work over the past four years and hope he continues to be involved on a volunteer level and to keep in touch with the many friends he has made with the board and it's members.

We are still in need of help in the organisation and we appeal to any member who either wants to join the board or volunteer to assist in in any area to contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Sheffield Wednesday issued the following at 17:50 on 1st December 2013:-

Dave Jones has been relieved of his duties as first team manager with immediate effect.

The club would like to thank Dave for all of his hard work and wish him well for the future.

Sheffield Wednesday will be making no further comment at this time.

Read more at http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-dj-1208452.aspx#67xXrULXUxJVg4P1.99

What are you doing on Bonfire Night this year? May we suggest getting down to Davy Sports Centre on Prince of Wales Road? Wednesdayite have teamed up with The Wednesday Cricket Club to put on our inaugural Bonfire Night Fireworks Spectacular - and all are welcome to come and share it with us!

Once again, it 's your chance to have your say about the catering facilities at Hillsborough on match days. We had a spirited and valuable response from fans when we produced our last survey in 2011, and the club and its catering partners promised to take those views into account to better serve you, their customers. So have things improved? Are you a loyal customer of the Hillsborough catering outlets, or do you avoid them at all costs? Let us know!

Hundreds of Owls fans and Wednesdayite members have enjoyed our Hirsty's Bar events over the past few seasons. From Strikers' Night to the Skippers Special, every time Hirsty assembles his drinking crew, Owls fans are guaranteed an entertaining and informative night of laughs, tales and of course a brilliant pie and pea supper!

However, we may just have outdone ourselves with our event coming up soon - very soon in fact, as it's a week on Wednesday - May 1st, in between the vital Peterborough and Middlesbrough matches.

SMILE TICKETS

We are delighted to announce that this Saturday for the Owls home game against Barnsley, in the Grandstand, will be 53 extra deserving people all provided for by this seasons Wednesdayite SMILE ticket scheme.

Three separate organisations will be represented at Hillsborough this Saturday we welcome the following organisations;

Following hot on the heels from announcements that East Midlands Owls and New York Owls have become affiliates, the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Society, Wednesdayite's are delighted to announce another new affiliate - The Yorkshire Coast Owls.

Peter Shaw of the Yorkshire Coast Owls said "As the massive giant that is Sheffield Wednesday has awakened from it's slumber, it has become increasingly apparent that our club has a unique name and brand with a world wide fan base. 

Miguel Llera

The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Society, Wednesdayite are delighted to announce that for the 2012-13 season they will be the player sponsor for one of the most popular Owls team members.

If there's one man who epitomises the fighting spirit of last season and the pure brilliance of SWFC, it's the Spanish man-mountain himself, Miguel 'No Longer Needs A Skull Cap' Llera.

The Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Society, Wednesdayite are delighted to announce their first link up with one of the Sheffield Wednesday community’s regional supporters’ groups which are based around the globe.

The East Midlands Owls have agreed to become an affiliate member of Wednesdayite by agreeing to link up with the society.  EMO founder John Wozniak said “East Midlands Owls are delighted to become an affiliate member of Wednesdayite. Our community supporters’ group has the same aim as Wednesdayite, to bring together the Sheffield Wednesday fan base and support our superb football club. 

Smile Tickets

Many of you will be aware that Wednesdayite distribute matchday tickets for Owls games at Hillsborough in recent seasons through our successful Smile Tickets scheme.

As the kick-off for our 2012 appeal, Wednesdayite member, Owlstalk legend and loyal SWFC fan Trev has created something very special for you as a thank you for your SMILE donation!

B2BW MAP

We'll be Tweeting, Facebooking, Blogging, Taking Lots Of Photos and all the rest from our B2BW charity bike ride - but you can follow all the action in one place with our amazing Interative Route Map!

Tracking our progress from Brentford to Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice, the map will allow Owls fans to keep tabs on the progress made by Hirsty and the boys in real time!

You may remember last year we collected old Wednesday shirts of behalf of Owls fan Mark Lomas and we collected 71 shirts for him to take on his trip to Goa, for distribution to locals there.

Well we have recently being contacted by another Owls fan, and Wednesdayite member, Paul Freer to do the same again for his trip to Rwanda in April of this year.  Paul intends to go out and take as many Owls shirts as possible with him. We will therefore we collecting shirts at the Owls v Carlisle United game at Hillsborough on the 21st April 2012.

By far the most popular First Wednesday event of 2011 was our Strikers Night at Hirsty's Bar - so we're kicking off 2012 in exactly the same fashion!

Once again we're getting some true Wednesday legends to Hillsborough to answer your questions about their time playing for the mighty Owls. And this lot should be able to keep control of a rowdy crowd, because they've all made their names wearing the captain's armband! That's right - it's time for Captains Night at Hirsty's Bar!

Following our request last week for Old Owls Shirts for India we are delighted to announce that Owls fans donated a total of 71 shirts for Wednesdayite Mark Lomas to take on his trip to Goa.

We'd like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who dropped off a Wednesday shirt at the Wednesdayite Car Park at the Tranmere Rovers games at Hillsborough on Monday 2nd Jan 2012.  All of the shirts will be taken by Mark and his friends and given to locals in Goa.

Over 270 Owls fans packed into the club's 1867 Lounge last Wednesday to enjoy our first Hirsty's Bar of the season - this one given over to the men at the sharp end, the gunslingers, the netbusters - the strikers. Host Hirsty was in great form as always, but was matched every step of the way by two other Owls legends in Rodger Wylde and Jack Whitham, not to mention the current goal king of Hillsborough, Gary Madine!

One of the most popular events we've ever offered - and the funniest by a country mile - has been occasional evenings with the Owls' goalscoring legend and special SWFC guests. So we're delighted to announce that our next First Wednesday event of the season is the return of Hirsty's Bar!

And we've pulled out all the stops to bring you an absolute belter of a night, featuring no less than SIX Owls heroes, all of whom are loved for regularly hitting the back of the net in Wednesday colours. spanning five decades of goals, goals, goals!