<P> Wednesday were joined by the Clegg brothers, Charles and William in 1870 . Charles became the club's first international player when he played in the very first international on 30 November 1872 . William represented the Wednesday in the next international on 8 March 1873 . Both players would go on to be associated with the club for the rest of their lives . Although it would be Charles who became most heavily involved in football eventually rising to become president and chairman of the Football Association . Both the Cleggs received knighthoods in later life . </P> <P> In 1876 Wednesday were joined by James Lang . The directors of the club had seen him playing for Glasgow against the Sheffield FA representative side . He was subsequently invited to come to Sheffield and play for the club and given a job, working in a silversmiths owned by one of the directors, which involved no formal duties . This is now acknowledged as the first case of professionalism in the game . </P> <P> Sheffield's first annual tournament, the Sheffield FA Challenge Cup, was inaugurated in 1876 and won by Wednesday who beat Heeley, their chief rivals at the time, in the final 4--3 after extra time . They would go on to also win the first Warncliffe Cup in 1879 . By this time Wednesday had become the dominant force in local football . </P> <P> In 1879 a number of Wednesday players were involved in a team referred to as The Zulus . The team was set up to raise funds for the families of victims of the Zulu War . They toured the north of England and Scotland but after allegations that the players were being paid, a practice that was illegal at the time, the team was forced to disband by the Sheffield FA in 1882 . </P>

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