Around 2,600 Wednesdayites made the trip to the Stadium of Light on Saturday afternoon to see their team clinch a vital 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Liam Palmer and Josh Windass, the pair delivering in the big games once again after their role in promotion a year ago. There were plenty of fans left in blue and white long after the final whistle, and the players took their time to celebrate with them despite being so far away on the top tier at Sunderland’s ground. They could be heard from...
Sheffield Wednesday’s bid to remain in the Championship looks set to go right down to the wire but Danny Rohl’s side have put fate in their own hands. Sunday’s brilliant 3-1 win at Blackburn Rovers pulled the Owls out of the relegation zone, with Birmingham City replacing them after only managing a 0-0 draw at Rotherham. There are now just two games remaining and everything still to play for, with seven teams still able to join Rotherham in the bottom three. Wednesday host West Brom before a...
It’s three months until the 2024/25 campaign gets underway on August 10th, and Danny Röhl has already started working on the way forward as they look to make sure that they’re facing another relegation battle in a year’s time Here are the things that should be top of the club’s to-do list: It’s a hot topic given the incredible job that he’s done at Wednesday, and plenty of Owls fans are concerned that the man who oversaw their remarkable turnaround since October may not be here when the new...
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...
And they’ll likely have talismanic midfielder Barry Bannan involved despite a substitution late on in a win over West Bromwich Albion that sparked fan fears of a possible injury. The Owls skipper left the field in the 77th minute of the Baggies win - he was replaced by Momo Diaby - in what was his 44th appearance of the campaign. Bannan produced a leader’s performance on the day, contributing in both directions as Wednesday took a giant leap towards safety. A point at Sunderland next weekend...
It’ll be his first experience of a sold out Hillsborough and with plenty on the line, they’ll welcome play-off hunting West Bromwich Albion to S6 hoping not only to retain their place in the safety zone, but to leapfrog a team or two ahead of them by claiming a vital win. And as the boom of Jeff Beck’s Hi Ho Silver Lining blasts out into the South Yorkshire afternoon, Valentin will drink it in. English football, he said, is a bit special on that front. “I cannot wait to be on the pitch,” said...
It was inevitable that Danny Rohl would be fielding questions about his immediate future after securing another season in the Championship for Sheffield Wednesday, against all odds. Wednesday already looked dead and buried when he came in to replace Xisco Munoz in October and even with a lift in results, it appeared on a number of occasions that the Owls had simply left themselves with too much to do and a return to League One appeared likely. However, Wednesday continued to bounce back, led by...
Goals from Liam Palmer and Josh Windass got the job done in Wearside, with the Owls finishing 20th in the Championship and avoiding the drop despite spending just 22 days out of the bottom three over the course of the entire season. A recent run of five games unbeaten left them with their fate in their own hands heading into the final day, and after extending that run to six games with a momentous victory that left them and their manager, Danny Röhl, full of smiles. It brought to a climax...
The 23-year-old got the ball rolling for the Owls at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, scoring the opening goal at S6 on the way to securing a hugely important 3-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion. He was also involved in the second and third goals, too. There were some great scenes from the young Dutchman as he celebrated with supporters at S6 – though the removal of his shirt did get him booked – and he spoke of how he feels they ‘deserve’ that sort of relationship. Speaking to The Star he...
The game between Hull City and Ipswich Town wasn’t one that directly affects the Owls in terms of their position in the Championship, however it was still one that Wednesdayites will have been keeping an eye on because of who they play next. Danny Röhl’s outfit picked up a huge result on Saturday afternoon as they put West Bromwich Albion to the sword with a 3-0 home victory at Hillsborough, and results elsewhere meant that they now need only a point away at Sunderland next weekend in order to...
The Owls beat Sunderland 2-0 at The Stadium of Light to seal a famous survival mission that started when manager Danny Röhl took over in October. A run of three wins from their last three matches was enough on a day when the fated total of 50 points was not enough for Birmingham City. Clearly in a jovial mood, the former Aston Villa man Bannan poked fun at the Blues’ demise on social media. And speaking to The Star post-match, he failed to conceal a smile when asked where his future lies. His...
Wednesday are being backed by around 2,600 supporters at the Stadium of Light today, completely selling out their allocation as expected, and they’ve certainly made themselves heard on Wearside as they look to cheer on their team to victory. A point is all the Owls need, and they’ll be desperate to prolong their five-game unbeaten run to six in order to maintain their place in the second tier for 2024/25 - the supporters who’ve travelled from Sheffield and elsewhere around the country want...