The youth team is hopefully the breeding ground for Wednesday stars of tomorrow. Quite how many of these players ever make it at senior level is another question.

Wednesday entered the FA Youth Cup for the first time in 1952. Wednesday reached the semi-finals in 1962 and the final in 1990, where they lost over two legs to Millwall,

Youth Cup Results

Wednesday in the FA Youth Cup Final

The Youth team won tournaments in Germany in 1956/57 and 1960/61, and in Holland in 1973/74.