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...
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...
Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation battle could go to the very last day, with just one point separating them from safety with only three games remaining. Blackburn Rovers, West Brom and Sunderland stand between Danny Rohl’s men and safety, with four other teams realistically involved in the battle for safety. Just how many points Wednesday will need remains to be seen, but it’s likely four or more will be required to beat the drop, given the disadvantage they already have. In the meantime, we have...
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...
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...
Ex-president calls New York criminal case due go to court on Monday a ‘communist show trial’A defiant Donald Trump continued to attack the prosecutor, judge and a key witness in the New York hush-money criminal trial against him, a signal that the former president will continue to embrace bombast as jury selection in the case begins on Monday.Trump described what will be the first criminal trial against a former US president as a “communist show trial”, during a rally in Schnecksville,...
Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett has high hopes of being able to call on veteran striker Lukas Jutkiewicz this weekend. The Blues, who dropped back into the relegation zone last weekend after Sheffield Wednesday's win over Blackburn Rovers, take on Huddersfield Town on Saturday afternoon in what can only be described as a do or die encounter for both teams. Birmingham are 22nd, a point behind the Owls, while Huddersfield are 23rd and three points adrift of safety. As such, both clubs know...
Former Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper David Stockdale has given his take on an error from Blackburn Rovers stopper Ainsley Pears that helped boost the Owls bid to avoid relegation. Danny Rohl’s side were a goal to the good as the midway point of the second-half approached after Josh Windass and Marvin Johnson netted either side of an equaliser from Rovers top goalscorer Sammie Szmodics. But the game was all but ended as a contest when Pears made a mess on a backpass and allowed the ball to...
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) -- Two trials were held this morning in Jefferson County Juvenile Court but no decisions were reached and no practicing attorneys took part. That's because it was the 2024 Mock Trial held by the county Bar Association, where aspiring lawyers from two high schools see what it's like to step up to []
The Owls head to Blackburn Rovers this weekend with the knowledge that, if results go their way on Saturday, they will have another chance to climb out of the Championship relegation zone, however it could also be the case that kick off arrives with them locked in the bottom three for another week. Röhl has spoken about making sure they focus on themselves at this point in time as they head into the final three games, and by all accounts it would appear that he will be dealing with the same...
Birmingham City boss Gary Rowett has been speaking ahead of a game that will have a huge impact on Sheffield Wednesday’s season. Birmingham are preparing to face relegation rivals Huddersfield Town away from home this weekend, with the two sides separated by just two points. A Birmingham win could relegate Huddersfield if Wednesday pick up just one point this weekend, while if Wednesday win and Birmingham lose, the Blues will no longer be able to catch the Owls. It’s a pivotal fixture in the...
The German coach has steered Wednesday out of the relegation zone having taken over a side winless in 13 and in the midst of their worst-ever start to a league campaign. With two matches to go the Owls sit a point clear of Birmingham City in 22nd place, with Röhl maintaining the side’s aim is to hunt the places immediately above them in the table rather than to look back at the teams behind. In an interview with the national media last week, the former Bayern Munich assistant boss suggested he...