Month: April 2021
Lees ruled out as Owls prepare for must-win Forest clash
Tom Lees will miss our final two games of the season after being stretchered off at Middlesbrough last Saturday. Assistant manager, Jamie Smith, has confirmed that Lees suffered ligament damage when he landed following an aerial challenge at the Riverside and is ruled out of tomorrow’s must-win home game with Forest and then the possible […]
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Forest game moved to lunchtime Sky kick off
Saturday’s must-win final home game of the season against Forest will now be a lunchtime kick off and live on Sky Sports. It was originally a 3pm start but has been moved to 12.30pm, while Saturday’s matches for relegation rivals Derby and Rotherham – at Swansea and home to Blackburn respectively – remain as 3pm […]
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‘We need to raise game for final two matches’
Jamie Smith was left disappointed with Wednesday’s second-half display in the defeat at Middlesbrough this afternoon. Reflecting on the 3-1 reverse, assistant manager Smith, said: “I thought we were well in the game in the first half and controlled it for large spells. “But I was disappointed with the second half performance. We did still […]
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Survival hopes still alive despite another away defeat
Wednesday’s slim chance of Championship survival remains for at least another week despite our 3-1 reverse at Middlesbrough this afternoon. Our fellow strugglers fared no better, Derby going down 2-1 at home to Birmingham, Rotherham beaten 1-0 at Barnsley and bottom club Wycombe losing 2-1 at Cardiff, leaving it all still to play for as […]
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‘We need to focus on the task in hand’
Jamie Smith has called on the Wednesday squad to be fully focussed on our own ‘must-win’ game at Middlesbrough tomorrow as the Championship survival bid enters the final straight. Assistant manager Smith, who will be in charge again at the Riverside in the absence of Darren Moore, said: “It’s going to be a tough game. […]
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Well, what a day that was …
April 21, 1991 … 30 years ago today and a date etched in the memory of Wednesdayites all over the world as we beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Rumbelows Cup at Wembley. John Sheridan’s goal, Chris Turner’s save from Brian McClair’s header and those agonising last few minutes before we could all celebrate […]
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Smith: Performance gives us real belief for final three games
Jamie Smith is looking for Wednesday to take tonight’s performance in the 1-0 win over Blackburn into the final three games of the season and give us a chance of surviving relegation from the Championship. Assistant manager Smith, continuing to stand in for pneumonia victim Darren Moore, said: “It was a spirited performance and it […]
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Windass winner keeps Championship survival hopes alive
Wednesday kept our flickering Championship survival hopes alive with a precious 1-0 win over Blackburn at Hillsborough this evening. We went into the game knowing that defeat for us and victory for Derby at Preston would see us relegated to division one but that scenario was reversed, with a Josh Windass goal giving us three […]
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Owls v Blackburn
Westwood, Palmer, Hutchinson, Lees, Börner, Reach, Harris, Pelupessy, Bannan, Windass, Rhodes. Subs. Wildsmith, Penney, Urhoghide, Brennan, Hunt, Dele-Bashiru, Green, Shaw, Paterson.
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Three points vital from S6 clash with Blackburn
Wednesday go into tomorrow night’s home game with Blackburn knowing that defeat at S6, combined with victory for Derby at Preston on the same evening, will see us relegated to division one. We sit seven points from safety, with just four games remaining, and it’s yet another must-win match … but hopefully not our last […]
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