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George on the spot again for England
George Hirst was on the mark again for England under-20s as they defeated Japan 2-1 in their final Toulon Tournament group match. Hirst, who skippered the side, gave England the lead with a penalty on 26 minutes before Japan equalised in the second half. The Wednesday striker was substituted just before the hour and Chelsea’s […]
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Hirst hits hat-trick for England under-20s
George Hirst helped himself to a hat-trick for the England under-20s as they crushed Cuba 7-1 in the Toulon tournament. The young Wednesday striker netted on 34 minutes to put England two ahead, was on the mark again just before the hour mark and then completed his international hat-trick on 70 minutes. England, who have […]
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Hirst in tournament action for England
George Hirst got a taste of England action when he came on as a late substitute in the 1-0 Toulon tournament win over Angola. Hirst came on for the final 15 minutes for the Young Three Lions side – a mixture of age groups from the Under-18s, 19s and 20s – as England triumphed thanks […]
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Six out of contract at Hillsborough
Wednesday have confirmed that six players are now out of contract … these being Jose Semedo, Vincent Sasso, Claude Dielna, Modou Sougou, Urby Emanuelson and Darryl Lachman. There is no further news at this stage as to whether any of them will be offered new contracts but it can be expected that Dielna, Sougou, Emanuelson […]
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Praise for London Owls … from Canada!
Mabel’s Tavern – our home in the capital for televised Wednesday games – have passed on an ’email of thanks’ from a Canadian couple who found themselves spending the last night of their holiday in England alongside the London Owls. The couple, Daryl and Janet from Novia Scotia, watched us beat Rotherham 2-0 on the […]
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Carlos eyes ‘four or five new signings’
Carlos Carvalhal says he hopes to bring in “four or five new players” to strengthen the Wednesday squad for next season. Speaking the day after agreeing an extension to his S6 contract, the head coach said he believes this is the type of bolstering the squad requires to make an even stronger push for promotion […]
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World Cup call-ups for Owls trio
Barry Bannan and Steven Fletcher have been included in the Scotland squad to face England in their World Cup qualifier next month. The match is at Hampden Park on Saturday June 10, kick-off 5pm. Meanwhile, Atdhe Nuhiu is in the Kosovo squad that takes on Turkey in their World Cup qualifier on June 11.
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Carlos to stay with Wednesday
Carlos Carvalhal is to remain as head coach at Wednesday. There was speculation that he might leave the job after the Owls missed out on promotion back to the Premier League last week after reaching the play-offs for the second successive season. However, he met with chairman Dejphon Chansiri on Monday and the club have […]
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Chansiri: We can return to the Premier League
Chairman Dejphon Chansiri has spoken about the heartbreak of our play-off penalty shootout defeat to Huddersfield but also of how he remains determined to lead the Owls back to the Premier League. Writing on the club website this evening, Mr Chansiri said: ‘I woke up this morning with the same heavy heart as you all. […]
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Carlos ‘devastated’ after play-off heartbreak
Carlos Carvalhal said his team was left devastated after watching Wednesday suffer play-off heartache for the second successive year … this time in a semi-final penalty shootout against Huddersfield at Hillsborough. With the teams locked at 1-1 after extra time in the second leg, Huddersfield keeper Danny Ward became the hero, saving the first Wednesday […]
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