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Owls four earn new deals as Jones plans to strengthen
SHEFFIELD Wednesday manager Dave Jones has offered new deals to goalkeepers Stephen Bywater and Arron Jameson, defender Mark Beevers and winger Jermaine Johnson.
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Promoted Sheffield Wednesday release six, with Johnson and Bywater set to stay
Dave Jones has released four players from Sheffield Wednesday’s promotion-winning squad, with a further two young players also heading out of Hillsborough.
Safe pair of hands crucial for Mandaric when he leaves Owls
SHEFFIELD Wednesday chairman Milan Mandaric has sent his best wishes to Steel City rivals Sheffield United ahead of the League One play-offs.
Memories good and bad for Yorkshire’s finest thanks to huge impact of play-offs
WITH only three of the 25 seasons since the advent of the Football League play-offs having ended without Yorkshire representation in at least the semi-finals, clearly this county’s clubs know a thing or two about trying to clinch promotion via the knock-out route.
Mandaric praise for sacked Megson
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY chairman Milan Mandaric admits former manager Gary Megson deserves credit for the role he played in the club’s promotion to the npower Championship.
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Police investigating Hillsborough mockery
A Facebook page which mocked the Hillsborough football tragedy is being investigated by police.
Smiling faces of Owls’ fans reward enough for chairman Mandaric
In January he stood before a jury at Southwark Crown Court and was judged by his peers and cleared of tax evasion.
Mandaric plots Premier return after pledging future with Owls video
SHEFFIELD Wednesday chairman Milan Mandaric has set his sights on the Premier League after the club won promotion to the Championship.
Francis has fond final memories despite double defeat to Gunners
FA Cup final day holds bittersweet memories for former Sheffield Wednesday manager Trevor Francis.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Exeter 2 Sheffield United 2: Fans do their best to lift Blades as promotion bid is put on hold
“WEMBERLEY, Wemberley,” sang the defiant visitors from South Yorkshire while adding, as only football fans do, the requisite extra syllables to north London’s most famous suburb. “We’re the famous Sheff United and we’re off to Wemberley.”
Wilson will ask the question on beattie red card
DANNY Wilson believes Sheffield United have “nothing to lose” in appealing against James Beattie’s dismissal.
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Wycombe Wanderers 0: Ambitious Jones sets sights on building for future
THE DREAM has come true but the miracle could take a little longer.
Hillsborough noise at Owls promotion party “unbelievable”, says Semedo
Sheffield Wednesday captain Jose Semedo has revealed the noise generated by a sell-out Hillsborough crowd meant players struggled to hear team orders.
Sports Saturday: Sheffield Wednesday promoted.... how the day unfolded
Today is D-Day in League One as the race for automatic promotion between Sheffield rivals Wednesday and United comes to a climax.
Blades should not start feeling sorry for themselves – Warnock
AS a lifelong supporter and someone who was manager when Sheffield United suffered play-off heartache, Neil Warnock feels for his old club ahead of today’s final locking of horns in the Steel City fight for supremacy in League One.
1 commentBlades booked rooms with a view of the play-offs – Wilson
Sheffield United head into today’s crucial League One climax to the season admitting they booked their hotel for the Wembley play-offs three months ago.
Purse sees Owls flying even higher under their new boss
Former Sheffield Wednesday captain Darren Purse is backing his former manager Dave Jones to bring the glory days back to Hillsborough.
Jones out to prove Mandaric was right to gamble
Dave Jones hopes to deliver automatic promotion today and repay the risk taken by Sheffield Wednesday chairman Milan Mandaric.
Relaxed underdogs are playing for pride as they aim to spoil party
The two teams standing in the way of the promotion-chasing Sheffield clubs may have little to play for on the face of it.
Fans and Jones key to putting Owls back on course
If Sheffield Wednesday clinch promotion today back to the Championship, Owls midfield player Jose Semedo believes it will be the perfect reward for the Hillsborough club’s long-suffering fans.
Wilson hails Beattie’s impact as Blades hoping for Owls’ slip in promotion race
Danny Wilson is confident he has enough firepower at Sheffield United to deliver League One promotion for the Blades.
Brentford 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2: Treacy so sharp in response to blunt approach
AS an attempt at persuading someone to drop down a division to join Sheffield Wednesday’s promotion push, Dave Jones’s message to Keith Tracey over the phone was as blunt as they come.
Blades good enough to go up via play-offs if required, says Wilson
SHEFFIELD United striker Richard Cresswell admits that it ‘hurts’ to drop into the League One play-off zone – but insists the pressure is now back on neighbours Wednesday.
Jones looking to Hillsborough faithful to roar Owls over the line
DAVE Jones has hailed the character of his Sheffield Wednesday side after a potentially season-defining penultimate weekend.
Sheffield United 2 Stevenage 2: Blades’ fightback falls just short
SHEFFIELD United have surrended their advantage in the battle for automatic promotion with Sheffield Wednesday after managing only a draw with play-off chasers Stevenage.
Brentford 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2: Llera nets Owls winner
Dave Jones saw his Sheffield Wednesday side beat Brentford in League One to take the promotion race with Sheffield United to the final weekend of the season.
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FULL-TIME SCORES: Defeats for Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers, and Hull City, Barnsley draw, and York City win, PLUS latest from Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Bradford City, Rotherham United
It was a forgetful end to the Championship season as Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers and Hull City finished with defeats.
Owls are fired up to take fight down to the wire
AS the latest chapter in the tale of one city’s fight for footballing supremacy prepares to be played out, Sheffield Wednesday manager Dave Jones insists the experience of going head-to-head with a deadly rival for promotion can only boost his side’s chances.
Beevers is determined to finish on a high with the Owls
AS Mark Beevers received news a week ago that MK Dons had done Sheffield Wednesday a huge favour in the League One promotion race, he smiled at the thought of a text message he had sent just a couple of days earlier.
Nerves of steel not required as duo anticipate triumph for their clubs
Ian Appleyard sought the views of ex-Blade Keith Edwards and former Owl Mel Sterland on the race for promotion. No prizes for guessing the respective clubs they are backing to succeed.
Title-chasing Owls never got credit they deserved, says Hillsborough legend Francis
Leeds United were not the only Yorkshire side to enjoy success in Division One during 1991-92. While the majority of the country were focused on what they believed to be a ‘two-horse race’ Trevor Francis was guiding his newly-promoted Sheffield Wednesday to third place. Richard Hercock reports.
Chase for Premier League riches has damaged Yorkshire game
Yorkshire football is just one of the many victims of the intense scramble to reach the Premier League, believes Dave Bassett.
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Carlisle United 1: Antonio is shouldering a heavy burden of expectation for Owls
MICHAIL Antonio will be fit to play for Sheffield Wednesday next weekend – whether he likes it or not.
MK Dons 1 Sheffield United 0: Wilson in no mood to let loss leave him downbeat
‘NOT bad for a one-man team,’ has been the song of choice for Sheffield United fans during much of the League One promotion run-in.
Wednesday pile on the pressure after Antonio ensures late twist
SHEFFIELD Wednesday manager Dave Jones breathed a sigh of relief after the late, late winner that put his side back in the hunt for automatic promotion.
Wilson denies Blades focus was lost after Evans verdict
DANNY WILSON insists the jailing of Sheffield United top scorer Ched Evans for five years on Friday was not a factor in his side’s defeat to Milton Keynes Dons.
FINAL WHISTLE: Wins for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Bradford City and York City; defeats for Barnsley and Sheffield United; Leeds United draw
Sheffield Wednesday snatched a drmatic late winner against Carlisle United to close the gap on promotion rivals Sheffield United to just one point in League One.
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Carlisle United 1: Antonio strikes later Owls winner
Sheffield Wednesday beat Carlisle at Hillsborough today in League One to keep their automatic promotion hopes alive.
MK Dons 1 Sheffield United 0: Blades beaten by rare Smith goal
SHEFFIELD UNITED slumped to defeat at ten-man MK Dons as a dramatic late winner for Steel City rivals Wednesday cut their advantage in the race for promotion to just one point.
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EXCLUSIVE: Francis sets the record straight on why Sheffield Wednesday did not sign Cantona
Trevor Francis has revealed the truth behind one of the most controversial transfers in Yorkshire football.
4 commentsBywater refuses to throw in towel over promotion
SHEFFIELD Wednesday goalkeeper Stephen Bywater refuses to accept defeat in the battle for second spot with Sheffield United.
Owls’ fight with Blades delays contract plans
SHEFFIELD Wednesday will not be dishing out any new contracts until the battle for promotion from League One is over.
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- Now Warnock goes after QPR buddy Clint Hill for Leeds
- Vandals wreck Roman stonework at Scarborough Castle
- Now Warnock goes after Halford for Leeds United ... and who else?
- Huddersfield Town 1 MK Dons 2 (Agg 3-2): I feared for Alan Smith’s safety, admits Dons boss Robinson
- Ministers bid to save mayors from poll scrapheap
- ‘Brain drain’ fear unites MPs against regional pay
- Rebekah Brooks and husband charged over phone hacking
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