NATHAN SALT AT OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United made life hard for themselves but ultimately walked out with a 4-2 victory at Old Trafford from their clash with Sheffield United.
A 3-1 win propelled Wednesday out of the relegation zone and to a run of only one defeat in their last six matches against a side fresh off a famous away win at Leeds United. Röhl spoke about the threat of Championship top scorer Sammie Szmodics in the build-up to the clash but insisted in conversation with The Star post-match that his focus was always on setting up to hurt Blackburn’s leaky defence rather than guard against their attack. The Owls lined up with a three-man attack on the day,...
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...
At Middlewood Road, Röhl had revealed his starting line-up to his players. And heading into the rest of the session, the Wednesday coaching staff were met not with half a changing room jaded with rejection, but firing and full of fight. There was an intensity to things, the German boss described to The Star after a 3-1 win that lifted them out of the relegation zone for the first time in his tenure. Resisting the urge to pick out individuals for praise following the Ewood Park win, Röhl instead...
A point was all they needed, after months of hard work clawing back the gap that they found themselves with after a horrendous start to the season. Even in defeat they knew that only a win for both Plymouth Argyle and Birmingham City would send them down, but that wasn’t enough to stop most battle-hardened Wednesdayite from heading into this one a bag of nerves. They couldn’t have got off to a better start as Liam Palmer and Josh Windass gave them a 2-0 lead going into the break, but results...
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...
The Owls jumped out of the relegation zone for the first time since August with the win, Josh Windass’ stunning opener cancelled out by Sammie Szmodics’ leveller before a Marvin Johnson effort and a calamity Aynsley Pears own goal earned Danny Röhl’s side a fourth away win in six Championship matches. The defeat reduced Rovers’ gap on the bottom three to three points with two matches to go. And in a defiant press engagement after the match, their manager said: “First half we were well in the...
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...
Spurs' hopes of qualifying for Champions League suffered a massive blow. Trevoh Chalobah and and Nicolas Jackson scored in each half for Chelsea. Is the North London Derby the best clash in the Premier League? Listen to the
Sunderland’s under-21s came from behind to beat a strong Liverpool side 2-1 at Eppleton CW – but how did each player fare? The young Black Cats fell behind after Lewis Koumas opened the scoring for Liverpool, yet goals from Harrison Jones and Timur Tutierov gave Graeme Murty’s side all three points. The result means Sunderland have qualified for the knockout stages of Premier League 2 . Here’s how each Sunderland player fared:
The Owls picked up a huge victory over West Bromwich Albion over the weekend, winning 3-0 to move up to 20th place in the Championship table and put themselves on the brink of safety. A draw at the Stadium of Light would do it, and that’s only needed if both Birmingham City and Plymouth Argyle win, however Bannan says that the plan was to win all of their last three matches, and that hasn’t changed. “We spoke here after the Stoke game about getting maximum points from the last three games,”...
They looked delighted but exhausted. Boss Danny Röhl slumped into the press room with a smile, shaking hands with each reporter present as is a matter of course but sharing a hug with those that have been along on the journey. He admitted the last six months had taken an emotional toll. It had taken a toll on everyone. The entrails of the mission have been well storied by now. The setbacks, the ups and downs have been strewn across the pages and airwaves and have been discussed in pubs. So too...