Month: July 2017
Owls go down to pre-season defeat
Carlos Carvalhal was left disappointed with Wednesday’s first-half display as our unbeaten pre-season record ended in a 2-0 home defeat to Rangers. The head coach said afterwards: “In the first half we were milky, we did not play very well, this was not the brand of Sheffield Wednesday. “Rangers were better than us so we […]
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We’re shaping up well says Carlos
Carlos Carvalhal was pleased with Wednesday’s performance in the 2-1 win at Doncaster and says the squad is in good shape as the Championship opener at Preston approaches. Keiren Westwood returned from his knee injury to play the full game, Glenn Loovens got a first runout of pre-season – albeit for only 18 minutes – […]
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Winnall and Hooper on target for Owls
Goals from Sam Winnall and Gary Hooper saw Wednesday make it six pre-season games unbeaten with a 2-1 win at Doncaster on Wednesday evening. Backed by just under 4,000 fans – more than half the attendance of 7,366 – the Owls went ahead on the half-hour mark when Winnall headed home from a Ross Wallace […]
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Rovers next in Wednesday warm-ups
Wednesday continue the build-up to the new season with the short trip to face Doncaster Rovers this evening, kick off 7.30pm. A win and two draws in Portugal followed victories at Alfreton and Mansfield in our friendlies to date and now we take on Rovers, newly-promoted to division one, at the Keepmoat. We have sold […]
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New-look badge for London Owls
Welcome to the new London Owls club badge … and we hope you like what you see. With Wednesday changing the football club’s crest last year, we decided it was time to incorporate that image within our own branding. The previous London Owls logo had been very much a part of our club over several […]
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Trio back in training this week
Keiren Westwood missed Wednesday’s final match of their Portugal trip after suffering a slight knee injury in training. However, Carlos Carvalhal said the keeper would have played if it had been a competitive game and that he will be back in training at S6 with the rest of the squad on Tuesday, along with skipper […]
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Honours even in Portugal finale
Wednesday completed their three-game warm-up in Portugal with a goalless draw against Vitoria Setubal on Saturday evening. As expected, Setubal were the best opposition we faced on our trip to the Algarve. Jordan Rhodes netted early on but was ruled offside and sub Steven Fletcher had two opportunities in the later stages. At the other […]
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Owls held after late equaliser
An excellent last-minute free kick robbed Wednesday of a fourth successive pre-season win on Thursday evening. The Owls led 1-0 against SC Farense in Portugal through Steven Fletcher’s 78th minute effort before the home side equalised from Jorginho’s fine set-piece on the final whistle.
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Reach hits cracker as Owls win again
A cracking 20-yarder from Adam Reach gave Wednesday a 1-0 win over Portimonense on Wednesday evening. Reach’s first-time effort from the edge of the box flew into the top corner to ensure Wednesday kept up our 100 per cent winning record from three pre-season games. Keiren Westwood made his first appearance in the friendlies, playing […]
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S6 derby clash live on Sky
The Hillsborough clash with Sheff U, scheduled for Saturday, September 23, will now be screened live on Sky and has been moved to the following day, with a 1.15pm kick off. The following weekend sees the Owls on Sky again, with our home game with Leeds moved from September 30 to Sunday, October 1 and […]
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