Month: May 2015
Two dates for new Championship season
A reminder of two important dates for the diary for London Owls … Next season’s Championship fixtures will be released on June 17 at 9am and the new league campaign kicks off on August 8.
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Boss speaks on Lavery international call-up
Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill has spoken of Caolan Lavery’s first call-up to the full international squad. The young Wednesday striker has been named in the squad for the friendly against Qatar at Crewe on 31 May and then the Euro 2016 qualifier with Romania in Belfast on 13 June O’Neill had wanted Lavery to […]
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Madine ready to join Championship rivals
Gary Madine looks set to sign for Championship rivals Bolton Wanderers after being released by Wednesday. The striker failed to make an impression at a higher level after helping the Owls to promotion from division one and was not offered a new deal at the end of the season.
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Jose ‘gearing up for next season with Owls’
Jose Semedo has indicated that he is set to stay at Wednesday after being offered a new contract at the club. The popular midfielder has said on his Twitter feed: “Looking forward to next season. Already gearing up. My holiday is gonna be spent on the treadmill. #swfc love it! Will work hard!!” Semedo was […]
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May dropped from Scotland squad
Stevie May has been left out of Gordon Strachan’s Scotland squad for the games with the Republic of Ireland and Qatar next month. May has featured in recent squads but has been replaced by Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths after his disappointing season at Hillsborough. Also included in the Scottish set-up is former Owls defender Mark Reynolds. […]
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Chansiri appoints new man to committee
Chairman Dejphon Chansiri has added experienced coach Jonathan Hill to Wednesday’s Sporting Director committee, following the shock exit of Adam Pearson earlier this week. Hill, who has almost 20 years of coaching roles on his CV, was assistant academy director at Wigan Athletic before moving to Manchester United as academy youth coach and spending nine […]
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Owls to fly out for pre-season training camp
Wednesday will be flying out to Portugal for a five-day pre-season training camp this summer. The squad will be in the Algarve from Wednesday 22 July until Monday 27 July and will play one match during this time in the Albufeira region, with full match details still to be confirmed.
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May linked with loan move back to Scotland
Stevie May is being linked with a possible season-long loan move to Aberdeen. The Aberdeen Evening Express says the Dons have opened talks with Wednesday about the striker spending next season at Pittodrie and, if it goes ahead, then it would mean a reunion with boss Derek McInnes and assistant Tony Docherty, who gave May […]
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Pearson joins Leeds after three weeks at S6
Adam Pearson has quit Wednesday to move to rivals Leeds United … just three weeks after joining the Owls. Pearson, who was brought in by chairman Dejphon Chansiri as part of a three-man football committee, has been appointed executive director at Elland Road, having previously worked there as commercial director. Mr Chansiri last month announced […]
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New name on Sporting Director committee
Wednesday have added Paul Senior as a fourth member of the recently-established Sporting Director committee. Senior has previously worked for Tottenham, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Charlton in operational and strategic roles. He has been involved both domestically and internationally in player recruitment, having established scouting networks in more than 80 countries. Chairman Dejphon Chansiri […]
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