SWLFC were formed at the Star Inn Public House in Rotherham 1971 after a charity match between men and women at the pub. The team was initially named “Star Ladies”. It wasn’t long before the side joined the Sheffield Ladies League and when this league was disbanded they joined the Nottinghamshire League which was later renamed the East Midlands Ladies League.

In 1983 they became members of the Women’s Premier League. They took the name Sheffield Wednesday Ladies in 1985 and then subsequently when the FA created the AXA FA Women’s League Sheffield Wednesday Ladies became founder members and have continued in this league until last season. In 1994 they successfully gained promotion to the FA Women’s Premier League where they competed against the top clubs in the women’s game for the first time.

SWLFC are managed by Christine McCann who joined her hometown club from Ilkeston Town Ladies in January 2003. She successfully attracted several new players to the club for the 2003/04 season to provide experience to compliment the successful youth policy which has seen several youngsters break into the senior team from the under 16’s within the last years. The 03/04 season saw the Owls make breakthroughs in cup competitions, reaching the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup, their best ever showing, and the final of the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup where they lost 2-4 to their local Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers Belles.

In 2004/05 McCann again successfully attracted several new players from local clubs Leeds and Doncaster Rovers Belles. Sadly for the Owls despite initial good showings in the league they were cruelly relegated from the FA Women’s Northern Division with four teams finishing above them by only one point. The Owls yet again equalled their best ever showing in the FA Cup reaching the 5th round succumbing to top division side Bristol Rovers.

In 2005/06 the Owls consolidated and pressed hard for automatic promotion back to the top levels of the football pyramid. After a dramatic three way battle the Owls missed out on promotion finishing third behind Leeds and Preston, who were promoted. The last two summers have seen a big influx of players from the juniors moving into the First team and Reserve set. The successful youth structure and various other structural changes, which also saw the club achieve Charter Standard in November 05, now means that the Owls can reply on a succession of young and talented players coming through the ranks for several years to come. This is borne out by the huge success of the junior sides over the past two seasons. Noticeably at U12 level in particular with representative side the U12's A who won their league title with the Four Counties Girls Development League in 2005/06. In all three sides, U10, U12's A and U14's A won through to their respective finals of their league cup competition, sadly all three were on the losing side, a great achievement to reach the final regardless.

CLUB HONOURS - Seniors

East Midlands League Champions 1991
East Midlands League Cup Winners 1991
East Midlands Div 2 Champions 1982
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Cup Winners 1999 & 2000 & Runners up 2004

Record Win

26-1 V’s Fishtoft East Midlands League 1981

Record Defeat

0-22 V Doncaster Belles Women’s FA