Pouncing on chaos in the Blackburn Rovers defence, Windass’ long-range effort showed immense technique as he shifted his body to lob walkabout goalkeeper Aynsley Pears to put Wednesday into an early lead. Though this was soon cancelled-out by Sammie Szmodics, the Owls went on to battle to a vital 3-1 win. The 30-year-old received huge praise from onlookers for an effective performance, his fourth since returning from injury. Yorkshire-born Windass, one of the swathe of Wednesday players...
Sheffield Wednesday are potentially just days away to securing a second consecutive season in the Championship. The Owls defeated West Brom last weekend to give themselves a huge chance of securing survival, needing just a point from their final game to ensure safety. The Owls were once cut adrift at the bottom of the table, but the arrival of Danny Rohl on October 13 changed everything. Rohl has done a tremendous job to give Wednesday an opportunity to survive, and here we have put together a...
On Sunday, after a massive win over Blackburn Rovers, the German beckoned his technical team onto the edge of the box in front of a packed out away end so that they could celebrate with the 7,300+ travelling fans together. Henrik Pedersen, Sal Bibbo, Sascha Lense, Chris Powell and Neil Thompson threw their arms in the air alongside the manager to the delight of the Wednesdayites in front of them, and it was another moment that showed how far the team has come since October. Wednesday, as a...
Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation rivals could be without a key man for their huge final day clash with leaders Leicester City. The relegation picture still isn’t decided ahead of the final weekend of the season. Wednesday have given themselves a huge shot at survival, only needing a point to ensure they can’t be caught by Birmingham City in the final relegation spot. The Owls may not even need a point if Birmingham or Plymouth Argyle fail to win. It’s a similar story for Blackburn Rovers, who...
The Owls battered promotion-chasing West Brom to earn their second win on the spin and stretch their end-of-season unbeaten run to five. They leapfrogged Plymouth Argyle into 20th place and with results elsewhere in the survival scrap going their way, it means a draw at Sunderland next weekend will secure second tier status from the depths of a 12-point deficit in November. Goals from Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass did the business on an afternoon that they shut the Baggies down...
There was a point a few months ago when Johnson was off the radar at Hillsborough completely, left unregistered by Xisco and seemingly on the way out – that all changed when Danny Röhl took over. The 33-year-old has missed just three Championship fixtures since being brought back into the fold, two of which came earlier this month, and it was his goal on Sunday afternoon that set Wednesday on course to the victory at Blackburn Rovers that saw them finally climb out of the bottom three. Barry...
Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation rivals Birmingham City will hope they can count on long-serving forward Lukas Jutkiewicz for their season-defining clash with Norwich City on Saturday. Birmingham find themselves in a precarious position head into their final game, needing to beat playoff-bound Norwich City to stand a chance of survival, while they also need results elsewhere to go their way. One of those results could involve the Owls, with Birmingham needing to win and hope either Plymouth...
Birmingham City have reportedly made a big decision ahead of their final game of the season, and potentially their final game in the Championship for over a year. The West Midlands club will battle Sheffield Wednesday and others to beat relegation on the final day this Saturday. Birmingham currently sit in the final relegation spot, one point behind Plymouth Argyle and three points behind each of Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers, but goal difference means they can catch both of those...
The 26-year-old centre back hasn’t had the most straightforward debut season with the Owls after joining from Preston North End in the summer. He signed for Xisco, watched the Spaniard leave just weeks after doing so, and has faced a couple of spells out of the side due to injury and selection. In recent weeks, however, he’s managed to step up in a big way when needed, coming into the team in difficult situations and handling them excellently in order to help the Owls pick up bigs wins against...
All focus is on Wednesday’s clash with Sunderland this weekend, from which a point will secure safety for the Owls after a remarkable resurgence in the last few months. Beyond that lies the hope that Röhl will be satisfied with talks to be had with Owls owner Chansiri about the future direction of the club and changes he believes are required to take the club ‘to the next level’. “We will speak, like always, and then go forward,” he said after Saturday’s win over West Bromwich Albion before he...
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...
A televised Sunday clash saw the Owls win out at Ewood Park thanks to goals from Josh Windass, Marvin Johnson and a calamity own goal from Rovers goalkeeper Aynsley Pears. Nearly 7,400 Wednesday fans roared their side to a victory that takes them out of the Championship relegation zone for the first time since August. Röhl had to use two of his substitutes earlier than he might have liked when two defenders - Michael Ihiekwe and his replacement Bambo Diaby - both had to leave the clash through...