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Utterly amazed by the content of some posts on here atm “Pedersen not good enough “, “Recruitnent not good enough” ”Atmosphere not good enough” ”Dreading the next match” What is wrong with everybody ? We escaped liquidation by the skin of our teeth last season, had our squad decimated, we are now operating under league restrictions which impacts everything we try to do and yet some of you want instant success! This is absolutely typical of modern society saying I want it all and I want it now! Please be realistic - this season will be full of ups and downs while we try to get the new players to bed in. Try to have some patience and a bit of understanding. Constant sniping will not help the players, the coaching staff or the management/ owners.

There’s a case after all these years for spelling his name correctly.

It’s here. It’s only flippin’ here. Yes it’s finally here. The season. Proper proper. LEYTON ORIENT v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3pm Saturday 15th August “Are you Orient fans?” In hindsight, a bloke in his 60s using this as an opening remark to two teenage boys, as they walked past me on a campsite in northern France two weeks ago, was a tad risky. I should explain. My son had seen these two lads wearing a football team badge which was either Orient or Bayer Leverkusen. As these two lads walked past me they were happy and joking. This meant they had a sense of humour, plus I noticed they weren’t wearing sandals and calf-length socks, so I was pretty confident they couldn’t possibly be German. What this means to anyone reading this, is that I got chatting to their dad, Tim, a massive Orient fan, so much of the drivel I am about to impart comes from a genuinely reliable source, rather than that modern interwebby thing or AI, whatever that is. Tim and I were each loading our cars to leave at the end of our holiday, trying to work out how on earth to fit everything in, and joking whether to leave behind that final case of wine or one of the kids. So, here’s expert, Tim, AKA some bloke I met briefly loading our cars on a French campsite. BEST PLAYER? Dom Ballard …and, as we all know, Tim’s pick as their stand-out player, Dom Ballard, will be troubling Millwall’s defence in the red of Bristol City, rather than bearing down on our goal wearing the red of Orient. MANAGER VIEWS? According to Tim, Richie Wellens has become pretty popular with Orient fans. Richie Wellens - Orient Manager Seemingly Wellens has his team well organised, working hard, and playing good attacking football. Tim did suggest the fans think it somewhat odd that Wellens had brought his own son into the Orient squad. Charlie Wellens But wait, there’s more… Alfie Wellens Yes, Richie Wellens has signed TWO of his sons onto the club books, leaving some fans unhappy about nepotism. Wellens was asked about this at a recent press conference and said this:- ”It’s total nonsense. I make my decisions based on ability. From the team bus-driver to the laundry staff, everyone at Orient FC is here on merit”. Team bus-driver Kenny Wellens and Laundry Manager Ethel Wellens refused to take questions, though did say that Press Officer Alan Wellens would be issuing a formal statement. FAMOUS FANS? Tim told me that their most famous fans were none other than Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Peter Quaife and Mick Avory. Who the f…? Says anyone under the age of 70. Well, you might not know their name, but you will know their songs: All Day and All of the Night, Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, Lola etc etc.. Yes, the Kinks were massive Orient fans in their heyday, the Sixties. After their heyday three of the band made a second fortune. Davies, Davies and Quaife became successful local businessmen, starting the Orient Road Repair and Resurfacing Co Ltd. This success inspired them to write their famous Christmas hit, “We Three Kinks of Orient Tar”. Sincerest apologies. To the fans travelling to London, have a fabulous day. To the fans watching, listening, or taking regular sneaking looks at their phone as you try to look like you are enjoying the holiday/wedding/birthday, try to bear in mind, this is day one of 46. Who knows, maybe even day one of 49, and we all remember how much fun THAT was. And to Tim, thanks for the insight. Naturally I hope you lose this one, but feel free to win 44 of the other 45 games. We’ll take first or second… …oh, and I hope the wine was good and that your youngest is getting used to life in France. SCORE PREDICTION Orient 2 - 3 Wednesday 16 Wellens 41 Wellens 53 Bannan 77 Lowe 92 OG (Wellens) COYO …and yes, I know the Kinks were Arsenal fans. But how else could I get the painful long drawn-out pun to work?

Let's maybe start posting about Pedersen here instead. Fed up of seeing Pedersen Out at the top of the forum all the time. At first glance I think it's very unfair in the current circumstances (even though a lot of the posts are positive). He and the new team are doing a very good job and have started very well. He deserves a bit of credit. Just don't like seeing the negative title when we're doing very well.

Time to give this lad a little credit. Stuck with us through last year’s crap and now scoring a few. He’ll never be the best centre forward we’ve ever had, but he’s not half as bad as people make out.

Congrats. New England u20’s manager. Think he’s perfect for it. Good luck.

It's still 2025

So we rock up today against Brunsmeer, and Henrik comes strolling over. What a guy, really nice bloke, had pictures, spoke with all our players. I hope it works out for him here

Seems like there's a bunch of fans who were desperate for a loss so they could have a go at Pedersen.

Sorry,he may be a nice guy,but he's no manager of a club like SWFC. delay,and we're just wasting time. Just can't believe the new ownership stuck with him.

Honestly - this was the first fixture I looked for! This is not a wind-up. Let me explain... Wednesday are the reason I'm a football fan - I was captivated by the FA Cup Final in '93 and early on watching the match I decided I'd choose a team I wanted to win to make it more interesting. I chose badly. I was 10 and knew nothing about football or geography so choosing the London team never occurred to me, despite being born and bred in London. I soon became completely obsessed with football in general, but was too young to go to matches in a city hundreds of miles away. So when a school friend asked if I wanted to go and see our local non-league team, Bromley, play of course I said yes - and was immediately hooked. On that day, I started to supported two clubs - a Premier League team and a local non-league team. I still can't quite get my head around the fact that today they're now both in the same league. How we got here Obviously we all know how Wednesday have ended up in this wretched league again - but as bad as this century has been for SWFC, Bromley have had completely contrasting fortunes. Bromley have spent all but three seasons of their 132 year history playing non-league football. They have won the FA Amateur Cup twice and a few lower league titles but were never one of the more successful clubs in the non-league pyramid. They rarely got the FA Cup First Round and only in the last 20 years have they ever got anywhere near the National League, let alone the Football League. When I frequented Hayes Lane in the late nineties, gates averaged around 350 and the team were always in a relegation battle - finally getting relegated to the Isthmian League Division One (the 8th tier) in 1998-99. But then followed a remarkable climb up the leagues: 2004-05 - Promoted to Isthmian League Premier Division 2006-07 - Promoted to National League South 2014-15 - Promoted to Nation League 2023-24 - Promoted to League Two 2025-26 - Promoted to League One Along the way, former Crystal Palace chairman Mark Goldberg had a stint as manager (with his son Bradley playing up front), the side were FA Trophy runners-up, then later winners beating Wrexham at Wembley, laid a 4G pitch and then had to rip it up to meet EFL regulations (the stadium is unrecognisable to the shed I visited in the 90s). You'd think this achievement would have been bankrolled by a wealthy owner? Well, partly - the current chairman has invested a lot of money since taking over in 2019, but this has mostly gone on the stadium, youth setup and infrastructure. Bromley haven't simply bought the best players at each level - success has been earned with shrewd management rather than a big cheque book. Last season Bromley won League Two with the second lowest budget in the football league. So what can we expect on Saturday? Bromley manager Andy Woodman (who was Gareth Southgate's best man) knows how to get the most out of his players, but emphasis is put on getting results over attractive football. I was at the Bromley vs Cambridge match last weekend and Bromley were fortunate to maintain their unbeaten league home record (over 500 days since last losing) in that match. Bromley play a very physical and direct game - no passing it out from the back, no possession football. From kick-off, expect them to boot the ball into touch near our corner flag. They have little pace and few athletic players - yet know how to grind down their opponents and make life difficult to play against. 44% of their goals last season came from set-pieces - so expect giant centre-backs causing havoc from corners and plenty of long-throws into the box. They're not strangers to red cards or the dark arts - and Woodman can easily wind up opposition fans. Bromley's main goalscorer of past seasons, Michael Cheek, is starting to see his powers wane aged 35 - but his league goal record over the past 4-5 years is on a par with Haaland and Salah. His game is not about pace but will be the main target main for long passes and crosses into the box. I think the game will be tighter and harder than many Wednesday fans expect - but I'm backing Wednesday to win 2-0. Just don't expect an entertaining watch! Who do I want to win? I've been to more Bromley matches than Wednesday ones in my life. I've seen Bromley play in cup finals at The Den and Wembley, but this will be my first Bromley away game. I always wondered how I'd feel if the two team met - I found out last season when I went to the Bromley U18s vs Wednesday U18s FA Youth Cup tie at Hayes Lane. I found myself naturally wanting Wednesday to win more. So I'll be on The Kop with my entire family for a match I cannot wait for! I want Wednesday to win... but if Bromley cause an upset, I won't be part of the meltdown on here... tl;dr I grew up in Bromley and they've been my second team for over 30 years Don't expect an easy 3 points on Saturday

An away win; an opening day win; and a promising if unspectacular display. We're far from firing on all cylinders, but that's to be expected by anyone with even a modicum of realism. The first half was scrappy, not helped by the injury to Onyango and the ref deciding he fancied an Orient equaliser, but I thought we were much better in the second half and for a 10-15 minute spell, they simply couldn't live with us. We really should have been 4-1 up and cruising, but hopefully our finishing will sharpen up with match practice. I had that usual sinking feeling when I saw nine minutes added time, but I honestly can't remember us seeing out a game with such relative ease. It's early days and there's clearly more to come, but as far as opening days go, there are plenty of positives to take from today. Onwards and upwards...

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v BRADFORD CITY, EFL LEAGUE ONE Hillsborough: Thursday - 8pm It’s here. The first league game back at Hillsborough. And there is something I need to address before we go any further. +3 Look at it. Plus. Three. No minus sign. I’ve checked several league tables. I’ve turned my phone sideways. I’ve even looked at the EFL website. It’s definitely there. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club have positive points. After finishing last season with precisely zero points, Wednesday travelled to Leyton Orient last Saturday and returned with all three. And what a sophisticated display of the beautiful game it was, a well-reharsed training-ground move leading to our first goal. Later, Barry Bannan rounded the goalkeeper, had the goal at his mercy...and… ... ... So, after one league game (in the finest pools coupon readout voice Slattery’s a**e — 1 Barry Bannan's wand of a left foot — 0 WELCOME HOME! And so, after our triumphant opening-day away win, the new era finally arrives at Hillsborough. Quite literally a new(ish) Hillsborough. While we’ve all been away, frying eggs on our foreheeds, something approaching £9 million has reportedly been spent on the old lady. Twenty-five years' worth of upgrades have apparently been squeezed into about 120 days, with reports of as many as 900 workmen on site at once. New hospitality. Upgraded club shop. World class Wi-Fi. And (in a bit of an exclusive hush-hush coup from ITK yours truly), £10k on a new real-hair toupee for Barry Bannan as his signing-on fee (although on lease-to-own so as to get around the EFL transfer spend restrictions). £10k you say? Apparently no expense spared, this particular hairpiece has been meticulously curated from 15 years of collected clippings from Ginger Spice’s monthly vagazzle appointments. HOT WATER IN THE TOILETS? Younger Owlstalk members might not appreciate quite how significant this is. The last known incidence of hot water in a Hillsborough toilet occurred shortly after a monkey from 2001: A Space Odyssey wandered down from the Kop, rubbed two sticks from an oak tree on the banks of the River Don together and accidentally set the bogs on fire. That was either approximately 1.8 million years ago or 1968. Sadly I won’t be in attendance myself, being exiled in pastures offshore, so I’m relying on those attending to report back. Does the Wi-Fi work? Is it world class? Try the advanced test: put on your disguise, connect a VPN, go incognito mode in your mobile browser, type in xhamster, knock one out in the ladies cubicle, wash hands etc. (in cold water), remove disguise, go back to seat. Buffering or clean delivery? Is the Megastore finished? What is Hirsty’s Bar like? And most importantly, can one buy Mezcal in pints from Pantalones, and does one have to wear pantaloons to get in? At approximately 4.57pm I fully expect the Matchday section of Owlstalk to contain the following two threads: “HILLSBOROUGH - WOW” What a transformation. Incredible work by everyone involved. Doesn’t feel like the same club. Followed immediately by: “£9 MILLION AND THEY HAVEN’T PAINTED THIS BIT” And in the OMDT comments: “Geri Halliwell is actually a brunette she only dyed her hair ginger for the Spice Girls” Anyways, onto matchday business. OUR VISITORS Providing the opposition for this historic reopening are Bradford City. We haven't played Bradford in the league since February 2005, when they beat us 2-1 at Hillsborough. In fact, although we’ve not played them much since we decided to forgo our Premier League status for a brief 26-year foray into the lower leagues, our recent record against them isn't great. Our relationship goes back rather further. Our first meeting was in 1908, a goalless draw at Bradford. More significantly, in 1999/2000, Bradford and Wednesday were both in the Premier League. Paul Jewell's newly promoted Bradford looked doomed but pulled off a famous final-day escape, beating Liverpool 1-0 at Valley Parade courtesy of a David Wetherall goal to finish 17th on 36 points. Wednesday, meanwhile, were relegated, finishing 19th on 31. They are no mugs at this level and exceeded all expectations last season in finishing 4th, racing out of the traps with a series of eye-catching wins across August and September, and winning seven, drawing three and losing just one against top-half teams in the first half of the campaign. They currently sit third, opening the season with a 2-0 victory over the Posh, with goals from defender Macaulay Gillesphey from a set piece, followed by a close-range finish from substitute Nick Powell, the former Man Utd prodigy. Graham Alexander has them set up in a 3-4-2-1, with Callum Connolly converted from CB to CDM and a key man taking their set pieces. With new signing and Sheffield unit Jake Beesley providing the striking focal point, expect a thorough physical examination of our defensive organisation and ability to cut out balls in from their overlapping wing-backs. We may well need Matt Hamshaw's reputation for detail on set pieces and Lumley to continue commanding his six-yard box. TEAM NEWS: I was honestly mildly excited about the signing of Tyler Onyango. Injury challenges aside seemed exactly the kind of athletic, long-limbed midfield gazelle we’ve been waiting for since the last injury-prone long-limbed gazelle we had last season and the season before. Lasted 18 mins poor kid now could be oot for season. In fact, thinking about it, Shea Charles (and Semedo) comes out of his time at SWFC with even more credit as one of the few No. 6 holding midfielders we’ve had that hasn’t spent more time in the knacker's yard than on the pitch: Onyango, Chalobah, Byers, Luongo, Hutch, Abdi, Melo…. Team update from Pedos presser: Valery available, sounds like Mitchell and Santos are close. Am hoping we can start both as we're gonna need bite and height. SCORE PREDICTION Wednesday 2 - 1 Bradford 17 Bradford (foot) 65 Slattery (right teste) 93 Bannan (syrup) Bannan rounds the keeper for an injury-time winner, trips over trying to get the ball back onto his left peg, and his newly-refurbed hairpiece flies off and nudges it over the line. Cue absolute bedlam in the stands and on the pitch, including the world’s first ten-man p*be-toupee pile on. (colour tbc) +6. Enjoy the match and report back. Don’t get too bladdered. And for Gawd's sake, don't burn theesens int bogs. UTO

Wycombe Wanderers vs Sheffield Wednesday Tuesday 1st September 2026 – 7.45pm Adams Park I have travelled to Wycombe on several occasions for reasons beyond football and concede I have rarely come away with anything positive, with the unfortunate exception of an NHS test result and confirmation that I had indeed caught chlamydia on a stag do there in the early 2000s. Fortunately, our boys meetings with Wycombe Wanderers tend to be somewhat more successful and we should fancy our chances after 2 wins from 3 in the league, sitting 4th in the table against their 22nd place and 2 points to date. With some prevalent positive vibes, not least from a resounding 7-2 victory last time out in Saturday’s “must win game” against Bromley, the double we did against Wycombe in our last season at this level and of course longer ago, the 2-0 home victory that saw us pip the darkside to automatic promotion in the 2011/12. The latter, arguably the last time we had a player that held any value and was sure to go on to bigger and better things. Michael Antonio breaking the deadlock against Wycombe Wanderers on 5th May 2012, helping Wednesday back to the Championship at the expense ofthe blades. Squad of 2011/12 Celebrating post 2-0 victory over Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers’ nickname, The Chairboys, is a nod to their industrial past of the finest furniture making, chairs that former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli no doubt sat on in one of only two notable tourist attractions in the vicinity, Hughendon House. This, the base where he concocted plans around colonialism that my 10-year-old boy will no doubt be blamed for at school at some point in the coming weeks. Prior to educating myself, I’d never given much thought to Wycombe Wanderers, perhaps assuming their moniker was due to not having an awful lot to get you off your seat at Adams Park, other than Gareth Ainsworth’s magnificent barnet. Or worse, regularly sitting in Adams Park might be on a par with one of the many medieval torturous devices designed around chairs, the Iron Chair, the Ducking Stool or the Judas Chair perhaps. The other appealing attraction in the local area is ‘Hellfire Caves’, once a secretive meeting place for the high-society Hellfire Club in the mid-1700s, where elite politicians gorged themselves on mythologised banquets, pagan-themed rituals and illicit parties. You could say nothing much about modern politics has changed. Of course, Sheffield has its very own version of the same, The Chuffin Hellfire Cave. It can be found exactly 1000 furious paces from Bramall Lane, at the foot of the outcrop just behind Homebase, bordering Heeley and Woodseats. Chrisseh Wilder, as current guardian, will only let you in if you too are a grumpy moaning git and please remember to remove your shoes before entering this sacred space. However, the thing that most caught my attention about Wycombe, was a ritual that still remains today. Any mayoral term begins and ends in the town square, where the incumbent or departing mayor, is required to undertake a public weigh-in. This is to help determine if they have grown fat on the citizens’ taxes by the end of their tenure. Perhaps this is something else people could explore as an angle to expedite the removal of our current manager Henrik Pedersen. Has he now been spending a disproportionate amount of time overindulging himself on David Bruce’s newly implemented catering budget? Is it solely down to him that our stock of sausage rolls is depleted long before the end of matchdays, all whilst single handedly being responsible for that pesky losing mentality at Hillsborough. It’s not too much of a stretch these days…. Anyway, back to this League One clash where the challenge is sturdy and unlike the finest furniture, we should expect the football to remain somewhat unpolished. Michael Duff’s tactics can sometimes rely on creating a sense of claustrophobia for away teams and they do have a pretty decent home record in general at Adam’s Park, supported by a usually vociferous crowd, providing that neither Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal are playing at the same time. The Owls will be hoping to find a ruthless cutting edge for the second game in a row and all being well, they’ll reduce the Chairboys to a pile of sawdust by the time that final whistle blows. Sheffield Wednesday will be hoping to field as close to the starting eleven that faced Bromley as they can but there are doubts over Santos and Bannan who both picked up knocks at the weekend. Wycombe may be looking at a complete overhaul having succumb to a 5-1 loss last time out at Stockport. Come on Henrik's Beautiful Blue and White Wizards, do us proud again!

fizz ‘em. We’ve played the nice guys for years and look where it’s got us.

The amount of absolute whoppers and all-round bu11s4hit merchants infecting football - thank God there is a place in the game for genuinely nice blokes like Darren Moore. Will always have a special place in Wednesday history and not many can say that.

When you turn up to a match and see the team this club has put out and and already know what is going to happen.After last season at least we expect is a team to compete not to have to accept another defeat .Started off with high hopes not many seasons left at 70 years of age so at least compete.

What’s that got to do with Wednesday ? Support the current manager ffs

David Storch is preparing to arrive back in England and has an admission of everything he has learned this summer. “It’s a heavy lift,” he says from his home in Chicago. “Much heavier than I thought I was signing up for at my age.” You can read the full article on the Athletic website

**I must apologise for the general lack of filth in this OMDT. Will make up for it next time, promise.** PETERBOROUGH UNITED v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY, EFL LEAGUE ONE London Road: Saturday — 12.30pm Morning all. Before we get onto Peterborough, I feel we need to discuss what happened at Wycombe on Tuesday night. Or more specifically, what David Rock saw happen at Wycombe on Tuesday night. Some of you may remember M. Night Shyamalan's 1999 supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense. Bruce Willis plays child psychologist Malcolm Crowe, who encounters a deeply troubled young boy with an extraordinary paranormal gift. He can see things other people can't. Which brings us to referee David Rock. "I see things." "How often?" "All the time." "Can other people see them?" "Not really." First, Callum Slattery ran from behind Cauley Woodrow at a corner, appeared to fall over with zero contact and Rock immediately pointed to the spot. Penalty. Wycombe players apoplectic. "Bruce Willis isn't even one of our players! What you on about, ref?" "I saw him foul him." Then, after inexplicably not giving a foul when Mothersille went a bit Freddie Mercury on Valery, a Wycombe cross looped off our defender and ended up in the net. Cue total confusion. After some consultation, Rock eventually ruled it out for a handball which nobody could quite locate and which, judging by the trajectory of the ball into the net, appeared to have been committed by something supernatural. Bruce. No goal. Next, Caolan Boyd-Munce fired towards goal and Gabriel Otegbayo appeared to brush the ball away with an outstretched arm. Six thousand people looked at it. The Wycombe players looked at it. The Wycombe bench looked at it. David Rock stared deep into another dimension. As he also did when Bannan was upended in the box racing onto the end of a one-two. It was an extraordinary refereeing performance. Not necessarily bad. Well, not for us. Just a referee operating on a different plane of human consciousness. Wycombe Wanderers 1 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday. Three points. And two penalties already this season — equalling our total from the previous 19 months. The league table currently reads: P4 W3 D0 L1 PTS 9. Second. A win at Peterborough would make it three wins from our opening three away league games for the first time since 1990/91. That season we actually won our first five away. We also got promoted and won a cup. Not getting carried away or owt... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OUR OPPONENTS Peterborough United. Nuff said about our last visit(ation) to London Road on 12 May 2023. That Play-Off Semi-Final First Leg 4-0 defeat felt like the lowest we'd felt in a long time, but then led to arguably one of the finest nights ever seen at Hillsborough, certainly since the early 90s. This is a rather different Peterborough side. Luke Williams is now in charge and Posh spent last season rather closer to the wrong end of League One than their supporters would have expected. Their start this year suggests the identity crisis isn't entirely resolved. Their league results: Bradford 2 - 0 Peterborough Peterborough 2 - 1 Mansfield Blackpool 4 - 0 Peterborough Peterborough 0 - 0 Stevenage However, during exactly the same period, Peterborough travelled to Championship Watford in the League Cup and beat them 5-1. This league is proving to be topsy-turvy, winners one week getting beat by supposedly lesser teams the next, and so on. This is why it is mission critical to keep the scoreboard ticking over. WHO TO MAKE A PUPPET OF AND STICK WITH PINS WHILST TRAVELLING DOWN THE A1 Posh have generally been lining up in a 4-2-3-1. The likely attacking shape looks something like: Owura Edwards — Brandon Khela — Ethan Williams Harry Leonard Leonard is probably the principal threat and behind him are three young, mobile attacking players. Ethan Williams, signed from Manchester United, provides pace and direct running from the left. Owura Edwards offers similar threat from the opposite side, with Brandon Khela operating centrally behind Leonard. Which sounds absolutely ideal for a Wednesday defence currently being held together with gaffer tape and Deep Heat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WALKING WOUNDED TEAM NEWS from Pedro's Presser. The gutting news from this week is the aforementioned Louie Barry injury. Our marquee summer signing had started the season looking like a man who'd accidentally wandered into the wrong five-a-side game. Then Bromley happened and Barry suddenly started looking every inch the player we'd hoped we'd signed, and he followed it up at Wycombe by scoring after just 11 minutes. And then, five minutes later, ankle turned on the dodgy astroturf down the side of the touchline. Pedersen confirmed yesterday that Barry is out for up to three months with ankle ligament damage. It's not just that we'll miss his output but we've been robbed of seeing him for what could be a sixth of his time at Wednesday. Ricardo Santos 50/50, other hammy and ACL crocks still floating about int the hydrapool. Harry Gray back next week. On the plus side, we've added big gun Davis Keillor-Dunn, giving us another attacking option following Barry's injury. Hoping we can keep him fit and work out a way to juggle our 6 loanees. For Peterborough, Owura Edwards has been a doubt after coming off against Stevenage, although the problem apparently isn't as serious as first feared. Tom O'Connor could return, while Carl Johnston remains unavailable. Deadline-day loanee Josh Feeney went straight into their defence against Stevenage and, rather inconveniently, they immediately kept their first league clean sheet of the season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEFORE THE SCORE PREDICTION – A LITTLE RAVE HISTORY Now then. There is another important piece of Sheffield-Peterborough history which, inexplicably, appears to have been overlooked by most conventional historians. Friday 14 February 1992. Valentine's Day. Peterborough Ice Rink. TEMPTATION FOAM PARTY. For one glorious night, a huge contingent of Sheffield's finest made their way south for what was essentially an attempt to recreate one of Ibiza's legendary Amnesia foam parties... In an ice rink. In Peterborough. In February. The bill featured two of the biggest DJs on the planet at the time: Fabio and Sasha. And sandwiched between them? Crosspool lad, Sheffield DJ and Wednesdayite: Mossy. Despite it being the middle of winter in a building specifically designed to keep a large quantity of water frozen, the organisers proceeded to fill the dancefloor with mountains of soaking wet foam. Obviously, the sensible thing to do would have been to dance around the edge of it. So naturally hundreds of people, fully clothed, piled straight in. And I mean piled in. Survivors of the evening recall the foam reaching ten feet deep at one end, and at some point the stage collapsed. Several hours later, a convoy of utterly spannered Sheffield ravers emerged into a freezing Cambridgeshire February night absolutely pish-wet through and began the journey north. Every hand dryer in every motorway service station on the M1 between the Midlands and Sheffield was consequently subjected to operating conditions never envisaged by its manufacturer. And by Monday morning virtually everybody who had made the trip had developed the same mysterious respiratory condition: Double Dove Disco Flu. But for one completely deranged Valentine's night in 1992, the youth of Sheffield and Peterborough came together in peace, love, unity and approximately 40,000 gallons of Fairy Liquid. Thirty-four years later, nearly 4,000 of us are going back. Older. Wiser. Slightly less spannered. And hopefully this time wearing something waterproof. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCORE PREDICTION Peterborough 1 - 3 Wednesday 12 Leonard (head) 34 J Lowe (foot) 68 Bannan (foot) 90+5 Weaver (glans) +12. Enjoy the match and report back. And if we're 4-0 down at HT, go put a bet on. UTO (PS ChatGPT image maker won't let me use real faces other than Bruce for some weird reason)

I know we are all gushing over today and rightly so. We could pick any player from that starting 11 and give them praise. But I feel like we've overlooked Reece James a bit. For how late he has come into the group he was excellent today. I have no problem whatsoever with him being the backup to Lowe. In fact, I thought he offered something different today. He has a real composure that I like and he passes the ball really nicely. He kept finding Barry and seems to have great relationship down that side. It's going to be a real battle for that position when Max Lowe is fit again.

Just get rid and please make it stop. He’s finished as a footballer, even at this level. All this “one of our own” Bullsħit has got to stop now. He’s had a free ride for too long. He wasn’t good enough 3 seasons ago and he’s definitely not good enough now. His legs have gone and he’s just not interested. He was absolutely abysmal against Wolves on Tuesday and every single one of his limitations as a footballer were laid bare. We were 7-0 up and cruising today when he came on and then concede 2. Coincidence? I think not. It is an absolute travesty he’s played so many games for this club (by default) and an even bigger travesty he’s still here as club captain. Please let this Emperors new clothes bòllocks that surrounds him stop and he be shown the door.

No. Although I haven't bought one so not sure if this helps.

Not good enough out

Not for me, ta

Best performance in a Wednesday shirt at Hillsborough in years. Yes, the opposition enabled some of it - but you could see his confidence rise and rise, ball sticks to him, excellent service into box. Got a steal with him, looks electric on left.

Slattery's diving. I hate it and, in my opinion, it's cheating. He came with that repuation (got suspended for feigning injury at Motherwell), and it is such a shame for such a talented footballer. Last night didn't look like he was touched, and should have received a yellow on Saturday.

The documentary would be brilliant. They could call it 'Harry Souttar and the Half Paid Prince'.

Kieran Morrison - done.

Back in Chicago after 15-16 days in London first to open the new campaign with a WIN v Leyton Orient then on to our new adopted home Sheffield! And how about the lads on Saturday… Wow!!! Put a huge exclamation point or 7 on our first 4 months owning our storied @swfc!!!!!!! And now we sit today on +6!!!!!! So proud of everyone connected with the club, our new executive team, folks in the front office + our fabulous match day team working so hard to make your experience that much more safe and enjoyable. And of course Henrik and the young men pouring their hearts and souls onto the pitch representing all of us with such grace, grit and determination. And I feel so blessed here today reflecting on it all. Big game tomorrow, later today for you all! Up the Owls ! #WAWAW

Wednesday fans generally have more class than this. Best thing we can do is concentrate on ourselves and storm up the leagues. That will ******** them off more.

He played numerous games three years ago and played in both play off semi finals and the final. To suggest he was barely good enough is a bit daft.

I opened this thread hoping for a video. In the absence of one, I've created an artist's impression while we wait...

Accrington Bromley, who are they? Bromley FC is a proper Northern club with a massive following, a famous ground that has hosted 27 FA Cup semi-finals and four World Cup matches, and a proud history of top-flight football with several trophies to their name. Fortunately, they’ve been run into the ground over the last few years, have an unproven manager, are used to losing after the season from hell, play lots of tippy-tappy stuff in their own half despite talk of “verticality”, and have been terrible at set-pieces for years. Oh no, that’s right, they’re literally the exact opposite on every single count! Bromley have spent 132 years outside the Football League and only the last 2 in it; their average attendance was less than 10% of ours a couple of seasons ago; they’ve never played a senior first-team game in the home of football (the whole city of Sheffield, not just Hillsborough); and their recent success has a LOT to do with them being brilliant at set-pieces. Oh shizzle!!! The contrast between our respective clubs goes on. Our nickname is a nocturnal bird; theirs is diurnal. We’ll be playing in blue and white; they’ll be in red and black. Their manager, Andy Woodman, has been with them for years - joining the club in the same month that Darren Moore joined Wednesday. It’s like someone threw Sheffield Wednesday into the Large Hadron Collider to see what would spew out. But forget anti-matter because, unlike the Mickey Mouse match on Tuesday, this fixture really does matter. It’s far too early in the season to utter the words “must win”, but a resounding victory would certainly help to reduce the vocal “Pedersen Out” minority. Saying that, if anyone is expecting a walk in the park, they could have another thing coming (or another “think” coming if you prefer the supposedly original and correct idiom ). Bromley are no mugs. They may be small, but they’re perfectly formed. And, crucially, they know how to win. They’re lethal from set-pieces, well-organised, and new signing Shamal George looks like a real talent between the sticks. Cheek to Cheek Slattery is arguably our man to watch; he can even score with his Harris cheek. But Bromley have a dangerous Cheek of their own. He’s known as Mr Bromley, having been their top scorer for six consecutive seasons – a remarkable feat, considering their rise from non-league in such a short space of time. Is League One a step too far for the 34-year-old? Only time will tell. Unfortunately, even if he’s not firing on all cylinders, Bromley have a super-sub up their sleeve. Victor Adeboyejo has started his Bromley career like a train, scoring in both of their league games, plus three in pre-season. He might even start in place of Cheek, but my guess is that Andy Woodman will opt to stick to his winning formula… Predicted Line-Ups: Lumley Valery – Santos – Cooper - Lowe Mitchell – Bannan Morrison – Slattery – Barry Burstow George Ifill – Sowunmi – Grant – Mendy Thompson – Conteh Whitely – Hondermarck – Pinnock Cheek With a pair of ornithological nicknames, this one could be all about the wings. I’m going to predict goals from both Barry and Morrison. We simply have to score first, and I think we will. But they're bound to score from at least one set-piece. Their dead-ball specialist, Mitch Pinnock, and the head of 6’6” centre-back, Omar Sowunmi, is a potent combo. So... Wednesday 2 – 1 Bromley Attendance: 27,380 Weather Forecast: Better for ducks than either Owls or Ravens! Bonus Quiz Question: Can you name a player in either Wednesday’s or Bromley’s current squad who played in the only match ever between the two clubs?

How many times has he managed this team ? Under these conditions ? With two league games played ? He's got FA to do with us atm. Tell me on what benchmark you can judge him against Pedersen managing SWFC Because there isn't one. support what we have I'm not saying Pedersen's perfect, but give him phooking chance to prove he is or isn't. 2 league games - 3 points , not bad at all. This is a non Wednesday topic. Can it be moved ? Just more crap when we should be supporting the club.

I am knocking somewhat but I am still not old enough to remember us winning the second division title in 1958. I have been fortunate to see us win honours, play in Europe twice but would love to see us win a title. Ok its only the first division title but nonetheless its a title. I am sure many others feel the same.

The Hi-Ho Derby On the eve of what will undoubtedly be an enthralling evening of soccer under the lights at the famous(ly run-down) Hills-Burrow Sport Arena, the age-old debate kicks off once more... Which grand old club does Sheffield Wednesday’s Hi Ho anthem belong to? The argument goes something like this… “It don’t b’long t’ yaw, it’s a Wulfrun Wundrus classeek”. “Don’t don’t talk daft” “It’s not my fault yam from the black cuntree” “No, I mean it’s Wednesday’s song, and that’s the end of it. Now shut thi’ trap or I’ll gi’ thi’ a clip” Unfortunately, unlike a Dingle with unbridled access to a Pritt Stick, it’s not that simple. To uncover the truth, we need to go back to the very beginning… After witnessing a Jonny Fantham hat-trick against Southampton in February 1967, Scott English and Larry Weiss took a liking to our anthem, and thought it would make a killing on Top of the Pops. They decided to shoehorn “Silver Lining” in place of “Sheffield Wednesday” because they thought it would broaden the appeal, without realising it would actually ruin the song altogether. They gave it to their good friend Geoffrey Beck to release the following month, and on hearing the ditty, fans from Brizzle to sCunthorpe, realised they could also change the lyrics and insert their own clubs’ names in place of ours. Some, of course, fit better than others. Queen’s-Park-Range-ers and Ast-on-Vil-la, aren’t bad. But others, like Chel-sea or Wol-ver-hamp-ton-Wand-er-ers, clearly don’t work at all. Even our little neighbours, with their cast-off ground and nickname, had a bash at fitting Shef-field U-ni-ted into the song. But, having to reduce Sheffield to Sheff is a low that even they couldn’t sink to for long. The novelty soon wore off for most other clubs too, but an Ipswich Town match report from 1971 confirms that a Wednesday away crowd was still belting it out, loud and proud, four years later. A football memoir recalls it being customary for the song to be played over the PA system at Hillsborough throughout the 70s, but doesn’t give a definitive date for when it started. Someone on here will know! What we do know is that a BBC report from Molineux refers to the home players coming out to the Jeff Beck classic Wednesday's song, in 1974. But we also know they played “Up the Wolves” and “The Wanderers Song” in the late 60s and early 70s (Molinews). So, the jury’s out on who used it as a “walk-out song” first. Was it the Owls or was it the Wolverines… or should that be Tangerines, with their shirts being more Tango than "gold", presumably in honour of Paul Gregory - the most famous man from Wolverhampton. All I know is that we still owe them for ruining our lives by being present at the very beginning of our demise, 27 years ago. The date was 13th August 2000, it was our first game in the second tier, and it took a total of 13 seconds for Kevin Pressman to receive a red card for handling the ball outside the box. The fastest red card in English Football. Some might say that Wolves aren’t to blame for that. But those people would be wrong. It can’t have been our Kev’s fault. Their Kev (Muscat) shouldn’t have threaded the ball through for their Ket(sbaia) to deliberately kick the ball at our Kev’s hand. They only went and rubbed salt in our wounds 5 years later with a crazy Penalty Shoot-out. Once again, our Kev was involved, scoring what can only be described as the best penalty that has ever been scored by anyone ever to put us 3-0 up. Apparently, there were more pens after that, but nobody cares how they somehow won 4-3, so I’ll move on… Among Wednesday’s other penalty takers that day were Andy Sinton and Guy Whittingham. Two of many players who have played for both clubs. Here’s a full XI, if you’re into that kind of thing… E.Martinez D.Iorfa – P.Shirtliff – D.Batth – M.Gray B.Marshall – D.Potter – J.McCalliog – A.Sinton S.Fletcher – G.Whittingam (Leon Clarke misses out because he ruined his CV with poor decisions later in his career) On the subject of XIs, this is probably the bit where I should predict who might play. But, as it’s a Rumbelows Cup game, it’s anyone's guess. Do we let Yan and any other tired players get themselves off to bed? Legs need minutes in them or something. So, there’s that. The visiting Hi Ho Silver Medal Winners might be thinking the same. Or they might turn up with a full team of recently-in-the-top-flight superstars, and steamroll us. I’m not itk when it comes to the team selections, so that’ll have to remain a surprise. What I can tell you is that the last time we met the “Golden” Wonderers in the Fizzy Pop Cup was in 2018. We lost 2-0 that day, and it wouldn’t be a huge shock to see a repeat of that scoreline. Unfortunately, I can also see that being followed by a string of threads pretending it proves HP is the wrong kind of brown sauce. But it won’t prove anything because… COME ON YOU BLUE AND WHITE WIZARDS!!!

It’s easy to feel as a fan base that we should be steam rolling teams but the reality is that Bradford have been a strong league one side for years. organised without much flair. They know what to do to win. the positives for me was that saw more going forward today than for the 12 months previous. of course we can be better and we will be:.. the more bannan, gray, Slattery, Barry, Mitchell and Morrison play together the better It will be. Rome wasn’t built in a day but London was burnt down in one. relax and support the process. as my old mate at work says ‘not every jump will make your toes curl… but when it does it blows your mind’ up the owls (our owls) x

Whilst I think the restrictions are a pain, part of me is glad that we’re going to be more sensible. We’re better at freebies and low cost signings than we are splashing cash on lavish signings. Slattery, Mitchell, Barry, Santos, Cooper….. I mean that’s a pretty high standard of player for a team in L1. Im not sure behind the scenes they’re as concerned as our fans are. Running a sustainable club is the responsible way to go. These restrictions may be seen as a blessing by the new owners as it allows the EFL to be the bad guy when our less than patient fanbase demand more more more even when it’s not in best interest of the club.

Well done to the management for getting a great bunch of coaches and players together on a limited budget and for recognising what an amazing job Pedersen did last season and giving him the chance to actually manage a team of players, where substitutions are not all forced on him and he can actually use the attacking tactics he wants to. Best start for us in 30 years, well done Pedersen!

I honestly don't understand some of our fans We just had the worst decade in our clubs history and the new guy walks in and a couple of weeks later some fans are complaining that the new owners haven't solved every single issue known to man yet Come on - let's be sensible about all this and reasonable, and not have this dummy spitting Give the new owner a bit of time to get stuck in and improve things and they'll come right ffs

Mate of mine has been commissioned to do a portrait of Albert Quixall, presumably for the Quixall lounge.

I stole this.

Yesterday I was delighted to be invited down into Hirsty's Social to speak with James O'Hara, the man behind Hirsty's Social and the Quixall Club, and Peter Donohoe, one half of Peter & Paul, the design agency that have been working tirelessly on the rebrand. Hirsty's is far from complete - but I've been assured that it'll be ready in time for Bradford next week. The 'Wednesday' sign behind the bar is going to look MEGA. Admin: Can you let me change my username to Owls Extra!

Absolutely Horse poo 30,000 outsung by 3,000 away fans. Even first 10 minutes when we played well it was subdued. Very very poor, id be fuming if I was old Storchy.

How when our previous idiot chairman sold a £15m stadium to himself for £60m allegedly for 'accountancy reasons wink wink), we ended up with points deductions, relegation and (further down the line) further punishments and a near existential crisis. Yet Premier League clubs can buy and sell £20m players for £50m to each other (or even worse, sister clubs in foreign Leagues) to balance the books/circumvent psr, and this is apparently all fine and legit... Welcome to modern football... I hate it.

Pray for Mr Q’s corner

We got cladding brand new cladding I just don’t think you understand it’s royal blue and white to replace the faded sh*te we got brand new cladding.