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I give you Sheffield United -

- The club formed by their biggest rivals' chairman to give them some competition.
- The club that took over ownership of their rivals' ground when when they left to build their own ground - they've never built their own ground.
- The club that last won a major trophy before the Wall Street Crash.
- The club that demolished a fine cricket pavilion to build a smaller replica of Hillsborough's north stand, but with pink cladding on it.
- The club that evicted Yorkshire County Cricket club from their home, thus stunting the growth of cricket in Sheffield for decades to come.
- The club whose only involvement in European football was when taking on village teams from picturesque Tuscany in the Anglo-Italian Cup.
- The club who whored themselves out to a businessperson who's gender was never really confirmed, and an Asian consortium who brought the club good publicity on Horizon.
- The club whose fans create fake ordnance survey maps and alleged library articles in a desperate attempt to prove their rivals are pigs, while their team plays in bacon coloured shirts.
- The club whose fans urinate on visiting supporters and fire distress flares at children.
- The club who tried to get an embarrassing home defeat wiped from the record books by attacking their opponents in an attempt to get the game abandoned.
- The club whose fans take the moral high ground over the financial troubles suffered by their rivals (including closing Co-op bank accounts), while ignoring the fact they owe upwards of £50m to creditors.
- The club whose fans started a hate campaign against their manager - before he'd took charge of a single game.
- The club supported by Sean 'flipping' Bean.
- The club that blew a ten point lead in the fight against relegation, only to blame someone else and sue them for all they'd got.
- The club that then planned on suing the local council and the FA for choosing their rivals' ground over theirs for World Cup selection, then forgetting all about it when England failed to get the World Cup anyway.
- The club whose fans wanted Russia to be awarded the World Cup because of the afore-mentioned preferences shown by the FA.
- The club who gate-crashed the 150th anniversary of the oldest club in the world just to get a picture of Pele in their shirt.
- The club who built a statue for a man who did their accounts, just to wee wee off their rivals.
- The club who, three weeks after their star player was jailed for rape, still refused to take any action on the matter, leading their fans to set up a hate campaign aimed at the victim of the crime.

They've had it coming for years - now they've got their just desserts, and I for one am loving it.

£50m+ in debt, key players jailed/released - I hope they rot in the lower leagues for years, no-one deserves it more. I've never known a fanbase as deluded, stupid, classless and vile in my entire life.

This summer is going to be absolutely brilliant.

GET THE FVCK IN!!!!!

Tomorrow will be my dads funeral after he passed away last Wednesday. He lived and breathed Sheffield Wedneday, having a season ticket in the kop since he could afford one. The last game i ever attended with him was the WBA friendly and it was brilliant. We listened to the Derby game on the radio and his face when Reda equalised was something that will stay with me forever.

Its rubbish when i think of the crap hes watched over the last 15-20 years and upsetting that he will miss what looks like being a great time to be a supporter, although i know he will be watching from heaven. I will still txt him the score and visit him every Saturday night to tell him how we did.

A few people will be wearing Wednesday shirts tomorrow which he would have loved.

RIP Dad - Love you forever and will miss you till the day we meet again.

UTO WAWAW.

I don�t think its wrong to borrow a football clich� right now. I�m over the moon at the news this morning. Partly because a new era dawns at Hillsborough � and because a new hope descends on all Wednesdayites today.  But also because the old era is ushered out � in its entirety. They are gone. I hated everything that regime stood for.  Our club is left in tatters as they go � on the brink of non-existence it has been rescued.  

  However bad that is � that will not however be their legacy. They will be forever tarnished as the regime that decided to combat criticism of their running of the club � by taking long standing, honest and loyal supporters to court in frivolous and petty defamation cases.

  They cost our club hundreds of thousands of pounds following this action � and for what? To silence a few critics.  Personally I am absolutely delighted that they leave the club with their loan notes in tatters. I was never compensated fully for defending the action taken against me � I�m well out of pocket.

  They can afford to be out of pocket to some extent.

  This is not about money, its about integrity. And if they can honestly look in the mirror today and say they did the right thing (as they have maintained at AGMs and in Press statements over the years) then they deserve to go.

  Today is their final day. They are history. A shameful, and absolutely disgraceful history.

  I will be opening a bottle of champagne tonight that was bought for me on the day the legal action was dropped. I have saved it for today. I hope no one associated with that period of our clubs history ever darkens our door again.

Hi all ,thank you for giving me the above,

today i was the most nervous man on this planet ,
tbh i didn;t know what to expect ,my friends , i was shaking inside from late last week ,
not sleeping properly or even eating ,the day started with me meeting Darra for the first time , this man is a perfect gent , he knew how much this day meant to me and went out of his way to make me feel special ,
Also driving some 40 miles out of his way to take me to the ground ,as we arived at Hooties and met himself and his family we were treated with the utmost respect ,by himself his son and wife , who then went out of her way to drop us off at the Nigra , on entering we were met by john gath, who introduced me to Nigel, who took it on himself to introduce myself and darra to all and sundry,from owlstalk , on this note , i met Reading,
weshallovercome ,33, jd,hullowl phil,sonofbert,the unforgetable ultras (,my paintwork and their ideas could do some serious damage )and the one and only SiJ, And Rodger wylde who pm's me regularaly to chat  , all these people treat me as one of the family, which was kindness in it's self,And made me feel so very welcome, the only thing i was upset about is not meeting any more of you ,
,also i recieved a signed football shirt from wednesdayite,and i suspect Gandiaowl had a hand in this  33 even bought myself and my Diane some of his superb Chorley cakes ,these were an unexpected suprise and will be duly dispatched first thing in the morning Mick ,thank you, all in all my hour with the lads was truly awsome ,at 11 am Darra and i ,made our way to the 1860 lounge where we were treated with the utmost courtecy ,we were served a selection of Gammon .sausage, scrambled egg ans tomatoes ,with fresh rolls ,this can't have been lindly's as it was very nice   after our meal we spoke to  king david of swfc who duly autographed our programmes , We then made our way out into the south where we found our seats way up at the back , lovely view ,and drank in the atmosphere that only swfc can provide( awsome)  every one of you played your part today the noise and chants were deafening, we even joined in with the songs we knew ,   as the game kicked off, we where suprised how awfull the pigs were tbh ,i was expecting more of a showing than what they produced, i think our lads were a bit slow to start but once they got into the groove i could see us winning it ,their 1 chance of note was the crossbar shot , after that we seemed to rise to the occasion , antonio looked a class player i can see him doing us a power of good when settled ,every player gave his all today and we are unfortunate to not go in to half time 1 up,
in the second half we were a little better and o grady's drive was a screamer pity it didn't rip the net out ,
and his goal was something else , we deserved the win we were the better side ,if we were more consistant we would be well ahead in second maybe pushing for first ,I can't fault any player today they gave their all ,
the pigs gave nowt ,and the croud were awsome today my ears are still wringing ,as i type this i can't help but laugh at the shed song it had me in stitches ,all in all lads and lasses ,the team the club , garry megson ,
and uncle Tom cobly
,
today owlstalk You gave me the perfect day and no one will take the memmory away from me , WTID uto and deffinately the city is ours ,we earned it today,  respect and a MASSIVE thanks ,Trev

Well my Wife, Daughter and Grandaughters just had a decent day Christmas shopping in York.

Dave (Wednesdayite Director) joined me at the meeting and we were welcomed by Alan Bloore the FSF chairperson.

I would point out that my visit to the Football Supporters Federation was largely brought about by our plight and a number of discussions that I had been engaged in, the efforts of those involved has resulted in a letter seeking a response from the football league, and I thank those involved on behalf of us all.

I was introduced along with MP's Hugh Bayley MP for York Central & Mr Nick Daykin MP for Scunthorpe. ( I collard these two later for one to ones)

The Agenda item on Pricing was held over so as to allow both MP's, Dave and I to leave after relevant business had been discussed.

The first Agenda Items were centred on the 'Safe Standing Campaign' the debate was lively and to a large extent centred on the 1st and 2nd Division and none league clubs and how standing was not solving the revenue streams as football safety certificates attendance limits were punitive towards grounds with the larger standing areas. Some interesting concepts of seating utilised in Germany were discussed, a sort of
semi-seat/semi-safetybar which would accomodate both seating and standing. Safety featured strongly as an issue and both Dave and I were encouraged to draw on our experience of Hillsborough and 'The Taylor Report'.

The next Agenda item was Club Governance and  the regulations covering the same:  A preamble to our situation was avoided as I was able to get together Fact sheets, notes and campaign statements regarding the different groups, factions and board room balance (thanks to Martin for Printing).

The basis of what I said was to underpin the urgency of our plight 1st Dec 2010...This was readily understood by all. I relayed the contents of the letter to the Football League thus............


To whom it may concern,

I would like you to consider your responsibilities with regards to the Current situation at one of your member clubs, namely Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Personally given what has been said by many people and has become a matter of public record; I believe that the Football League have been negligent in allowing the Dave Allen situation to persist.
That is he continues to have a significant interest in Sheffield Wednesday whilst having a controlling interest in Chesterfield F.C.  He holds circa 10% of shares and loan notes and at the time of his involvement emerging at Chesterfield F.C. gave your good selves an undertaking regarding not effecting the conduct of business at Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Mr Wright has sat on the Sheffield Wednesday board in an advisory capacity during a period that Sheffield Wednesday have been offered for sale, more than one bid has been rejected with Mr Wright in attendance at said board meetings. Furthermore Mr wright holds loan notes which he hopes to have settled by private treaty. Mr Wright has been instrumental in rejecting some bids whilst recommending acceptance of less favorable bids.

Mr Allen is along with Mr Michael Wright, but not in collusion, are repeatedly blocking the advancement of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

I believe that none intervention on this issue by the football league is negligent and may result in serious harm or worse befalling one of its members.

The basic rule under English Law is that for negligence to apply all four of the following conditions must be satisfied:

1. There must be a duty of care owed by one party to another
2. There must have been a breach of that duty
3. The damage must have arisen as a direct result of the breach of that duty
4. It must have been foreseeable to a reasonable person

I'll explain how it applies to Sheffield Wednesday in this situation.

1. The Football League owe a duty to their members to draw up rules that are clear and fair (I believe that would include ensuring as far as possible that there can be no possible conflicts of interest)

2. The fact that both Mr Allen and Mr Wright have a conflict of interest shows that the Football League have breached that duty

3. If administration comes because either Mr Allen or Mr Wright will not agree a deal, then the damage to Sheffield Wednesday is a direct result of the breach of that duty of care owed by the Football League (i.e had they acted to prevent conflict of interest, neither DA nor MW would never have been able to veto a deal in the first place, therefore the deal would have gone through and administration would have been avoided.

4. I think any reasonable person could see that if a person moves from being a director of one club to another such a conflict could arise, equally, that another shareholder may deliberately block potential deals to favour their own position, certainly the Football League do as you already have rules in place that go someway to addressing this very issue. The problem is do your rules go far enough ?

As far as I can see all four conditions have been fulfilled and You the League have therefore been negligent in the way You have structured the rules.

Whilst this will have no bearing on the court case itself, my argument is that if the club goes into administration because either Mr Allen or Mr Wright blocked a deal that would have stopped this, then You the League bear part of the responsibility as You would have permitted this situation in the first place by not drawing up proper rules. If the League are partly responsible then why should Sheffield Wednesday F.C. bear the full punishment.

As I write Blackburn Rovers have just changed hands please bring to bear whatever pressure you can to help ensure the survival of our great club.



Neville Wright Life long Sheffield Wednesday supporter.


My statement was well received and the urgency was well understood; More by luck than judgement Alan Bloore has a meeting this week with the Football league and will give the matter his most urgent treatment, promissing to make Sheffield Wednesday the top discussiion item. Furthermore, he says he will be in touch with Dave or myself immediately subsequent of the meeting.

ADDENDUM: I spoke to both MP's Hugh Bayley &  Nic Daykin and brought them up to speed with what MP's had involved themselves so far on our behalf. Both asked for copies of the letter to the football league and promised they would do all they could.

UTO WTID

sorry for the long read

A view from the East Bank..........

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=k8LUoziZB_U

Some of the stuff going around on here is absolutely shambolic, and I'm talking about some of the cretin's who claim to be Wednesday fans on this forum.

Lee Clark is the new man. Sky Sports camped outside the ground. Megson's clearing his desk. Just some of the rubbish that's been perpetuated on here to go along with Key's and Grey spreading b*llshit on TalkB*llocks. Key's and Grey who, lets be honest, are two of the most insidious, poisonous and out of touch w*nkers left in sports punditry. They don't give two sh*ts what happens in League One and they know less about it than your average football fan cares about how many yards Steven Gerrard has covered on Grey's "Final Word" analysis. They talk b*llocks and clearly a small but vocal section of w*nkers on this forum follow.

And to achieve what? To pile the pressure on a man who is Wednesday through and through and doing his best to manage this team? To undermime the authority of a Chairman who is trying to do his best for this football club? To spread malicious rumours about another man's job?

Absolutely abhorrent. I know people are frustrated and annoyed at the team's recent form (and we're still 3rd in the f*cking league) but Owlstalk has really hit the pits this week. Fair enough we all want a moan and fair enough neither Megson or Milan are beyond criticism. I actually described my feelings on Megson being sacked as "indifferent" in another thread. But there's a difference between that and going out of your way to make life difficult for a man who cares about this club as much as you or I do. There's a line there, and with Megson I think it's been crossed.

To start throwing names around like Lee Clark when a more qualified, experienced manager who is one of us and has achieved FAR more then Clark has ever done is already here, is in my opinion disgraceful. I'd question whether or not some of these people are Wednesday fans at all.

Sort yourselves out.

Rant over.. 'kinell.

Dear Owlstalkers,

My father, Ron, life-long Wednesday fan died last Saturday afternoon, aged 86.  By way of a tribute and prompted by Admin’s request for stories from older supporters, I thought I might pen a few of the anecdotes he told me over the years about his life in supporting the Owls.  Born in 1926 and living in and around the north of Sheffield for all his life apart from service with the RAF in WW2, it was difficult to be away from the football club.  In fact for some years he lived at the junction of Parkside Road and Penistone Road.  Where today a burger van parks on match days and a programme seller stands, there were three houses, all demolished years ago.  Ron lived in one of these, so he was in the shadow of Hillsborough, quite literally.

His first memory, when he was a young boy himself, was of clearing out the mud and the dirt in the track of the exit doors at the ground, with his fingers.  For this little task, he was allowed in to see the last 15 minutes or so and he’d be passed or pushed right down to the front, onto the touch line almost to see his heroes.  Of course Wednesday were among the elite of the day having won consecutive championships in the late 1920’s.  He often recited how he saw Ron Starling parade the FA Cup on an open top bus after our 1935 triumph.  Later when I was him as a boy myself, he’d point out Ron Starling’s paper shop on Middlewood Road and ask the question, would we ever win the Cup again?
Well WW2 soon loomed large and dad always maintained that we were developing a Championship winning squad ruined by the suspension of the league, although I believe we came either first or second in a northern league that was run in the latter days of the war.  One of his favourite stories was how during his RAF days and before demob he was stationed in Plymouth, only for Wednesday to appear in a League game one Saturday, in front of a huge crowd, that he was able to skive off to see.  It was an away win of course!

Following demob in 1948, dad became a regular, week in week out for the next decade or so.  The players he always reminisced about were our heroes of the post war period; Redfern Froggatt, Albert Quixall, Eddie Quigley, Denis Woodhead etc.   And a gangling giant who dad thought was rubbish, until he starting knocking them in by the hat full.  Derek Dooley of course! These were our yo-yo years, not good enough for the 1^st Division, too good for the 2^nd.  He told me how a track suited player came out one day pre-match and proceded to demonstrate quite exquisite ball control, keepy uppies, over the head, heel flicks, catching it between his shoulder blades.  Who was this guy with the sublime skills?  A South American perhaps?  No, as he removed his track suit to enormous applause from the crowd it was the aforementioned Quixall, later a record transfer to Manchester United.  And how Dooley came up against the England and Wolves Captain and centre half in one game, Billy Wright, who was married to a member of the Beverley Sisters, the Posh and Becks of their day.  Well, Dooley murdered him!  So many stories for an eager fan like myself to listen to, enthralled.

Dad married in the mid 50’s and I came along in 1958, as he saw our great side of the 1960’s; Springett, Fantham, Swan, Kay and Layne.   Dad always maintained that Swan, but for the bribes scandal would have been an automatic for the 1966 England team, but it was not to be.  He saw all the matched played at Hillsborough in the World Cup and of course 1966 will always be remembered for something else.  It was about this time that he started taking me with him.  I can remember the excitement and indeed the fear of being a very small boy among all those people with all the noise and the lights, clutching dad’s hand tightly.  We’d sit in the North or the South, the kop would have been impossible for me being so small.  He went to the semi-final in 1966, Vic Mobley’s game, though for some reason not the final itself.  We watched it on TV, in black and white  and I can remember the tears rolling down my face as Everton came back to win.  My memories of games in the 1960’s are vague, but despite seeing players of the ilk of John Ritchie and Tommy Craig arrive, we always seemed to be a team in decline.  It would go something like this, “son, we’re playing Spurs today and they haven’t won here for 30 years, an easy two points”, only for a stooping header from Alan Gilzean to send those points back to London.  Substitute any other team’s name and the result always seemed to end in the same way.  There was some consolation, I enjoyed throwing those cushions onto the pitch at the end of each game, at least until they stopped giving them out!  Then there was that game, 1970, Manchester City, the end of an era and it felt like it.  No tears from me this time, I was 11, just a resignation that it might be some time before we were back.

I guess dad fell out of love with football in the 1970’s.  Hooliganism was rife and he was having nothing with that.  I’d got my own Wednesday supporting friends by then and was going to games with them.  Away games in particular could be dodgy affairs and trouble could find you even if you weren’t looking for it.  Dad’s visits became fewer, though I remember certain games he went to, Brian Joicey’s hat trick game versus Palace, a fair weather fan if anything, but he wasn’t alone at the time.  With Wednesday on the rise again in the late 1970’s I’d drag him along to some games and he’d stand, on the kop by now and cheer and clap, while turning a blind eye to some of the more obscene chanting.  He was there at the BDM and to see us promoted in 1980.  He could admire Curran’s old fashioned wing play, he liked wingers.  As a season ticket holder myself later, his visits were limited to when one of my friends was unable to attend or to cup games.  So he was there to see Andy Blair’s hat trick of penalties, four all against Chelsea, parading the League Cup, Guy Whittingham’s debut, etc. etc.

Tickets for Cup Finals are much harder to obtain than they used to be, so there was no chance of him going to Wembley in 1991, or indeed in any of the 1993 games apart from the last one.  This was my version of his 1960’s team; Hirst, Nilsson, Waddle and the rest, a great team.  I was convinced we’d beat Arsenal in the 1993 replay.  “Dad, I’m taking you to Wembley to see us win the Cup, you missed 1966 and you always said we wouldn’t win the cup in your life time.  Well it’s our time now!”  So off we trooped, only for Linighan’s header to break our hearts.

Over the years since and as the club has plumbed the depths his visits to Hillsborough have become less frequent, but our topic of conversation over the phone from my home in the Cotswolds always turned to Wednesday at some stage; who’s buying us, who’s selling us, the latest recruit, the latest managerial dismissal.  Like many supporters, including me, dad was a glass half empty man.  “They’re rubbish, we won’t be going up this season”.  As often as not he was right of course!  As dad became older, a day or a night at Hillsborough was out of the question.  His last game to my knowledge was a home game match Palace.  A last minute winner from Maclean I think, so maybe 2006, or 2007?  Instead the mantle of support passed to me and my two boys, season ticket holders on the kop.  We’d walk back to dad’s house after a match and give him the low down on the game.

A month or so ago it became clear he hadn’t got long left and he was admitted to St. Luke’s hospice.  One of his last actions, last week was to sit up suddenly in bed and enquire loudly, “have Wednesday been promoted yet?”  I’m pleased I gave up my Brentford ticket to be with him at the end.  He would have been pleased that we won on the day he died.  In fact it has already been mentioned that he might have had a word with somebody upstairs to deliver that result for our neighbours.

What is for certain is that I want the team to do it for Dad on Saturday.  It would be a fitting tribute to his time spent following the Owls over 80 years.

I have a tear in my eye writing this, knowing we won’ be discussing football again.

Ron – Wednesday legend, 26th January 1926 - 28th April 2012

Do it for dad!

Terry Kennedy ‏@telkennedy
noone cares wt u think!




Cecil Nyoni ‏@CecilNyoni26
didnt they teach you to respect your elders ?



Terry Kennedy ‏@telkennedy
I've been brought up to respect the people I like! ;)



Cecil Nyoni ‏@CecilNyoni26
mmm to be fair your a dingle & a blade which means your an odd child




Terry Kennedy ‏@telkennedy
ur a wednesday lad. What's that make you? :s

Cecil Nyoni ‏@CecilNyoni26
a championship player what about you ?

Now make the most of it!

Had nothing to play for, but we put in our performance of the season.

Before the game, I witnessed a group of young United fans stoning cars in the Bletchley industrial estate - re-affirming my belief that they are in fact; dickheads.

Alan Smith was amazing today, its just a sham he's been lost in every other game in his loan spell so far!

Ched Evans songs were in full voice!

We hot the post twice with 10 men, it began to feel as though we were going to be punished for not taking our chances. But we managed to hold on for 25 minutes - Much to the frustration of the 6,000 Blades fans.

Oh, Although Potter didn't score, he was awarded Man of the Match - He was fooking class.

Looking forward to beating them again in the play-off final

Have a drink on me guys, a present from MK. (I always said I'm a betting jinx... No doubts who I bet on today). If you end up going up, I hope a few more of you will let the whole 'Franchise' thing go.

It is history after all.

CowshedLad

My Dad took me to my first Wednesday game when I was about 4 or 5, we used to sit on the uncovered South Stand.

He won the Sheffield Star Walk in 1982 at the age of 48.

He was both a qualified Amateur Athletics Association coach, and FA Coach.

He was an electrician by trade, but loved to keep himself fit, and eventually gave up as an electrician to get into coaching.

He worked alongside Tony Currie at Sheffield United as a Football in the Community coach for a while and also managed a local football team.

He also trained a fellow Sheffield race walker who went on to represent GB at the Olympics.

This morning, at St Lukes Hospice, he died, a victim of stomach cancer.

At least he lived long enough to know we weren't relegated.

Rest in Peace Dad.

Firstly mods could you leave this post where it is as this began on here,Thanks in advance,

Well lads,what can i say ,this morning you unknowingly reduced , a man to tears ,
i was awoken by  a knock on the door at about 8 -30 am , so spitting and cursing (as i had only 3 hours sleep after a bad night with the
Mrs)i made it to the door to be greeted by a man with a parcel ,now being half asleep i told him it was probably for next door ,(as he buys reguler off ebay) No the man say's it is for this address , So in bewilderment i took said parcel indoors , ,
i then began opening the said package , and that is when i filled up low and behold it was a laptop, no note or anything , but i guessed where it had come from, this was sent via grandad from your kind donations ,out of the surpluss after match fees and travel had been met,
Now for the last month or so since my old desktop packed up i have had to beg my next door nieghbor for access to his laptop ,
But thanks to my fellow owlstalkers whome i have never seen, i don't need to loan anymore , also you have given me the chance to stay online in our comunity,that my friends  may not mean a lot to you but being a carer  can be a lonely life, but because of you that scenario
will never arise again as i have access to owlstalk at any time , so if things get a little tough ,(and it does believe me)  I can log in with my
internet friends , And that is worth a lot more than you will ever know,
The internet is my life my friends , thank you once again from the bottom of my heart for making my life more bearable , , Thank you for being there when called upon and accepting me into the wednesday family,
No better people and supporters ever, god blees you all
best regards Trevdi9
TREV


PS SORRY if the post is a little mixed up but  words are not enough , see you all in Feb ,WTID

Last night I did my usual rounds of the ground ppitchside and walked over to where I always say hello to (and take a photo of) a really genuinely lovely Wednesday fan called Vera Chapman.

She's been down at the front of the South Stand for many years and was 100% Sheffield Wednesday through and through

I know we all know many Wednesday fans who are ardent and blue and white and this lady was up there with the very best of them.

She always had a smile on her face for me, always had a laugh and a joke with those around her, and was at every single home game for more years than many of us have been alive, cheering the Owls on.

Vera had a season ticket at the front row of the South Stand just along from where I used to sit (near the away dug out) and I used to talk to her at home games.

You might mostly remember her for being the one who was on the front row of the South Stand stood up shouting at linesmen every game - yelling at them and telling them off for any mistakes they might have made !

I learned last night that unfortunately it was time for Vera to go to the great home game in the sky to join some former Wednesday legends and to look down upon our football club from above.

I'd like to express my sympathies to Vera's family and to just say that I was upset last night to hear of her passing and that I've met loads of lovely Wednesday fans in my time, and Vera was definitely one I'm proud and happy to have known.
Not too proud to say I'm sat here shedding a tear as I post this



Her fellow fans at the game last night did the above little touch on the seat where Vera had her season ticket which was lovely to see too.

R.I.P Vera - sleep tight and let's hope we can get promotion for you this season

UP THE OWLS

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The Sheffield Star has today issued a heartfelt apology to traumatised Sheffield United fans after the disgraceful celebratory wind up advert placed in their newspaper yesterday by one of our members (who shall remain anonymous)

We would like to go on record as saying that the member responsible will be roundly congratulated continually until he is overwhelmed by our gratitude and succumbs to the temptation to strip naked with nowt but 'UNITED BOTTLED IT AGAIN' tattooed on his back and run around the general Bramall Lane area laughing heartily at our porky neighbours

We would also like to thank the Star for publishing the advert and continuing what the pig fans see as a continued and sustained unfair balance in our favour in the media

F-OFF UNITED..... THIS PAPER IS OURS







Thanks once again

Owlstalk

But if they did, it would be the most embarrassing outcome ever :D

Taken from the the football league paper (Chris dunlavy)

''No wonder Milan Mandaric was so blown away by hillsborough last weekend, The old place was nearly torn assunder by the wall of noise as Wednesday roared towards promotion from league one, ''this is not a sleeping Giant its a giant'' said mandaric
I've been to 80 odd grounds from Old trafford to needham market in the ridgeons league to the san siro in milan, but I've never heard the kind of Raw, visceral din that emanated from hillsborough on saturday.
Perhaps it is something to do with the old tin roof bouncing sound around.
But wednesday proved on Saturday that being a big club is about much more than having a rich owner and a place in europe, it is surely on a matter of time they reclaim their place in the big time.



MASSIVE

Hi all ,

My mrs got a beutifull suprise today ,
i ordered her a  delivery of flowers ,and chocolates off the internet , these were from your good selves via your get trev to a match fund ,

Well my friends i havent seen Diane smile so much for years ,she was so happy even to the point of tears ,
Unfortunately she is not well enough today  to write a message , so i have been instructed to convey her utmost thanks to each and every one of you for showing such kindness to a special person ,
For a few minuits today you my friends managed to help her forget the pain , and enjoy a brief moment of pleasure ,this will never be forgotten , all the best my friends and thank you so much for being there to make Dianes life a little more comfortable , god bless you all ,

What do you think of this advert in the Sheffield Star then ?