ive been to hillsborough on a few occasions..the first when stoke played west ham in the league cup semi final replay in 1972...i was 12 and my overidding memory is that how very crowded it was and that we were being crushed [we were in the leppings lane end]....and then of course there was the hillsborough disaster some years later...it just seemes weird that my most vivid memory of that night was of being crushed as we left the ground....
My understanding is, when they formed they played on someone's ground. (Can't remember who's) They were only allowed to play on a Wednesday because other games were being played on the other days. They chose the word Wednesday to distinguish them from Sheffield United.