Graham Williams

@JSimmo200 @davidrichards @AlanBiggs1 apart from the 654 tickets BIG D calculated were not sold

@GrahamWilliam13 @davidrichards @AlanBiggs1 The derby that literally sold out 😂👍

There are increasing reports, echoed by @AlanBiggs1, that the David Storch consortium has submitted a higher bid for Sheffield Wednesday than Mike Ashley. That creates a dilemma for the administrators. Their legal duty is clear. They must maximise returns for creditors. But football clubs are not normal businesses. The buyer also needs the financial strength to stabilise and rebuild the club. I have said repeatedly that Sheffield Wednesday requires at least £100 million of investment almost immediately. Not over time. Not through hopeful projections. Real capital. Against that backdrop, some of the commentary circulating recently is frankly absurd. Stories of £4 million being spent on the stadium and safe standing at the Leppings Lane end miss the scale of the problem entirely. That kind of money barely scratches the surface of what is required to modernise Hillsborough and rebuild the club properly. Mike Ashley may not be everyone’s preferred owner, but two things are undeniable. He has the cash. And he has the commercial leverage. It is worth remembering that Ashley reportedly explored a bid for Meadowhall last year. If someone with that scale of retail and property experience were involved in the area, it is not difficult to imagine a completely different vision. A modern stadium integrated with transport access, parking and surrounding commercial development across that vast footprint. Whether that specific idea ever happens is beside the point. The point is scale. There is no comparison between a bid backed by real financial firepower and one built on optimism and future promises. Sheffield Wednesday has suffered enough from the latter. For the sake of the long-suffering supporters, one hopes the administrators eventually follow the line often attributed to Churchill: “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.” Let’s hope we are close to that moment. #swfc

@davidrichards @AlanBiggs1 Your fan base isnt dormant, its dead. You can't sell out a home derby when the administrators are screaming for support, and the last time you averaged over 30K MOTD was in black and white,

Some questions about why someone like Mike Ashley would want to buy a club like Wednesday. The answer is simple. Premier League valuations are enormous. Take Crystal Palace F.C. Reports suggest the club is valued at £500–£580 million last year. Wednesday is a far bigger historic club with a larger stadium and a huge dormant fanbase. If it were established in the Prem the valuation potential could easily exceed clubs like Palace. That is why investors look at clubs in the EFL / Championship. They are not just buying a football club. They are buying an option on promotion and the valuation uplift that comes with it. Plus, Ashley hasleverage from retail. ref: tbrfootball.com/full-crystal-p….

@KieranMaguire @civetta SWFC(1990) is in administration. Creditors take priority and the report has been sent to them.

@civetta Nope. Still think it is shabby to keep fans in the dark. I'm fully aware of how organisations push Companies House to the limit in terms of submissions.

The Sheffield Wednesday interim administration report was due some time ago. Begbies the administrators applied for an extension to 27 February, which has come and gone, still no report. The preferred bidder has walked away from the deal to the surprise of not many. Why the delays? Has the report been sent by second class post to Companies House or was it sent via WhatsApp to a select few? Lack of transparency not fair to long suffering Owls fans.

@bg_swfc @valerossii46 @swfc @NUFC @YesWeCrann @AlexMiller91 @AlanBiggs1 @TheStarOwls @secondtierpod @SWFCTrust The last time you averaged over 30K was 1968. Most of those will be dead now.

@valerossii46 @swfc @NUFC @YesWeCrann @AlexMiller91 @AlanBiggs1 @TheStarOwls @secondtierpod @SWFCTrust Think we can average 30/35k a week under new new ownership after a renovated ground whilst on a promotion push with good players.

Here is why Mike Ashley is the ideal next owner of Sheffield Wednesday 🦉 #SWFC #MikeAshley #NUFC

@BigBertie3 @HistoryPegg If that post is typical of the standard of accuracy of his podcasts perhaps he ought to rename them "Authors of Fiction"

@HistoryPegg He put more money into the club than any person in history and was worshipped at the time x.com/FG_utb2/status…

The most irritating thing about this season as a #swfc fan is the fact the former chairman has walked away from the UK with no consequence. Washed his hands knowing he gets a payout. The only people that have suffered are the players, staff and the supporters. Even worse he had a lot of the money from this years season ticket sales before he ran away. No matter how bad it’s got it’s 50+ years of watching, hoping, enjoying and that will always be there. The owl will rise again. #wawaw @WTIDPOD @VitalWednesday @TWWcast

@dannyhall04 Gutter journalism at its worst. No one almost nobody buys your rag anymore

A piece on United enigma Djibril Soumare, a failed transfer gamble and another golden chance squandered. It may well prove to be his last at Bramall Lane. ⚔️ thestar.co.uk/sport/football… #sufc #twitterblades

@TortosaExpat @dannyhall04 It looks like your dictionary is set to self analyse, but not self awareness

@dannyhall04 For an accomplished wordsmith like yourself Danny I'm not sure enigma is the right description. In my dictionary:

@dano1311 @BigBertie3 @RobDorsettSky The last few weeks have shown how little brand value it has, can't sell out a Derby, 20k core support, a stadium with negative brand value.

@BigBertie3 @RobDorsettSky A distressed asset with massive brand value. Worth £30m all day long. Last of sleeping giants out o f the Premier league. Easily achievable to get the club worth £200m-£300m within 5-10 years. 🦉 🦉 🦉

Delayed final offers from some would-be #swfc buyers mean “preferred bidder” status unlikely before the end of this week. Several parties still doing deep dive on the accounts, and some dislike the idea of paying Chansiri £15m as part of the deal. But £30m+ fee still good value.

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK If lockdown saved lives how do you explain this graph from research published in the Lancet with non locking down Sweden showing the lowest excess death rate in Europe?

Ignored warnings. Optimism bias. Chaos behind closed doors.🚪🤫 @RoryStewartUK reveals what was going on inside government during COVID. New episode out now - link in the replies 👇

@covidinquiryuk £200 million spent on an inquiry where the judge had already her mind up on what the report was going to say before it started. Inquiries are a nice gravy train for lawyers.

The Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Baroness Heather Hallett, has today published her second report. Baroness Hallett is calling for the prompt and thorough implementation of 19 key recommendations. Read about the report or watch a short film by visiting the link in our bio.

@SportGids1 @footballheaven How does adding extra costs to the payroll benefit the creditors?

Sheffield Wednesday update: Per sources expecting defender Liam Cooper to be the first of the arrivals ‘early next week’ now that The Owls have been granted permission to add to the squad by the EFL. #swfc | @footballheaven

@edvaizey I see you haven't lost your knack for subtle sarcasm.

Brilliant suggestion

@AlanBiggs1 "rescue the club" is a strange way of saying "force the club into administration"

Last words on “him’ before moving on. Revealing the personal stand-off that goes right to the heart of why the fans have had to rescue the club. My #SWFC column thestar.co.uk/sport/football…

@AshOrgUK Smokers die 10 years earlier than non-smokers, saving the tax payer billions in pensions and social care as well as raising billions in tobacco duty. How are you proposing to make up this shortfall?

📢 Over 1,200 public health professionals have written to health spokespeople from all parties, urging swift passage of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill - a historic chance to protect future generations. 🚭✨ ✉️ Read the letter: shorturl.at/4Miyl

@ActualLion @bindelj I stand corrected. Normally when I share an unherd link its never a problem

@GrahamWilliam13 @bindelj It is for me.

'As we are only now discovering, the capital’s politicians, police and social workers are just as guilty as those pilloried Up North for conspiring to keep this growing threat out of the public eye.' unherd.com/2025/10/why-is…

@bindelj @unherd The victims looked from the gang rapists to Khan and Phillips and from Khan and Phillips to the gang rapists and back again but it was already impossible to tell who was the most amoral.

I bloody love @unherd x.com/bindelj/status…

@ActualLion @bindelj It's not behind a paywall

@bindelj (sorry - can't read the article due to paywall 🙏)

@SWFCTrust Will it even be shown on TV, or will sky just ignore the protest?

🟡⚫️ Sheffield Wednesday fans are famed for packing out away ends across the country. How much of a statement would it be, to leave one completely empty at kick off. With only a message on display to our current owner? Sunday, we ask all Wednesday fans to stand with us, for the future of our club. Please do not take your seat until the 5th minute ⏰ #SWFC

@IanNort21899483 @AlanBiggs1 @swfc The EFL have taken action. Embargoes and restrictions on players wages are forcing the club to match its outgoings with its income. The real problem is that SWFC fans can't accept they will become a League 1/2 team for years to come

Just watched @AlanBiggs1 on GB News this morning about the @swfc crisis. Spot on,straight to the point interview. No holding back about what our Chairman has done to this once great club.Hopefully this gets the EFL to at last take action.We can only hope. #groundhopping #swfc

@AlexMiller91 In other news, the Pope is a Catholic

🚨Some business owners have claimed to The Star they are owed small debts by Sheffield Wednesday amid cash crisis. Club now seen as ‘distressed employer’, with recruitment agencies understood to be targeting staff at the club. More👇 thestar.co.uk/sport/football… #SWFC🦉