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Late double strike sinks Wednesday
Wednesday dropped out of the top six after being hit by two late goals in a 2-1 defeat at Blackburn. We looked to be heading for a fortunate three points when substitute Jacob Murphy headed the ball home from close range with just seven minutes left, after Stephen Fletcher’s close-range effort had come back off […]
Bannan ruled out at Blackburn
Barry Bannan reportedly suffered hip/groin injury in training this week and misses Blackburn game, Kieran Lee steps up from bench. Westwood; Palmer, Iorfa, Borner, Fox; Reach, Hutchinson, Lee, Pelupessy; Harris, Fletcher. Subs. Dawson, Odubajo, Hunt, Winnall, Murphy, Forestieri, Nuhiu.
Owls in final play-off spot before Ewood trip
Wednesday go into Saturday’s game at Blackburn in the final play-off place after Bristol City’s 2-2 draw at Barnsley tonight. The Robins threw away a two-goal lead at Oakwell but the point was enough for them to swap positions with us. City moved up to fifth on 25 points, one point and place ahead of […]
Borner set for Rovers return
Julian Borner is expected to slot back into the Wednesday defence for Saturday’s trip to Blackburn. Borner missed last weekend’s draw with Leeds after turning an ankle in the warm-up but he has been back in training this week and Garry Monk says he will be fit for the Ewood Park clash. Monk is also […]
Fitness checks for pair ahead of Blackburn trip
Wednesday will be monitoring the fitness of Julian Borner and Massimo Luongo ahead of Saturday’s trip to Blackburn. Borner had to pull out of Saturday’s home draw with Leeds after suffering an ankle injury in the pre-match warm-up while Luongo failed to recover in time after taking a knock on a knee in the midweek […]
Owls drop one place after Swansea win
Wednesday have slipped to fifth place in the Championship after Swansea’s 1-0 win over Cardiff on Sunday lunchtime. The Welsh side move into fourth place on 25 points – one ahead of us – while QPR will go second on Monday night if they defeat Brentford in the West London derby at Loftus Road. West […]
‘Our performance deserved all three points’
Garry Monk was full of praise for his Wednesday side after our 0-0 draw with Leeds and felt we deserved to take all three points. Having seen us go close on several occasions and dominate the second half, Monk said: “I thought the performance we gave deserved all three points.” He added: “We were very […]
Owls unfortunate not to claim victory
Wednesday can count themselves unfortunate not to take all three points in a keenly-fought goalless clash with Leeds at Hillsborough on Saturday lunchtime. Overall, we had the best of the game and, while Leeds had their chances as well, on another day we could easily have chalked up a victory in our best performance in […]
Borner ruled out of Leeds clash
Julian Borner has suffered an ankle injury in the warm-up and misses today’s game with Leeds. Sam Hutchinson moves into the back four with Joey Pelupessy stepping up to the midfield from the bench and Jordan Thorniley filling the final subs’ position. Revised line-up: Westwood; Palmer, Iorfa, Hutchinson Fox; Reach, Pelupessy, Bannan, Harris; Nuhiu, Fletcher. […]
We’re back live on Sky in December
Wednesday are back on Sky twice in December for live match coverage. The midweek trip to Derby on the 11th will be screened, with the kick off still at 7.45pm, and our home game with Bristol City has been moved back 24 hours to December 22, kick off noon, for live TV coverage.