Month: January 2014
Gray considers new boy Benik for Wednesday debut
New loan signing Benik Afobe could go straight into the starting line-up for Wednesday’s home Yorkshire derby with Barnsley tomorrow. The 20-year-old Arsenal striker says he is ready for Championship action and Stuart Gray may put him into the side for our second relegation six-pointer inside four days. The suspended Giles Coke misses the game […]
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Wednesday charged by FA over Millwall incident
Wednesday and Millwall have been charged by the FA with failing to control their players during Tuesday evening’s Championship clash. This follows the incident three minutes from time which resulted in Giles Coke and Millwall’s Shane Lowry being sent off and which sparked a fracas involving several players from both sides. A statement on the FA’s official […]
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Deehan joins coaching staff at S6
Former Norwich manager John Deehan has joined Stuart Gray’s coaching staff at S6. Deehan and Gray were joint caretaker managers at Aston Villa in 2002, following John Gregory’s departure. As well as managing the Canaries, where he worked with Gary Megson, Deehan has managed at Wigan, and been director of football at Northampton, Lincoln, Grimsby and, […]
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Wednesday sign Arsenal striker on loan for rest of season
Young Arsenal sriker Benik Afobe has joined Wednesday on loan for the remainder of the season. He is available to play in the derby clash with Barnsley at Hillsborough on Saturday and will wear the number 28 shirt. Arsenal have also agreed that Afobe can play in the FA Cup. The 20-year-old has yet to […]
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Wickham could still return to S6 says Gray
Stuart Gray says he hopes that Connor Wickham will still return to Hillsborough on loan after the young striker was called back to Sunderland on Monday morning. Gray, who had told a press conference only an hour earlier that he was hopeful of keeping Wickham on loan, said: “It was a bolt out of the […]
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Coke misses Barnsley game … Owls wait on Loovens
Wednesday will be without the suspended Giles Coke for Saturday’s relegation six-pointer with Barnsley while Glenn Loovens is an injury doubt. Coke starts a three-match ban after his sending off at Millwall and Loovens will have treatment on a hamstring injury which forced him off at half-time at the New Den. Stuart Gray said Loovens tweaked the […]
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Gray: Players put bodies on the line to earn point
Stuart Gray praised his side’s battling qualities after earning a draw in a hard-fought and, at times, bad-tempered clash with Millwall. With Wednesday one-up through Giles Coke’s 68th minute goal, the home side and their fans were fired up by referee Lee Probert’s decision to turn down a possible penalty soon afterwards, resulting in a […]
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Red card for scorer Coke as Owls earn a point
Both sides finished with 10 men as Wednesday left South London with a point from a fiery 1-1 draw with Millwall tonight. After early Millwall pressure, the unmarked Atdhe Nuhui missed a glorious chance to put the Owls in front in the first half when he headed over the bar from six yards. However, the game really burst […]
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Wednesday’s starting line-up at Millwall
Owls at Millwall. Kirkland, Palmer, Onyewu, Loovens, Llera, Semedo, Lee, McPhail, Helan, Maguire, Nuhiu. Subs. Martinez, Maghoma, McCabe, Corry, Lavery, Coke, Stobbs.
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Gray’s faces striker headache for trip to Millwall
Stuart Gray faces a striker selection poser in his first game as permanent head coach when he takes Wednesday to fellow strugglers Millwall tomorrow night. It’s the first of two basement battles in five days for the Owls – with Barnsley at Hillsborough on Saturday – and Gray has to decide who to play up […]
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