Month: April 2023
‘We have another wonderful chance to get promoted via play-offs’
Darren Moore swiftly turned his thoughts to the play-off challenge now facing Wednesday after our fading automatic promotion hopes were finally ended this afternoon. With leaders Plymouth and second-placed Ipswich both winning today, our 3-0 win at Shrewsbury was not enough to take that bid for a top two place to the final day of […]
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Smith hat-trick but play-offs for Owls … semi final date details
Wednesday will have to settle for the play-offs despite a 3-0 success at Shrewsbury this afternoon. Victories for promotion rivals Plymouth and Ipswich means that, although our success takes us onto the 93-point mark, we will finish in third place and face the play-offs for the second successive season, with a two-legged semi final against […]
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Owls at Shrewsbury
Dawson, Iorfa, Ihiekwe, Palmer, Johnson, Adeniran, Vaulks, Bannan, Paterson, Smith, Gregory. Subs: Stockdale, Flint, Brown, Bakinson, Dele-Bashiru, Shipston, Windass.
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Byers blow … Windass latest … Shrewsbury preview
George Byers has been ruled out for the rest of the season which means if, as expected, we have to tackle the division one play-offs then it will be without the influential midfielder. Byers has been missing since damaging a hamstring at Portsmouth last month and his absence has coincided with Wednesday’s alarming slump in […]
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Automatic promotion hopes all but over for Wednesday
Wednesday’s hopes of automatic promotion are surely all but over after Plymouth and Ipswich both won this evening. With leaders Plymouth 2-0 winners at home to 10-man Bristol Rovers and second-placed Ipswich beating Barnsley 3-0 at Oakwell, they both need to take just two points from their final two matches to seal the top two […]
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Final home league game of season is sellout for Owls
Our final home league game of the season against Derby on Sunday, May 7 has now sold out for Wednesdayites. The club put an extra 1300 seats on general sale for Owls fans yesterday – for the lower tier of the Leppings Lane end – and they have been quickly snapped up. The game is […]
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Wednesday pair in League One Team of Season
Barry Bannan and Josh Windass have been named in the Sky Bet League One Team of the Season. The Wednesday pair were selected in the side and presented with their trophies at the EFL Awards 2023 held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Sunday evening. Bannan was also nominated for the League One Player of […]
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Moore on half-time words … top two chances … Windass return
Darren Moore talked of ‘words being said at half time’ after Wednesday’s victory over Exeter. Reflecting on our lifeless first-half showing, Moore said: ““We had words at half time, all of us as a group, because it was a bit of a nothing performance in that first half.” He added: “The result was the most […]
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Fightback ensures automatic promotion bid goes on
Wednesday guaranteed our automatic promotion bid will continue until at least next Saturday after coming from behind to beat Exeter 2-1 at Hillsborough this afternoon. With rivals Plymouth and Ipswich also winning today, the table shows the Pilgrims on 92 points, one ahead of the second-placed Tractor Boys. Wednesday sit a further point behind in […]
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Owls v Exeter
Dawson, Palmer, Iorfa, Flint, Brown, Johnson, Vaulks, Bannan, Paterson, Gregory, Smith. SUbs: Stockdale, Ihiekwe, Shipston, Dele-Bashiru, Bakinson, Adeniran, Durrant.
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