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On this day, 1994 - Sheff Wed 1-0 Manchester United - Owls first win of the season

On 8 October 1994 at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday beat reigning champions Manchester United 1-0 in the Premier League, an Owls afternoon so rare it becomes their first Premiership home win of the season. 

United arrive without Eric Cantona and Andrei Kanchelskis. Alex Ferguson's side still look the bigger side on paper, but Hillsborough has other ideas. Just before the break a midfielder slides a through-ball between Steve Bruce and Paul Parker. Schmeichel charges, hoping to beat the striker, and gets to the edge of the 18 yard box. But he's beaten to it and the striker curls it home - the fans find a roar it has been waiting weeks for. 

United throw on Paul Scholes and David May and push for an equaliser. Wednesday hold firm and meet United's onslaught with stubborn defending - a one-goal lead they refuse to give up. 

It is scrappy, joyous, and thoroughly infiltrate folklore. The Owls do not just nick a result - they dump the champions at home and write a Hillsborough Saturday into the scrapbook. 

Wednesday finish 1994/95 thirteenth. United end second, and this one-nil remains the October afternoon Hillsborough finally broke its duck against the title holders.

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