Year: 2017
Owls well beaten in away day flop
Wednesday’s lacklustre performance got just what it deserved – no points – at Brentford on Saturday afternoon. The home side, without showing their best form, ran out comfortable winners against an Owls outfit which never looked like getting anything from the game. Goals from Lasse Vibe and Florian Jozefzoon in either half were enough to […]
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Injured pair doubtful for Brentford test
Gary Hooper and Joost van Aken are doubtful for Wednesday’s trip to Brentford on Saturday. Both players went off with injuries in the second half at Forest on Boxing Day and caretaker boss, Lee Bullen, has confirmed that he awaits the results of scans on the pair before deciding on the squad for the Griffin […]
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Carlos lands Premier League manager’s job
Carlos Carvalhal has landed a Premier League job … within days of leaving Wednesday. The ex-Owls head coach, who left Hillsborough by mutual consent on Christmas Eve, has been appointed manager of bottom club Swansea, having been linked with the Welsh side in his first season at S6. He faces a tough test to keep the Swans […]
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Bullen: I expect new face to get top job
Lee Bullen says chairman Dejphon Chansiri has asked him to take charge of the Wednesday side until the start of the New Year … but expects a new person to then be brought in as successor to Carlos Carvalhal. Speaking after he had steered Wednesday to a 3-0 win at Forest in his first game as caretaker […]
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Bully for Lee as three-goal Owls celebrate
Lee Bullen took the plaudits from the Wednesday fans after an emphatic 3-0 win at Forest in his first game in caretaker charge. Bullen named an attacking side following the departure of Carlos Carvalhal on Christmas Eve and was rewarded with our first victory in eight games. Adam Reach fired us in front after just […]
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Owls at City Ground
Wildsmith, Palmer, Loovens, van Aken, Fox, Wallace, Hutchinson, Hooper, Reach, Joao, Rhodes. Subs. Dawson, Pudil, Jones, Butterfield, Matias, Nuhiu, Abdi.
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Bullen steps up for Forest challenge
Lee Bullen takes charge of Wednesday for the Boxing Day trip to Forest following the departure of head coach Carlos Carvalhal on Christmas Eve. Bullen has been assistant to Carvalhal for the last two years and inherits an injury-hit squad for the City Ground clash. Morgan Fox will be avalable again after serving a one-match […]
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Carlos says a fond farewell to Hillsborough
Carlos Carvalhal has spoken of his sadness following the Christmas Eve announcement that he has left Wednesday by mutual consent. It is 44 years ago to the day that Hillsborough legend Derek Dooley was cruelly sacked from the manager’s role and today Carvalhal said a fond farewell to S6 after two and a half years […]
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We lost to better side admits Carvalhal
Carlos Carvalhal admitted Wednesday lost to the better side as our slump in form continued in a 2-1 home defeat to Middlesbrough. With the Owls now left without a win in seven games and the play-off positions 11 points away, Carvalhal said: “We played against a strong team and I thought we started very well, but […]
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Three successive defeats for Wednesday
Wednesday made it seven games without a win after allowing Middlesbrough to bounce back from a goal down in a 2-1 home defeat. Ross Wallace fired the injury-hit Owls ahead on the half-hour mark but Boro had created their fair share of openings at the other end in the first half and the outcome of the game was […]
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