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This current predicament reminds me of the pinnacle of the famous Warnock / Megson feud which played out as "The Battle of Bramall Lane". Google it if you are interested. Does not seem right to leave a link here. In summary, Warnock, during the hight of his W**kery got the match abandoned through a series of bizarre substitutions, and decisions on "injuries" Our players would clearly get fined and banned for not starting a game, but if a number of them are "injured" during a game you cannot finish the game. Is that morally right? Maybe not Is it morally right that juniors players are being publicly humiliated in a senior professional league, week in week out, and also not being paid? Definitely not Our senior players and the PFA might have an opinion on this, but they certainly would be very wise to keep that opinion to themselves Maybe this should be reserved as the Nuclear option for special occasions

Very Sad News. Some good and some bad decisions made by Milan while he was involved with Wednesday, but more recently I have a great deal of admiration for him getting involved in the situation at Wednesday over the summer, when he did not really need to get involved at all. That involvement over the summer grows into greater significance now, when on refection his days within this mortal realm were limited. And he may well have known it at the time too. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c708gx8v52lo

Pick up the phone and call Textor Dejphon, you plonker...

Wednesday v Klinsmann hotspur 93/94

I also have this home shirt. Funny thing is, in the seasons prior to 93/94 during the famous cup runs I bought the umbro away shirts. So many famous victories away from home in those shirts, and I always knew at the time they would be classic shirts, and Wednesday would always play in Blue and White stripes... I think that season, might have been the first on the seated kop, so I got the new puma home shirt, as I had my first season ticket that year. Jurgen Klinsmann turned up for the first match of the history, and made Des Walker our new world class England defender look very ordinary. You could tell why Klinsmann was a world cup winner. And then all these years later, Channers comes along and puts us through this ten year debacle, where he even had us playing at home without the stripes in 2017, which was probably the beginning of this misery. That then results in me, and thousands of others buying the first puma black and gold kit of the same 93/94 season on DH gate. Its a funny old game.... Its a sign I tell yee...

https://www.weareimps.com/news/reach-pleased-rewrite-history-peterborough-win He's described by Lincoln as a defender... How times have changed. Reach was better going forward than defending at Wednesday, unfortunately in a team under Jos ans Monk which did very little going forward. Things didn't work out as they should have for Reach at Wednesday, just like things didn't work out as they should for many others associated with Wednesday over the past 10 years.

At first glance you'd assume Rick really didn't like what he was witnessing. Maybe he knew it would all be for naught?

It might be a click bait headline, but keeps Big Chans in the spotlight And as for United using AI to sign players... If only Big Chans and Paxo had access to AI in 2015...

I walked streets with fans from most broken football city in the country Mike McGrath walks the three-and-a-half miles between Wednesday and United to gauge the anger of fans on both sides of the divide Mike McGrath in Sheffield 27 September 2025 8:01am BST In the heart of Hillsborough, the “man with the pram” is just about the only person in Sheffield who can claim to be blue and red. John Burkill has been to every home game in the Steel City for the last 16 years and has raised more than £1m for MacMillan Cancer Support. Wednesday or United? “Both,” he says, before showing his pride and joy: a flag with the Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday badges either side of the city’s coat of arms. He points to the Latin motto, written under the Norse and Roman gods on the crest. It reads: Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit. “Do you know what that means?” he adds. “With God’s help, our work succeeds.” How the two clubs in South Yorkshire need God’s help right now. They are rock bottom at the foot of the Championship table. After coming so close to returning to the Premier League, the decline of Sheffield United has been so acute that Chris Wilder has been brought back to the club, three months after he was dismissed. At Sheffield Wednesday, their owner Dejphon Chansiri has not been paying staff on time and fans have started to boycott matches. Empty seats during Wednesday's recent League Cup defeat at home to Grimsby Town There were around twice as many travelling fans than home fans in Wednesday’s recent League Cup defeat at home to Grimsby TownCredit: Getty Images/Carl Recine Just 3½ miles separate the two rivals and Telegraph Sport took a walk between the two clubs, across the city to gauge the feeling of fans on each side of the divide. Some had hope, while others are resigned to terminal decline. The journey started at Hillsborough, at Wednesday’s rundown “megastore” with a broken sign showing the way to where fans can buy club merchandise. It is difficult to picture, but this was the scene of a momentous evening in Sheffield over the summer when Pulp played a homecoming gig at the Tramlines festival. Hillsborough’s executive suites were the dressing rooms for Pulp and other acts. “This is a night you will remember for the rest of your lives,” read the message on the big screens at Tramlines, as Jarvis Cocker rolled back the years. But when the festival at Hillsborough Park was cleared, Sheffield came back down to earth when the football started. Now, barely a month into the season, the two teams of the city occupy the bottom places in the Championship. At Wednesday, the megastore has minimal footfall as there has been a boycott of club goods, while some have chosen to stay away from the ground completely this season. The attendance for the opening home Championship game of the season was down by around 7,000, not helped by a reduced capacity as the North Stand was deemed unsafe by the council. Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground There has been reduced footfall at Hillsborough’s rundown megastore this seasonCredit: Paul Grover This has affected businesses around the stadium as John Harrison, owner of the nearby Beer House, explains. Takings are down around 50 per cent on match days, despite supporters coming out in numbers and protesting against Chansiri. “It’s gone from anger and frustration to apathy,” Harrison says. “The supporters’ trust are trying to do the right thing by engineering Chansiri’s exit, but it is not effective yet as he still owns the club. He’s losing millions of pounds a year and gate receipts are minimal, so is it going to make any difference to his motivation to sell the club? There is now no atmosphere for the young players to play in as the attendances are reduced. “With financial takings, we’re down 50 per cent this season. It’s having an impact on everybody and they’ve got to do something. Local businesses like the man with the burger van, cafes, chippies, pubs – football is a large part of the business. So the boycott is hurting everyone. “Chansiri is spiteful, pride is a big thing. While he hasn’t sold, attendances are down and it is easy to fall out of the habit of going to the football. Facilities and service is terrible at the ground, while Hallam FC has had a massive upturn, £6 a game and have a beer and a better time. So there is a long-term effect to what Chansiri is doing. “It’s not about where they are in the pyramid, it’s about supporting the team and the club so the atmosphere around the area is buzzing. It’s being sucked out and has also caused a potential rift between those who do and don’t boycott.” Local Bar owner John Harrison at Hillsborough John Harrison is among the local business owners affected by the boycott at WednesdayCredit: Paul Grover Apathy is the right word to describe the feelings around Hillsborough among the Wednesday faithful. One fan’s description of what he would like to do to Chansiri is not fit for publication – it is safe to say that they want the Thai tuna magnate out of the club, following months of failing to pay wages on time and seeing their promising young manager, Danny Röhl, depart. Carl, the barman of the Beer House, believes they will win 1-0 this weekend against QPR. There is still some quality left in this team. They also have one more victory compared to Sheffield United, who have endured a summer of chaos. Wilder was sacked after losing the Championship play-off final but his successor, Ruben Selles, oversaw five straight defeats at the start of the season. So much for the club moving in a different direction, powered by AI technology telling them which players to buy. None of the AI signings have worked, while Wilder has been brought back to the club and players such as Ben Mee and Danny Ings drafted in. Mee and Ings would not register on a “Moneyball” matrix but know their way around a Championship promotion bid. Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder Chris Wilder has returned to Bramall Lane for a third time as manager Credit: PA/David Davies The walk into Blades territory goes from the north of Sheffield into the centre of town, into pubs such as The Penny Black, littered with slogans telling patrons that the pub is red, white and black. “I’d say around 90 per cent are in favour of Wilder being back,” said Chris, a Blades supporter at the Sheffield United club shop. When one bottle of Blades Henderson’s Relish – the city’s famous condiment – is bought at the till, he adds: “You’ll be needing more than that.” “Yeah, around 10 per cent aren’t in favour of Wilder, but that 10 per cent wouldn’t be happy if we had José Mourinho in charge. We’ll be all right now, we’ll start picking up a few points.” Mike McGrath outside Bramall Lane McGrath concludes his walk at Bramall LaneCredit: Paul Grover for The Telegraph Wilder has gone some way to end the toxicity at the club. Most fans and all the players like him, compared to Selles who was a target for supporters during his short spell in charge. It is assumed Wilder will gain some control over signings, given how desperately the club needed him back. The result is a degree of optimism. That is the main difference in outlook during the walk between the two Steel City clubs. One club see a way out, thanks to Wilder’s appointment. At Wednesday, they are resigned to their fate, although Beer House owner Harrison says it is not down to just results. “Even in League One, Lee Bullen in charge and Hartlepool in the play-off final – it was just a different atmosphere,” he said. The red and blue halves of the city will always be divided on the pitch – but they are united in despair. Recommended Sheffield Wednesday have more fans than Man City – please, someone save us Read more Click...

Its s funny old game

As we saw at Leicester, there are always some which are not going to hold the same views as the majority. The world seems to have lost site of this in recent years. Everyone thinks there is an argument to be won nowadays, at all costs. In our case the argument has been won already. Making Wednesdayites in the minority the victims of this mess in Chansiris absence doesn't look good at all. Announce a boycott or a delayed entrance like Leicester, and it will be self policed, as we have already seen. The optics of a virtually empty stadium at kick off will get the headlines everytime The best protest of all is a self policed boycott

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