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...
Plymouth Argyle interim boss Neil Dewsnip is still backing his side in the Championship survival fight despite their defeat to Stoke City over the weekend. That loss left Argyle still needing to put points on the board to secure their second-tier status, as they are now just two points above the drop with two games remaining after Sheffield Wednesday’s win, leaving Birmingham City the team occupying the final drop spot. Argyle’s loss to fellow strugglers Stoke City over the weekend means they...
The FA have announced a number of changes to next season's FA Cup competition to strengthen its standing and 'enhance its magic'. Most notably replays from the first round onwards have been scrapped, meaning every tie will be settled over the course of one meeting. At present, replays are in place until the fifth round, but the FA has made the decision to ditch them altogether once Football League teams begin to enter the competition. The latter stages of the FA Cup will also be played over...
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...
The Owls still have another game to go this season as they look to secure their place in the Championship for the 2024/25 campaign, and they know that they need just a point to do so - not even that if Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle fail to win their games against Norwich City and Hull City. On Monday night The Star’s Football Awards took place at OEC Sheffield in Hillsborough, and our writers, Alex Miller and Joe Crann, were tasked with choosing a Player of the Season, while sports editor,...
Wednesday Ladies were looking to replicate their big win at home to Brinsworth Whitehill of the weekend, where Broomhead sensationally bagged a double hat-trick to help her side to a well-needed win, and she will have been hoping to carry on where she left off. Middlewood Rovers, however, were a side that were certain to pose a threat. Averaging over two goals a game, the Owlesses had to be compact in defence to quash their threat, particularly that of attacker, Jasmine Steel - who had bagged 11...
Youngster Rio Shipston played a big part in Wednesday under-21s’ valiant effort in the Professional Development League this season but last month announced he was to miss the remainder of the campaign through injury. The 19-year-old has ben missed; defeat at Sheffield United last week was their second on the spin and left them short in a three-way battle for the play-off spots with the Blades and Birmingham City likely to prevail. Shipston, who has played five times for Wednesday’s first team...
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...
Wednesday will require a win to guarantee they enter the final day of the season outside of the bottom three, while the Baggies need a win to all-but confirm their place in the play-offs. It’s the hosts that have the better form and as pointed out by visiting manager Carlos Corberan pre-match, a table taken from the last 25 matches has them only three points apart. Both sides will be roared on by sold-out allocations at Hillsborough. West Brom are set to bring 2,400 supporters to South...
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...
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...
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...