Owls fans hold funeral protest at ‘death of club’
By Lucy Ashton, BBC EMOTIONAL Sheffield Wednesday supporters have held a mock funeral procession with a coffin to symbolise “the death of the football club”. Protesters with banners, whistles and flares wound their way through Hillsborough Park ahead of the Owls’ match against Stoke City with the latter scoring a comfortable 3-0 victory. Fans […]
Read MoreYoung Owls dump Bolton Wanderers out of Carabao Cup
By BBC TROUBLED Championship side Sheffield Wednesday beat 10-man Bolton of League One on penalties to reach the second round of the Carabao Cup, where they will host Premier League Leeds United. Owls goalkeeper Pierce Charles saved kicks from Aaron Morley and Max Conway in the shootout to leave veteran Liam Palmer to win […]
Read More‘Sell up, you plonker’ – how Sheff Wed fans united against owner
By Nick Mashiter BBC Sport football news reporter at King Power Stadium AS SHEFFIELD Wednesday fans sang outside Leicester City’s King Power Stadium, a plane circled overhead. Behind it was a banner with the message “Dejpon Chansiri Out”. Inside, another banner had already been laid across empty seats, urging the owner to sell. Wednesday […]
Read MoreOwls tipped as first Championship side to be relegated
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY have been forecast as the first Championship side to be relegated at the end of the upcoming season primarily due to the Thai-owned football club’s unresolved financial crisis and ownership fiasco, according to an English football pundit. Benjamin Bloom has predicted on his YouTube channel that the Owls […]
Read MorePhumtham lifts ban on poker but details still be worked out
ACTING PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai signed an order revoking a ministerial announcement to legalise poker with the aim of hosting international sporting events in the country but legislative details are still being studied, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Aug. 4). As this is a sensitive issue, the Council of State would have to […]
Read MoreLeicester City put up banners to tell the world Thailand did not start the clashes
LEICESTER CITY, owned by CEO of King Power Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, put up banners on the pitch and the scoreboard with the message #TruthFromThailand during their pre-season friendly match with Italian club ACF Fiorentina yesterday (Aug. 3) with this ending at 2-0 for the former, Naewna newspaper said today. This is the Thai-own English club’s […]
Read MoreEFL concerned about future of Sheffield Wednesday
Story by Daniel Austin – BBC Sport senior journalist THE English Football League is increasingly concerned about the future of Sheffield Wednesday and their ability to fulfil their Championship fixtures this season, the BBC has been told. The Owls are in a deepening financial crisis under the ownership of Thai businessman Dejpon Chansiri, including […]
Read MorePoker recognised as an official sport in Thailand
THE Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) officially accepted poker as a sport at its meeting today (July 23) with this expected to help draw revenue to the country through holding competitions at both regional and global levels, Naewna and The Standard newspapers said. The SAT meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit and […]
Read MoreAnalysis: Super subs save the day again as England go through to Women’s Euro 2025 final
By Reuters and published by CNA Geneva – Just when England’s reign as women’s European champions appeared to be coming to an end, their bench cavalry rode to the rescue once more as substitutes Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly got the goals that put them into the Euro 2025 final. Trailing 1-0 deep into […]
Read More‘Historic’ football regulator bill becomes law – what it means for fans
By BBC FOOTBALL FANS have hailed a “historic moment” for English football after a bill to establish an independent football regulator became law. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the bill was a “proud and defining moment for English football” and will usher in a “stronger, fairer future” for the game. “This is an […]
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