A League One Fans View - SWFC

Since our relegation in 2000 from the Premiership, the Owls have struggled to get back to the 'promised land' of the Premier League. During this time we have faced many battles on and off the field, with numerous managers comming and going and the club enduring financial turmoil and having to scrape by on shoe string budgets. Having spent a few seasons in what was called the 'old divison one' The Owls were relegated in the 02/03 season which condemmed them to playing the likes of, Brentford, Tranmere, Chesterfield, back then. Something which was a tad alien to the fans after so many years of visiting places like Old Trafford and Anfield.

The Owls kicked off their season in the third teir of English football in the 03/04 season with expectations of comming straight back up, but the entire opposite happend with The Owls ending up in 16th place and avoiding relegation by three points.

The 04/05 season kicked off in a similar style to The Owls last season, and after a poor run of form Chris Turner was dismissed and (Sir) Paul Sturrock a hero still to many here at S6 managed to get the club moving in the right direction and back up the league, which resulted in Wednesday getting promoted via the play-offs beating Hartlepool United 4-2 on a fine summers afternoon in Cardiff. Sheffield Wednesday fans flocked in their numbers taking 40,000+ on the day Wednesday fans could smile for the first time in years.

Sturrock is still a hero to some at S6

Going into the 05/06 campagin with little money to spend The Owls managed to graft and grate their place for another season in the Championship after finnishing 19th. The Owls continued to swan around the Championship and had their highest league finnish since their relegation in the 06-07 season, finnishing 9th, 4pts outside the play-off places, The Owls never equalled or bettered the heights of that season and started to slide down the league. 

The 09/10 season was to be Sheffield Wednesdays' final season as a Championship club, after finnishing 22nd in the league after a final day showdown vs Crystal Palace at Hillsborough for the right to play in the league the next season, not to say some luck went Wednesdays way in the sense of the club had the lifeline if a last day fight due to Palaces' financial woes. The game ended 2-2, The Owls have been relegated again to League One, and now face long trips to Exeter and Yeovil a sad mark for once one of Englands most famous football clubs. 

 Yet so near, but yet so far, Owls fans face anohter League One stint

'Milans Millions' Saved SWFC

The season just gone has marked a new era and change for Sheffield Wednesday, after several winding up orders and comming within seconds of being put into admin only to be over turned by a judge at the last second due to a proposed deal which was 99% close to completion, was the last saving grace. Milan Mandaric took over Sheffield Wednesday after many years of financial and boardroom issues, the club finally had stability within its ranks, something the club hasn't had for over a decade. Mandaric came to the club a few months into the season, and dismissed Alan Irvine at the half-way point as The Owls' promising start to the season quickly faded away. Gary Megson was drafted in and results didn't much improve to begin with but Megson managed to get something out of his squad towards the end of the season, but there is still alot of work to be done at S6 over the summer to get the club back to the Championship and give some pride back into the name of 'Sheffield Wedneday'. Its a long road back to the Premiership for us, but I can say this, one day we will be back, it will happen, the sleeping giant is waking up and will one day be going back to Old Trafford.

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