Year: 2021
Wishing our members a happy and healthy New Year
The London Owls wish all our members – and your families – a very happy and healthy New Year. On the field, a quick return to the Championship is still very much within our grasp but, in typical Wednesday fashion, just when we look to have turned a corner we hit another bump in the […]
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Moore speaks out after “disastrous evening” for Owls
Darren Moore reflected on what he called a “disastrous evening” following Wednesday’s 5-0 capitulation at Sunderland. The Owls boss said: “It was a disastrous evening for us. We gave away some calamitous goals and it is bitterly disappointing to lose in that manner. I can’t accept that performance.” He added: “When the second goal went in […]
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Shambolic Wednesday handed five-goal thrashing
Wednesday’s return to league action after almost three weeks of enforced inactivity ended in a 5-0 thrashing at Sunderland this evening. The question of whether we would be raring to go or rather rusty following the ‘Covid lay-off’ was answered in worrying fashion as we turned in a shambolic team display, particularly in defence, and […]
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Owls at Sunderland
Peacock-Farrell, Palmer, Dunkley, Johnson, Hunt, Wing, Dele-Bashiru, Bannan, Mendez-Laing, Paterson, Gregory. Subs. Wildsmith, Brennan, Shodipo, Corbeanu, Adeniran, Sow, Berahino.
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Back in action for clash with second-placed Sunderland
Wednesday return to action after a near three-week break when we travel to second-placed Sunderland tonight. A Covid outbreak at the club saw scheduled Christmas home games against Accrington and Burton postponed, our last division one outing being the win at Crewe on December 11. We go into the Sunderland clash on the back of […]
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Owls drop a place after Boxing Day results
Wednesday have slipped a place to eighth in division one. With today’s scheduled home game against Burton one of several Boxing Day casualties to Covid, MK Dons took advantage by coming from two-down to win 3-2 at Lincoln, sealing all three points in added time. The victory lifts them to seventh, a point and place […]
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Season’s Greetings to all London Owls
We wish all London Owls and your families a very Happy Christmas. Despite the on-going concerns of the Covid pandemic, the opportunity during the year to return to watching our club has proved to be such an important release for so many … and the London Owls are no different. We have endeavoured to keep […]
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Boxing Day home game postponed
Our scheduled Boxing Day home game against Burton Albion has been postponed due to Covid-19. The EFL has been informed that neither club is able to fulfil the division one fixture. Supporters are advised to retain their tickets for the game, which will be valid when the new date is confirmed.
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EFL fixtures to continue despite Covid-19 increases
The EFL confirmed late this afternoon that the season will continue and there will be no immediate shutdown of its fixture programme, despite the continued rise in positive Covid-19 cases. A statement released by the governing body acknowledged that there is likely to be future postponements due to Covid outbreaks at clubs but said it […]
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Wednesday stay in seventh place
Wednesday remain one place adrift of the play-offs after today’s Covid-hit division one programme. We sit in seventh position, two points and one place below Oxford, with Wigan eight points ahead of us in the second automatic spot and leaders Rotherham a further two points clear. Our planned home game with Accrington this afternoon was […]
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