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Wednesday ease into second round
Wednesday bounced back from the disappointment of defeat at Preston with a 4-1 win over Chesterfield in the first round of the Carabao Cup at Hillsborough on Tuesday evening. We fell behind against the run of play on 38 minutes, Kristian Dennis scoring from the penalty spot after Daniel Pudil was adjudged to have handled. […]
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Owls ‘to field strong team’ for cup tie
Carlos Carvalhal says he will field a strong side for Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup first round tie with neighbours Chesterfield at Hillsborough. After Saturday’s punchless display at Preston, Carvalhal is expected to play more regular first-teamers than he might have initially planned and said: “We will put a strong team to play absolutely sure, it […]
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Carlos: I understand reaction of supporters
Carlos Carvalhal said he understood the angry reaction from sections of the Wednesday fans after Saturday’s insipid performance in defeat at Preston. Reacting to the team and himself being booed by supporters, he said: “Absolutely I understand. Our fans are fantastic, they follow us everywhere and we had many thousands here today. “There was not […]
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Owls booed off after opening day shocker
Wednesday were booed off at the final whistle by many of the near 6,000 travelling fans after producing a worringly sterile performance in our 1-0 Championship opening day defeat at Preston. We were outplayed and outfought by a home team unlikely to be more than a mid-table outfit at best over the season and could […]
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Club apologises over kit launch delay
Wednesday have said sorry to the fans after the delay in unveiling our 150th anniversary kit for the new season. The strips were revealed on Wednesday – just 72 hours before the Championship season kick off – and Chief Operating Officer, Joe Palmer, told Wednesday’s Steering Group meeting at Hillsborough that the problems arose when […]
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Palmer ruled out of Championship opener
Liam Palmer is the only definite absentee from the Wednesday squad for Saturday’s Championship opener at Preston. Palmer is ruled out with an Achilles problem but Glenn Loovens (hamstring) and Kieran Lee (calf) are both in contention for the Deepdale challenge. After a close season of little transfer movement and the delayed launch of a […]
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New Owls kits finally unveiled
The long wait to see Wednesday’s new first and second kits for the coming season is over. As expected, and in our 150th year, the club has gone back in time by producing a home shirt of royal blue with white sleeves and white shorts … as worn by the team from 1965 until 1972. […]
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Owls go down to pre-season defeat
Carlos Carvalhal was left disappointed with Wednesday’s first-half display as our unbeaten pre-season record ended in a 2-0 home defeat to Rangers. The head coach said afterwards: “In the first half we were milky, we did not play very well, this was not the brand of Sheffield Wednesday. “Rangers were better than us so we […]
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We’re shaping up well says Carlos
Carlos Carvalhal was pleased with Wednesday’s performance in the 2-1 win at Doncaster and says the squad is in good shape as the Championship opener at Preston approaches. Keiren Westwood returned from his knee injury to play the full game, Glenn Loovens got a first runout of pre-season – albeit for only 18 minutes – […]
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Winnall and Hooper on target for Owls
Goals from Sam Winnall and Gary Hooper saw Wednesday make it six pre-season games unbeaten with a 2-1 win at Doncaster on Wednesday evening. Backed by just under 4,000 fans – more than half the attendance of 7,366 – the Owls went ahead on the half-hour mark when Winnall headed home from a Ross Wallace […]
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