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Morning Wednesdayites 👊🏻
🚨 SWFC TOWEL GIVEAWAY 🚨
Fancy winning a Sheffield Wednesday towel? 👀⚽️
We’ve teamed up with Smiggy Prints to give ONE lucky Owls fan their very own towel! 🏖️🔥
To enter:
➡️ Follow @SmiggyPrints & @TWWcast
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👥 Tag a fellow Wednesdayite below!
A winner will be picked at random later today. So get sharing and tagging
#SWFC #WAWAW
Victoria Foyle retweeted
It was great to see so many photographers and fans down at tbe Charlie Wyatt Memorial game against Penistone Church last night, a fantastic of young & old.
It's a good sign for the future of non league football @NCEL
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SWFC Trust is disappointed to learn that our opening home fixture of the season against Bradford City, originally scheduled for 3pm on Saturday 22nd August, has been moved to 8pm on Thursday 20th August.
What should have been a fantastic and exciting opportunity for supporters to come together and celebrate the opening home game of the season, and the beginning of a new era under the club's new ownership, has instead become a fixture that many fans will now struggle to attend.
The change will undoubtedly impact families with young children, supporters with work commitments, and many travelling fans, including those making the journey from Bradford. A Saturday afternoon fixture would have provided a far more accessible occasion for supporters of both clubs.
We urge @SkySports and other broadcasters to give greater consideration to the needs of match-going supporters when scheduling fixtures. Football simply wouldn't exist without its fans, and they deserve to be at the heart of these decisions.
We share the frustration of many supporters who were looking forward to celebrating the start of the new season together and hope that future scheduling decisions better reflect the interests of those who regularly attend matches.
#SWFC
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🚨🦉 Important Announcement🦉🚨
A new friend of Sheffield Wednesday and the Supporters Trust, who prefers to remain anonymous, has been incredibly impressed by the outpouring of support for the effort to raise money for this important cause and has made an incredibly generous pledge to match every gift, up to £35,000 raised by supporters towards this effort.
We’re currently on £27,910, meaning we need to raise the final £7,090 to unlock the full £35,000 contribution.
If we do, a £35,000 supporter-led campaign becomes a £70,000 investment in Sheffield Wednesday supporters and young people across our community.
That means more season tickets, more match tickets, more mascot experiences, more shirts, and the chance to reach even more children who dream of being part of Sheffield Wednesday but may never otherwise get the opportunity. It means creating memories with parents, grandparents and friends that will last a lifetime, helping young people feel connected to their club, their city and their community. The donor has recognised just how important family and community are in Sheffield, and wants to help open the door for the next generation of Wednesdayites.
The donor recognised something we’ve all seen: when Wednesdayites are given the chance to help one another, they step forward. In discussing the donation, they impressed upon us a simple message:
“We’re All Wednesday Aren’t We?”
That spirit is exactly what Sheffield Wednesday is about.
This fanbase has already achieved something remarkable.
Now we have the opportunity to turn £35,000 into £70,000.
gofund.me/24d46c408
💙 #SWFC
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Tom Robert has been reported missing after attending the play-off final in London on Saturday.
A passionate Middlesbrough supporter, Tom has not been seen or heard from since the match.
His phone was later found in the Hyde Park area of London.
Tom lives in Hereford and may have been travelling back home. He is considered vulnerable.
He is approximately 6’1” tall and was last seen wearing dark shorts and a Middlesbrough shirt.
If you have seen Tom, spoken to him, or have any information that could help, please contact the police immediately.
Victoria Foyle retweeted
Wednesday World
Since 1867, #swfc has been a roller coaster of triumph & despair!
Not a place for the faint-hearted.
@storchyowl & @michaelestorch, thank you for keeping our history alive.
*Map shows only a selection of Owls players, managers & owners
Who did I miss?
#wawaw
Victoria Foyle retweeted
What a guy!
An absolute pleasure to have Sam Hutchinson back with us at Hillsborough this weekend 💙
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Since David Storch and the Arise group have purchased Sheffield Wednesday, they have:
- brought back the retro Owl.
- ensured no points deduction next season.
- allowed us to pay a fee for players.
- allowed us to pay more than £7k pw on wages.
- promised hot water.
🙌 They’ve owned the club for four days.
Victoria Foyle retweeted
Wanted to take some time to reflect on a day I’ve been dreaming of for months.
Saturday was perfect. Will never be able to express how grateful I am for the warm welcome the @SWFC fans gave my family and me. The sun shone down on our wonderful club on Saturday.
It was the experience of a lifetime to enjoy the moment with you all…. To share our new crest designed by the incredible local agency Peter and Paul…. To share the news that after an incredible collaborative effort between my team, the @EFL and BTG we will start next season on zero points!…. To introduce you to our incredible new CEO, David Bruce…. And to witness over 30,000 of my newest friends singing for 99 minutes straight as our Owls closed out such a difficult season with a win.
I’d like to further highlight how grateful I am to the @EFL for their diligence and approach in working with us to ratify all issues and achieve our target of closing by 1 May.
It takes a village; but without the commitment and tenacity of Asher Simons, Clive Betts MP and James Silverwood in particular, we would not be where we are today.
It’s been an extremely emotional 48 hours for me after a long process, but now the focus is already completely on action. We are proceeding ahead immediately on all fronts and we will update you, the fans, as we go.
You are the reason Michael and I are here, the reason we have fallen in love with this city and this club. We will do everything in our power to ensure we don’t let you down.
David
#wawaw #uto #swfc
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That roar at pitch level for 0 points...and his face...he just gets it #SWFC
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Statement from Lord David Blunkett, a lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter, following the news the club is being taken over by David Storch & Arise Capital #SWFC:
“This has been a terrible saga. The 18-point deduction, the block on the purchase of new players, the cap on pay, plus the sale by the administrators of key members of the squad have devastated the team, the non-playing staff, local businesses and, above all, the fans.
“This has been punishment meted out to entirely the wrong people. The former owner and sole director of Sheffield Wednesday, Dejphon Chansiri – who refused to sell the club 12 months ago even though it was clear that he'd run out of money and the fans had run out of patience – has taken a financial hit of his own making. But it is everyone who loves the Club and cares about football who have felt the damage, the sheer unfairness, the disregard for competition within the Championship, and the inevitable relegation last February down into League One.
“This is a sorry tale of rules put together to deal with an entirely different scenario, bringing a once great club to its knees.
“We, the fans, the community that surrounds Hillsborough, and those sympathetic in the city, will support the fightback in the rebuilding of this great club
“Fans of football across the country have been wonderful and they will rejoice with us, long-standing supporters of the Owls, in the intervention of David Storch and his Partners in their clear commitment to running the Club on fair and transparent lines; to involve the fans Trust and to behave with probity and respect.
“All of us owe Henrik Pedersen, the manager throughout this season, a debt of gratitude for the way he's been able to continually motivate the small squad of players to get out in the field and to give their all. Those players deserve a medal for retaining their morale and self-respect, and whilst losing game after game, keeping their heads held high and giving the always committed and large group of supporters something to be proud of. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the non-playing staff, who have worked tirelessly against the odds.
“I would also like to pay tribute to Clive Betts MP, who, in acting as an honest broker with the fans, administrators, the EFL and with David Storch assisted greatly in keeping this bid in play and, as a fellow lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter and friend, deserves full credit for the part he has played.”