The promotion-chasing Baggies head to Hillsborough on Saturday knowing a win will all but secure a place in the top six barring an unthinkable goal difference swing in favour of Hull City. Their hosts will have designs on picking up three points themselves of course having climbed out of the bottom three last weekend, sitting one point clear of the drop zone. A whopping 25 points and 16 league positions separate the two sides, who are battling to achieve very different aspirations heading into...
Blackburn Rovers boss John Eustace has issued an update on a player who was injured during a recent clash with Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls gave their safety bid a huge boost recently with an away win over Blackburn Rovers, going on to add a win over West Brom. Those results mean Wednesday head into their final game of the season only needing a point to survive, while either of the two teams below them failing to win will also do the job. Blackburn are in a very similar situation, but if either...
Wednesday picked up a 3-1 victory that saw them leapfrog both Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City in the Championship table, getting them out of the bottom three for the first time in many months. Over 7,300 Wednesdayites gathered in the away end at Ewood Park to cheer on Danny Röhl and his side, and were sent into scenes of jubilation as they watched their team score twice in front of them on what will be a memorable away day. Photographer, Steve Ellis, was on hand to capture some brilliant...
The young Owls have had an excellent season in the Professional Development League, and with two games left to play they do still have a chance of reaching the play-offs - unfortunately, however, they’re now relying on Birmingham City to drop points after a bitter defeat at Bramall Lane on Thursday night. Ryan Oné and Louie Marsh got the goals, one in each half, as Andy Holdsworth’s team were beaten 2-0 in the mini Steel City derby, and it was a win that saw them leapfrog Birmingham into top...
Wednesday secured a massive win over Rovers at Ewood Park in front of over 7,300 travelling fans, with a tremendous Josh Windass strike being followed up by a great goal from Marvin Johnson and a bizarre Aynsley Pears own goal - it was a victory that finally saw them clamber out of the Championship’s bottom three. The game was not without cost, though, with Michael Ihiekwe limping off in the early stages of the fixture, and then his replacement, Diaby, having to come off in the second half as...
Ivo Grbic has reacted well to losing his place as Sheffield United’s first-choice goalkeeper, Chris Wilder has revealed, after the Blades boss conceded that the Croatian’s Bramall Lane transfer “has not gone as well as all of us would have liked.” The 28-year-old has watched United’s last two games from the bench after Wes Foderingham was restored between the posts. Grbic has failed to convince many Unitedites with his displays between the posts since arriving from Atletico Madrid in January,...
The Merseyside battler has spoken a number of times about his never-say-die attitude this season, one that has instructed his comeback from Xisco outcast to Danny Röhl key man via a testing in-and-out period in between. Nobody made more tackles than Vaulks in the 3-1 Ewood Park win, with one of those leading to Wednesday’s vital second goal. A back-to-basics approach edged towards in recent outings is a side-step from where they were some weeks ago under Röhl, who has always maintained that...
The former Leeds United coach spoke glowingly pre-match of the sense of occasion he expected at S6 and made a point of explaining the relative indifference in form between the two sides. A sold-out Hillsborough roared Wednesday to a victory that took the Owls a place further up the Championship table and three points clear of the drop zone. A single point at Sunderland on the final day will secure safety. The Baggies meanwhile needed a win to all-but secure a play-off place. Defeat leaves them...
Chris Wilder admitted that Ivo Grbic’s Sheffield United has not been a success so far after the goalkeeper was dropped for Wednesday night’s trip to Manchester United. The Croatian international, who arrived in January from Atletico Madrid, faced more scrutiny over his position after another unconvincing display in the weekend defeat to Burnley and Wes Foderingham was recalled at Old Trafford. It was a decision that proved justified as the former Rangers man made a string of fine saves despite...
The Owls have been chasing the pack above them for months now, consistently relying on favours from other teams in order to try and make progress up the league table, but that is no longer the case. A five game unbeaten run, including three big wins, has put Wednesday in charge of their own destiny, leaving them needing just a point away at Sunderland in order to confirm their Championship status, and Röhl admits that it’s a nice position to be in after what they’ve invested since his arrival at...
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It’s been a long time since at Wednesday manager won a Championship Manager of the Month gong, with Carlos Carvalhal in April 2017 being the last one to land one. That could potentially change on Friday. Röhl has overseen a remarkable upturn in results since taking over at Hillsborough, and last month saw them finally climb out of the relegation zone after going through April with just one defeat - beating Queens Park Rangers, Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion along the way. The nominees...