Month: February 2018
Jos hopeful over Hunt … op for Wallace
Jack Hunt will be assessed by the medical team back at Hillsborough after injury forced him off the field in the cup replay defeat at Swansea. Hunt suffered a hamstring problem shortly before half time and Wednesday now wait to find out the seriousness of the injury, although Jos Luhukay said after the tie that […]
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First goal was crucial says Luhukay
Jos Luhukay said he felt whoever scored the first goal would go on to win Tuesday evening’s FA Cup replay after seeing Wednesday bow out of the competition in a 2-0 defeat. Two second-half Swansea goals saw them through to the quarter finals after Wednesday had been the more threatening side in the first period […]
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Owls exit FA Cup after replay defeat
Two second-half goals ended Wednesday’s FA Cup run at a freezing Swansea on Tuesday evening. We had the better of the first-half, with Jacob Butterfield forcing an excellent save out of Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Lucas Joao then twice testing the keeper, while Swansea hardly troubled Cameron Dawson at the other end. The introduction of substitute […]
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Owls at Swansea
Dawson, Hunt, Loovens, Venancio, Pudil, Boyd, Jones, Butterfield, Reach, Joao, Rhodes. Subs. Wildsmith, Palmer, Baker, Fox, Pelupessy, Abdi, Nuhiu.
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We’re at Mabel’s for FA Cup action
The London Owls will be gathering at our usual pub meeting place in the capital – Mabel’s Tavern – for the televised FA Cup fifth round replay at Swansea on Tuesday evening. The tie is being screened on BBC One, with kick off at 8.05pm, and all Wednesdayites are welcome. For anyone who hasn’t joined […]
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Book your tickets for Fred Spiksley evening
Many of you will be aware of the book “Flying Over an Olive Grove”, about the extraordinary life of former Owl, Fred Spiksley. We have arranged for one of the book’s authors, Mark Metcalf, to come along and give us a talk about Fred’s remarkable story and also the development of Olive Grove and the […]
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Pair return to squad for FA Cup replay
Liam Palmer and Almen Abdi will both be back in the squad for tomorrow night’s FA Cup fifth round replay at Swansea. For Abdi, it is the latest in a series of comebacks from injury in his time at Hillsborough and he gets the call-up after playing for the under-23s in recent weeks. Cameron Dawson, […]
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Wallace likely to be out for rest of season
Ross Wallace looks likely to miss the rest of the season as Wednesday’s incredible injury list continues to mount. Jos Luhukay revealed after the home defeat to Villa that Wallace injured his knee at Millwall in midweek and may need surgery. Luhukay said: “Ross felt his knee in the last game and we are waiting […]
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Positives and negatives for manager
Jos Luhukay took positives from the home defeat to Villa … but also pointed to the need to defend better at one end and take chances at the other. After watching arguably our best attacking display of the season at Hillsborough, the manager said: “We lost the game but I saw a lot of positive […]
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Owls lose out after two late goals
Wednesday produced some of their best attacking football of the season at Hillsborough against Aston Villa but two late goals saw us end up on the wrong end of a 4-2 scoreline. We created plenty of chances against promotion-chasing Villa, particularly in the first half, but were often left stretched at the other end as […]
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