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Final day. 🦉 What started as an idea has become something truly special. Thanks to the incredible generosity of Wednesdayites everywhere, we’ve now raised £82,188 towards helping supporters access Sheffield Wednesday matches. The GoFundMe closes tonight, so if you’ve been meaning to donate, share, or tell a fellow Owl about it, now is the time. Every pound raised will help us make a difference, and we’ll be meeting with the club after the fundraiser closes to agree exactly how the funds will be used, with full updates to follow. A huge thank you to every single person who has donated, shared, encouraged and supported this effort. You’ve shown once again what this fanbase is capable of when it pulls together. One final push. 🔗 gofund.me/1ee3a0ebc #SWFC #WAWAW
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I've noticed there is still a lot of online questioning of Henrik Pedersen. Everyone is entitled to their opinion - and friendly debate is one of the reasons we all love football - but I want to give an alternative view. Firstly, the new owners have made their decision. They have chosen to give Henrik an opportunity. Whether people agree with that decision or not, surely the best thing for Sheffield Wednesday now is for supporters to get behind him and give him the best possible chance of succeeding. If he succeeds, the football club succeeds. From my own experience of spending more than six months at the club and being there every day, this is what I personally saw and heard:- • A coaching team that was fully behind him. • Players who, despite operating in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable, continued to play for him every week. • A squad that never stopped competing, even with everything that was going on behind the scenes. In fact, I'm still amazed we didn't suffer some real hammerings given the challenges the group was facing. I also saw a manager with relentless positivity. Straight after defeats he was already looking forward and motivating players. Every day on the training ground he attacked the job with energy and enthusiasm. Whether you agree with his methods or not, nobody could question his commitment. What I heard was equally interesting. Opposition coaches, scouts and football directors would regularly tell us what a remarkable job he was doing under the circumstances. Many simply couldn't believe how competitive he had managed to keep the team given the challenges he was facing. Perhaps most importantly, some of the biggest clubs in the country clearly rate him…… Manchester City, Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Chelsea were all proactive in wanting to place or keep young players at Sheffield Wednesday. They weren't doing that as a favour to us. They were doing it because they believed their players would develop under Henrik and that he would improve the value of their assets. These are clubs with some of the best recruitment and player development departments in world football. They must have seen something they liked. Does any of this guarantee success? Of course not, it doesn’t even always work out for Jose Mourinho. Football is unpredictable and nobody knows what the future holds. But there is a big difference between questioning whether somebody will succeed and declaring that they cannot. The owners have seen enough to give him a chance. The people working with him every day have seen enough to support him. Some of the biggest clubs in England have seen enough to trust him with their young talent. That doesn't mean they are right. But it does mean there may be more to Henrik Pedersen than some are prepared to acknowledge. Now that the decision has been made, I hope supporters give him a fair chance. Because every now and then in football, the good guy does win. Wouldn't it be brilliant if that happened here? Up The Owls! 🦉
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@storchyowl c'mon Mr Chairman surely you can help on this one!
Replying to @SWFCTrust
I'm desperately trying to renew for my son and 83 yr old Dad, but we're in the Grandstand and they're revoking his lift pass so he won't be able to get to his seat. No replies from the club or DLO when I've asked for them to review the situation. ☹️ #WAWAW #SWFC
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Replying to @storchyowl
@storchyowl & @michaelestorch I wondered if you could help, appreciating that you will get a high volume of tweets no doubt from Owls fans. My dad is 83 has has been a lifelong owls fan. Unfortunately a few years ago he was diagnosed with heart failure. SWFC were kind enough to
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DLO earlier today, it didn't feel like the vision you are aiming for is trickling down through the club operations at this early stage. I have asked them to escalate the matter to the new management team. I'm hoping in the meantime that you could
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review and provide some reassurance, enabling me to renew his season ticket for him when they become available, without the worry that he won't be able to watch his beloved Wednesday. Sorry for the long tweet and interrupting your day. Thanks for your time. Up the Owls 😊🔵⚪
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Brilliant news!!
The World Snooker Championship is staying at the Crucible!
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Setting off down to Hillsborough this lunch for the Walk4Archie. Setting off from the south stand bridge at 2pm and walking to Bramall Lane. If you want to join Archie and the gang, please come down. A hardcore group walked 40 miles yesterday, pictures below, from Doncaster to Rotherham to Barnsley to Hillsborough. The journey will be complete today. If you have any capacity to donate , please consider it via the link below gofund.me/826e064f1
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So a month ago I shared that me and my work colleagues were taking part in Movember. We're now at the end of the month, and here's my mogress! I've attended two board meetings, two senior partnership events, undertaken several interviews and stakeholder meetings. #Movember
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I've been laughed at, called the Lorax and the Grinch .... but all in good spirits, and it's opened up conversations and awareness of mens health, which was the purpose. We've raised £897 so far, and would love to break the £1,000 barrier. #Movember
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Thanks to the generosity of everyone who sponsored us so far. If anyone ride would like to donate to this great cause, no matter how much or how little, it'd be appreciated 🥸 #movember movember.com/t/pickering-and…

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