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Saturday February 13th 2020 Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield Kick off 3pm
MATCH OFFICIALS to follow.
Highlights - Saturday evening : Quest is available on Freesat 167, Sky 144, Freeview 12 or 114 and Virgin 169.
Both Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City have won 4 games out of the last 6. On current form the owls are sixth, the swans second. Swansea haven’t beaten Sheff Weds In the league for nine games at Hillsborough, the last time in a 2-0 win in December 2009. Matches recently in Sheffield have been close affairs, the last game was drawn 2-2.
Remember the game ?
Wednesday is one of the oldest football clubs in the world of any code, and the third-oldest professional association football club in England. In 1868 its team won the Cromwell Cup, only the second tournament of its kind. They were founding members and inaugural champions of the Football Alliance in 1889, before joining The Football League three years later. In 1992, they became founder members of the Premier League. The team has spent most of its league history in English football's top flight, but they have not played at that level since being relegated in 2000. Current manager is in a caretaker role, Neil Thompson. He replaced Tony Pulis who was manager for just 45 days. Before that Garry Monk was manager but left in unusual circumstances. The police are still looking in to whether he had been burgled or not.
The origins of the name Wednesday is interesting. The founding members of the club called the team Wednesday as that was when they all had a day off work. If the club were to be formed nowadays they would be called Sheffield Weekly. Abergavenny Thursdays is another example of lazyness, again local workers were given a half day on Thursdays so the layabouts could get trollied and be Welsh. Interestingly, before days of the week were invented ‘Cardiff Mudpile FC’ just a few moans to the east of us wanted to be called ‘Yeah I know Hooooof, Hooooof, Aye McCarthy, big head, Hooooof ! FC ‘ Nothing to do with Sheffield Wednesday but a football fact is a football fact. Can’t deny it.
Yeah I know Hooooof, Hooooof, Aye McCarthy, big head, Hooooof ! FC Cardiff City’s proposed name back when Claaaaaaaaaaarkes Poies was considered a poisonous snake venom.
Barry Monks used to be Sheffield Wednesday manager, when he left he hadn’t been burgled and not one member of his family decided to mug off and slag the city of Sheffield on Twitter, or anything like that because that would be self obsessed, clown like pathetic, knobhead behaviour. Of course not that they would ever do that. Ever. At all.
Barry Monks in his swimming pool yesterday. His wife, surprisingly was unavailable for comment. Which is odd.
Well, I’ll be damned.
Football Facts
Due to the fact Sheffield Wednesday have not paid their monthly direct debit to South Yorkshire rubbing sticks together board, this game has been postponed.
Sheff Weds fans were only discussing last night that there were rumours that their undersoil heating was broken, and the club couldn't afford to repair it!!
Everyday above ground ... Is a good day! 😎
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Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City : Matchday Thread POSTPONED on 17:19 - Feb 12 with 906 views
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City : Matchday Thread POSTPONED on 16:38 - Feb 12 by theloneranger
Sheff Weds fans were only discussing last night that there were rumours that their undersoil heating was broken, and the club couldn't afford to repair it!!
That is the issue, Undersoil heating should mean any game goes ahead. Bit too convenient for me.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City : Matchday Thread POSTPONED on 17:19 - Feb 12 by KeithHaynes
That is the issue, Undersoil heating should mean any game goes ahead. Bit too convenient for me.
I doubt if any of the referees these days are plumbers or heating engineers, so it would be easy to 'pull the wool' if one was so inclined. It's also the 13th tomorrow, may be someone is just superstitious.
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Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City : Matchday Thread POSTPONED on 17:42 - Feb 12 with 887 views
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City : Matchday Thread POSTPONED on 17:41 - Feb 12 by Jack59
I doubt if any of the referees these days are plumbers or heating engineers, so it would be easy to 'pull the wool' if one was so inclined. It's also the 13th tomorrow, may be someone is just superstitious.
A club with millions in salaries per year should be able to switch the heating on 😉
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City : Matchday Thread POSTPONED on 17:41 - Feb 12 by Jack59
I doubt if any of the referees these days are plumbers or heating engineers, so it would be easy to 'pull the wool' if one was so inclined. It's also the 13th tomorrow, may be someone is just superstitious.
The Thais are generally quite superstitious and Chansiri is Thai. They omit the number 13, on lifts they put 12A instead apparently. Have Wednesday any form for 13th cancellations since Chansiri took over?
Wednesday are currently on a run of five consecutive home wins in the Championship, as well as beating Bournemouth away a week or so ago. As disappointing as it feels, it might not be such a bad postponement for us, especially if our rivals drop points tomorrow.