Month: July 2020
12-point deduction for Owls … for next season
Wednesday will kick off next season on minus 12 points, following today’s long-awaited decision over the EFL misconduct charge. The independent disciplinary commission announced the punishment as 12 points for the 2020-21 campaign, rather than for this season, which would have seen us relegated. In a club statement, Wednesday said: “The club is extremely disappointed […]
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Owls sign young midfielder
Wednesday have made our first summer signing with the arrival of teenage midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee. Nineteen-year-old Dele-Bashiru, who has developed through the City academy, told the club website: “I’m honoured to sign for Sheffield Wednesday and I’m excited to be here. “I’m at an age now where I […]
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London Owls face masks for sale
If you’re looking to buy a face mask or two in the coming days then now you can get your very own custom-printed London Owls covering. They are produced by Family Threads – an independent online clothing company owned by London Owl member Chris Grant – and specialising in producing personalised products. The face coverings, […]
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Start date for 2020-21 season
The EFL has confirmed that the 2020/21 season will kick off on September 12 and be completed on the weekend of May 8-9, 2021. At this stage, we still don’t know which division we will be in – either the Championship or division one. We finished clear of the relegation places but still await the […]
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‘I will give the fans a team to be proud of’
Garry Monk says he is determined to give the fans a team to be proud of after a hugely disappointing second half of the season came to a close with yet another home defeat at Hillsborough on Wednesday evening. Speaking after being beaten 2-1 by Middlesbrough and with a possible points deduction to follow – […]
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Iorfa is our Player of Year
Congratulations to Dominic Iorfa … our London Owls Player of the Year. The central defender collected most votes from members after some impressive displays at the back during this prolonged and often rocky season for Wednesday. We hope to be able to make the presentation in the not-too-distant future.
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Owls v Boro
lWildsmith, Palmer, Lees, Iorfa, Murphy, Lee, Bannan, Shaw, Harris, Nuhiu, Wickham. Subs. Dawson, Odubajo, Pelupessy, Reach, Luongo, Rhodes, Windass, Da Cruz, Hunt.
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Murphy in line for recall against Boro
Jacob Murphy is likely to be back in the Wednesday starting line-up for this evening’s season finale at home to Middlesbrough. Murphy came on as a half-time sub at Fulham on Saturday and more than played his part in our improved attacking performance in the second 45 minutes – scoring once, being fouled for our […]
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Boss demands three points from season finale
We go into Wednesday evening’s season finale at home to Neil Warnock’s Middlesbrough with Garry Monk demanding three points. Defeat at Fulham today left us in 16th place on 56 points, eight clear of the relegation places but with the long-running threat of an EFL points deduction still hanging over us as we prepare for […]
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‘We paid price for schoolboy defending’
Garry Monk reflected on what he called Wednesday’s “schoolboy defending” following our 5-3 defeat at promotion-chasing Fulham today. After trailing by three goals at the break, we rallied to make a game of it in the second half but, when we gave ourselves some hope of a comeback, we promptly conceded again and left Monk […]
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