Who are ya?!
WednesdayiteThe one common factor which binds us all together, and which remains the only criteria for membership of Wednesdayite, is the fact that we're all Sheffield Wednesday fans. But beyond that - who are we?
Well, if you're reading this article and you are already a member of Wednesdayite then there is an 86% chance that you're male. And whilst the odds suggest that you will be a 'Mr', you could feasibly be a 'Master', or a Doctor, or indeed even a Lord!
Our oldest member is ninety and we have a further six octogenarian members of Wednesdayite. And following close behind, nearly 4% of Wednesdayite members are in their seventies and another 7% are in their sixties. Thereafter, those in their fifties account for 19% of the membership, those in their forties for 21%, those in their thirties 19% and those in their twenties together with the 18 and 19 year olds another 23%.
Our youngest member is only two years old and is one of our many junior members who represent another 7% of our membership. All in all, a pretty representative sample of football supporters in general one might think.
Not surprisingly, the majority of our members live in South Yorkshire with just over two thirds residing within the Sheffield postcode area. But that leaves nearly one third of the membership living elsewhere and it is an impressively wide spread.
Outside of the UK, we have members in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and the USA. Within the UK, Wednesdayite has members in 27 English counties, not to mention Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales - and the Isle of Wight, Isle of Man and Jersey.
In our Autumn 2006 member survey, of those who responded, 65% were season ticket holders, 29% were shareholders and 17% were members of the Owls Foundation. And whilst the percentage of season ticket holders might be fairly representative it would seem that Wednesdayite members are more likely to be shareholders and/or members of the Owls Foundation than the fan base as a whole.
So now that we've got this nice shiny new website, we're going to take the opportunity to celebrate who we are. If you're a Wednesdayite member and want to tell the world about it, then let us know why you're a Wednesday fan, why you're a Wednesdayite member and the lengths you've gone to in support of your team. E-mail us at
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with your story - and a picture - and we'll show you off to the world.
Who am I? Wednesday!!!! 'til I die!
WHO ARE YA?In 1966 I was part of the RAF's Tactical Communications Wing sent to Zambia during the Rhodesian declaration of UDI. I spent 5 months there and missed the cup final with Everton. Although it was the FA cup, Zambian television and Radio stations did not give it coverage so I had to resort to other tactics. I arranged (not authorised though) for the BBC radio coverage in the UK to be transmitted via RAF networks to Cyprus where another (illegal link) was then transmitted to another part of our Unit based in Kenya who then transmitted it down to Lusaka in Zambia where I listened to the game through loads of interference. All that effort and we lost the game!
