Seve Hirst

🙌👏🙏🦉🔵⚪️

Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest football clubs in the world, their famous name woven into the tapestry of the game. Formed in 1867, elected to the Football League in 1892, founder members of the Premier League, four times champions of England, three times winners of the FA Cup, and the League Cup once. Such honours may be far back in history but Wednesday remain a powerful force in many lives, in families, communities, in Sheffield and beyond. It would be devastating to Wednesday supporters and deeply damaging to the reputation of English football if Wednesday lost their membership of the EFL because of the behaviour of an owner in Dejphon Chansiri who passed initial EFL ownership tests, was welcomed (let’s not forget), but turned out to be shamelessly irresponsible. Wednesday fans fear the club's existence might be at risk if the EFL imposes further punishments and restrictions that deter potential buyers. Stronger oversight of owners is clearly required and the EFL and PL did tighten their rules in 2023. The new Independent Football Regulator will introduce a proper licensing system for clubs and better oversight of owners. Unfortunately, the IFR did not come into force early enough to prevent Wednesday's downward slide under Chansiri. Wednesday are currently in administration and threatened with further EFL sanctions – a 15-point deduction for next season. This season's 18-point deduction all but guaranteed relegation from the Championship (confirmed on Feb 22). The League applies sanctions as punishment for debts and also as a deterrent to other clubs/owners. The EFL emphasises it is working with all parties to “try and find a solution that can see Sheffield Wednesday continue as a member of the League....but ultimately we have to also apply the terms of the League’s insolvency policy…which seeks to balance the interests, not only of Sheffield Wednesday, but also of the other 71 clubs”. Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust, fighting hard for their club’s survival, has now released a copy of the EFL’s insolvency policy and argues that it gives the League, in the Trust’s words, “absolute discretion when determining how to deal with clubs experiencing an insolvency event”. The Trust argues that “…further punitive sanctions risk undermining the very factors the EFL states it must consider - including the effect on supporters, the impact on the local community and the wider credibility of the league itself. “Sheffield Wednesday supporters are not seeking advantage over other clubs. It is entirely right that all EFL clubs should be treated fairly and consistently. That principle must include Sheffield Wednesday that has already suffered enormously during a decade in which the EFL’s own regulatory oversight failed to prevent the damage that unfolded. “We urge the EFL to apply its own guidance responsibly and ensure that the focus now is on allowing the club to recover, stabilise and move forward under new ownership. Sheffield Wednesday supporters have suffered enough.” #SWFC #EFL @SWFCTrust

@robstaton @Joe_Boyd11 Any chance you can get it on YouTube or something Rob?

@Joe_Boyd11 The BBC about a year ago did fence content off to non UK countries, apologies

If you missed it earlier, here's the full David Storch interview #SWFC bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Trilogy complete? @JColeNC @KingOfQueenz Dreams Power Trip I Love Her Again 🥶🌎

Excited for my 2hr drive to Philly on Friday #therealisback

💔 legend 💙#betterthanzidane

New year >>>> New Quakers to find! See you in Florida ✈️ @PennWSoccer #FightOnPenn

@YesWeCrann Hey Joe, Happy New Year. Do you have an email address I can use to contact you?

2025 done, here’s to a brighter 2026 for #SWFC! Much more of these to come ➡️ @AllWednesdayPodcast/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@AllWednesdayP… 🦉⚽️

David Hirst 58 today For me, one of the best strikers of his generation, literally had everything until injury got the better of him Sensational player #SWFC

Today I reached my limit. ❌ Not because of the game. ❌ Not because of a mistake. ❌ But because of the nonstop voices coming from the touchline. I kept hearing: “Press him.” “Pass it.” “Shoot.” “Turn.” “Get wider.” “Drop.” Every action I made already had an instruction attached to it, before I’d even thought for myself. ◍ I’m trying to play, but I can’t. ◍ I’m trying to make decisions, but yours arrive before mine. ◍ I’m trying to focus, but I keep looking over, checking if you’re annoyed, disappointed, or waiting to shout again. ⇢ I’m only a young player, still learning. ⇢ I want to hear my coach. ⇢ I want to understand the game. ⇢ I want to trust my own eyes. ⇢ I want to make decisions and learn from them. But when the sideline becomes a second coach, louder, harsher, more impatient, I stop learning. ❌ I stop thinking. ❌ I stop enjoying it. And then the questions start: ⇨ Why do adults think their constant instructions help? ⇨ Why do they talk as if they’re in the game with me? ⇨ Why am I worried more about upsetting them than doing the right thing? Football shouldn’t feel like a test I’m failing in real time. It shouldn’t feel like I’m being judged for every decision I don’t make because you’ve already shouted the one you want. Here’s what nobody admits: 🔴 Children don’t struggle because they can’t think. 🔴 They struggle because adults don’t let them. ☉ Decision-making comes from freedom, not fear. ☉ Awareness grows from playing, not from being shouted at. ☉ Confidence builds from trying things, not from being corrected every five seconds. I’m playing the game. I see what you can’t see. I feel the pressure you don’t feel. I’m learning in real time. All I’m asking for is space to think, to breathe, to grow. If you want to help me, let me play. Let my coach guide me. Let my mistakes teach me. Let the game speak. Because when the noise stops, the learning starts.

@AlexJPMiller @robstaton Thanks Alex. For clarification - “While matters remain ongoing in respect of the issues being considered by…etc” I assume this means, no point deductions but embargo’s, fines, restrictions etc could still be handed out down the line? Is that what this means?

🚨A fulsome, lengthy round-up of the latest understanding at Sheffield Wednesday, including Qs answered on takeover status, EFL breaches and when the Owls are expected to do transfer deals. Much of it first reported by @robstaton. All in here👇 thestar.co.uk/sport/football… #SWFC🦉

Girls ⚽️ soccer players: today is a BIG day for women's college soccer. Tons of conference championship games on across all divisions. 📺 Be sure to WATCH!

Henrik Pedersen revelling in the return of #SWFC legends. Revealed to me for talkSPORT that he has David Hirst working with young striker George Brown. Keen to tap into their knowledge.

My heart was broken when I had to say no to launching the kit. It’s been restored. The fanbase have stayed together as one through the darkest times. Steve

That’s the best version of Silver lining in ten years at least (Playoff semi aside) @BarneyOwl67 back in blue and white and @O22IE_OWL getting the Ozzie Shuffle in #swfc #wawaw

Give the scoreboard operator pay rise right now! 😂 #SWFC

Last one on the road 🛣️ 🆚 Harvard 📍 Cambridge, Mass. 🕐 1:00 P.M. #FightOnPenn 🔴🔵⚽️

🚨Less than an hour after the club was put into administration, the Chansiri seats are being torn out of the North Stand at Sheffield Wednesday. #SWFC🦉

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝

🟡⚫️ Barney knows ⚫️🟡 Solidarity #SWFC