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Ticket sales hit 25,000 for play-off final
Wednesday announced on Saturday evening that we have sold 25,000 tickets for the Championship play-off final in the first priority period. That leaves just under 14,000 tickets left for the next two days before any remaining tickets then go on general sale on Tuesday morning.
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London Owls at Wembley back in 1993
So we’re on our way back to Wembley after a gap of 23 years. There will be plenty of London Owls meeting up for next Saturday’s Championship play-off final as we target a return to the Premier League after a 16-year absence. And we warm up for the big match with a look back at some photos […]
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Sky Sports apologises after award blunder
Fernando Forestieri’s outstanding season saw him scoop two more awards yesterday … only for one of them to be ‘taken away’ after a blunder by Sky Sports. Forestieri, who was recently named London Owls Player of the Year, won the swfc.co.uk award after receiving 52 per cent of the votes via the club’s official website, […]
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It’s Wednesday v Hull in play-off final
Wednesday will face Hull City in the Championship play-off final after Steve Bruce’s men survived a mighty scare in their semi-final second leg against Derby. Leading 3-0 from the first leg, Hull were expected to ease through to the final in tonight’s home return leg but found themselves two-down at half-time, before going through 3-2 […]
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Emotional roller coaster at the seaside
Following the Owls over the years has been littered with more downs than ups but, whichever way we’ve gone, those moments have been full of drama and emotion … just take last night’s play-off semi second leg at the Amex as the latest example. After Friday night’s amazing first leg atmosphere at Hillsborough, Brighton and the home fans did their best […]
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Owls through to Wembley final
Wednesday made it to Wembley for the play-off final after a nervy second leg at Brighton. The home side dominated the first -half and took the lead on 19 minutes through Lewis Dunk. However, an equaliser from Ross Wallace 10 minutes later rocked Brighton and steadied Wednesday nerves to some degree. We looked a more […]
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We have won nothing yet warns Carvalhal
Carlos Carvalhal is taking nothing for granted as Wednesday go to Brighton for Monday night’s Championship play-off semi-final second leg with a two-goal lead. Carvalhal rated the team’s performance in Friday’s first leg as one of the best of the season, on a tremendous night at Hillsborough, but was keeping his feet firmly on the ground […]
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Owls take two-goal lead into second leg
Wednesday take a two-goal advantage down to Brighton after a pulsating Championship play-off semi-final first leg victory at Hillsborough. Fernando Forestieri had a goal disallowed for offside before Ross Wallace fired us in front from long range minutes from the break. Brighton were reduced to 10 men for the last half-hour when they lost a fourth player […]
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‘Great night but now we need to finish job’
Carlos Carvalhal rated the play-off semi-final first leg win over Brighton as one of Wednesday’s best performances of the season … but warned that the tie is far from over with the return at the Amex on Monday evening. Reflecting on the 2-0 victory, the head coach said: “Tonight we did one of the best […]
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Meeting places for second leg at Brighton
There are two pre-match meeting places for London Owls travelling to the play-off semi-final second leg at Brighton on Monday evening. For those taking the train from Brighton station to the ground at Falmer, we will be having a pint at the Battle of Trafalgar in Guildford Road, BN1 3LW, just a couple of minutes from Brighton station. […]
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