Month: July 2018
Injured pair face more time on sidelines
Kieran Lee and Gary Hooper look set to face more weeks on the sidelines after missing much of last season through injury. Jos Luhukay said both players had initially tried to return to first team training when pre-season began but they have suffered setbacks. The manager said Hooper, who has been out since December with […]
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Jos rules out signings in transfer window
Jos Luhukay has confirmed Wednesday won’t be signing any new players before the transfer window closes on August 9. He told BBC Radio Sheffield’s ‘Fans’ Forum’ programme on Monday evening: “We are not speaking with any players before the start of the season or in the next days, so I go with this team and […]
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Owls respond after ‘racist abuse’ allegation
Wednesday have responded swiftly and strongly to a statement from Mansfield Town, which alleged racist abuse of one of their players during last week’s friendly. Mansfield said on Monday afternoon that they had reported the alleged abuse, said to be directed at captain Krystian Pearce, to both the Football Association and Nottinghamshire Police. However, Wednesday […]
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Jos takes positives from Villareal reverse
Jos Luhukay took some positives out of Wednesday’s 3-1 friendly defeat to Villareal. He said: “For us, I felt it was important to give most of the players some time on the pitch and of course that affects the flow and tempo of the game. “But some things are more important than the result. For […]
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Owls complete warm-up with defeat
Wednesday’s final warm-up game ended in a 3-1 defeat to Villareal at Hillsborough on Saturday. The 10,600 crowd were treated to the rarity of a Liam Palmer goal, the full back breaking into the penalty box and coolly slotting the ball into the far corner of the net to equalise for the Owls on 33 […]
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Borukov seals victory for under-23s
A last-minute goal from Preslav Borukov gave Wednesday’s under-23s victory at Frickley on Friday night. We led twice through an early effort from Fraser Preston and then a goal by triallist O’Halloran soon after half-time before Borukov, who came on as a sub for the last half-hour, grabbed the late winner.
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‘No better job’ says Wednesdayite Weaver
Lifelong Wednesday fan Nicky Weaver has been appointed as our first team goalkeeping coach. Weaver steps up from a similar role with the academy and replaces Andy Rhodes, who moved earlier in the summer to become assistant manager at Oldham. Thirty-nine-year-old Weaver had a loan spell with us in the 2005-6 season and signed permanently […]
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Wednesday wait for FA verdict on punch-up
Wednesday are awaiting the result of a Football Association investigation following the ugly on-the-pitch scenes at the end of Tuesday evening’s pre-season friendly at Mansfield. Several players from both sides were involved in a mass brawl after the final whistle and the FA has confirmed it is looking into the incident. There had been a […]
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Jos reflects on Mansfield defeat
Jos Luhukay talked about the positives and negatives of Wednesday’s performance in the 2-1 defeat at Mansfield. The Owls manager said: “I think the first 15-20 minutes we came good into the game, we had a good spirit but after that we lost control of a lot of balls and we were not winning much […]
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Friendly ends in on-pitch brawl as Owls lose
Wednesday went down 2-1 at Mansfield in our latest pre-season friendly on Tuesday evening, with the game ending in an on-the-field punch-up. Mal Benning gave the Stags the lead just before half-time and they made it two on 67 minutes when CJ Hamilton’s cross deflected off Adam Reach. Reach reduced the arrears 18 minutes from […]
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