Sheffield Wednesday

"This season is pretty much done. It's about a reset, getting someone in who can come and get the club [Sheffield Wednesday] to kick on and start again fresh."

Ex-Hull City boss Phil Brown joins the 72+ podcast to talk head coaches under the cosh, the highs at Coventry City, the lows at Hillsborough after the Owls enter administration and managerial changes at Reading and Peterborough.

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"[Chansiri] could make himself, not a hero, but less of a villain if he takes exactly the same approach as we saw with Derby County and Mel Morris.

"Mel Morris was owed £200m by Derby and he went to the administrators and said 'I'm not putting in a claim'."

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire breaks down Sheffield Wednesday's current predicament after being placed in administration and the role chairman Dejphon Chansiri has yet to fulfil.

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Goalkeeper Joe Lumley has returned to Bristol City after his emergency seven-day loan at Sheffield Wednesday.

Wednesday were allowed to sign Lumley, 30, last week after Ethan Horvath's red card at Charlton left them without a senior goalkeeper.

Northern Ireland's Pierce Charles is still recovering from shoulder surgery and Lumley made his Owls debut against his old club Middlesbrough on Wednesday before starting Saturday's clash against Oxford, the south Yorkshire club's first game since going into administration.

The former Reading and Middlesbrough stopper has now gone back to City, where he has made two EFL Cup appearances since his summer move from Southampton.

Wednesday confirmed Lumley's departure on Monday and said in a statement: "Thank you for stepping in Joe and best of luck for the future."

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Sheffield Wednesday fans have been praised for showing "remarkable" support since the club was placed into administration on Friday.

In a lengthy statement on the club's website,, external joint administrator Kris Wigfield thanked the club's long-suffering supporters for their swift response to the news.

Dejphon Chansiri's controversial ownership of the club is effectively over.

The ailing Owls are now on minus six points, 16 points from Championship safety, having been hit with an automatic 12-point deduction for going into administration.

The statement said: "From Friday lunchtime through to kick-off [against Oxford United on Saturday], you — the supporters — have shown this football club what it truly means to belong to Sheffield Wednesday.

"Since the announcement, over £200,000 has been spent in the club shop, and we sold 9,000 tickets for the match in just 24 hours. The kiosks were packed with fans buying food and beer, and every bit of that support matters more than you can imagine.

"We came into this situation with only 24 hours to prepare for the weekend and very little cash available, but your response has been overwhelming. You've given us hope — and a fighting chance. Our job now is to keep that momentum going."

Wigfield went on to thank numerous other parties, including the players and staff for their backing and patience in dealing with all the uncertainty.

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Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Barry Bannan has said that administration needed to happen.

Wednesday have been hit with an automatic 12-point deduction, making the task of Championship survival an even steeper mountain to climb but effectively ends Dejphon Chansiri's ownership of the club.

Bannan has been at Wednesday since 2015 and renewed his contract in August, despite many of his team-mates leaving the club due to delays in the payment of wages for both players and staff.

The 35-year-old told BBC Radio Sheffield: "We've known for a while that this could be the route that it was going to go down, obviously it's a sad day for the club first and foremost, you don't really want to be going into administration,

"As a group of players, it's made our task a lot harder this season as well so it was hard news to take, but this needed to happen, we couldn't keep going on the way it was going on.

"The task becomes bigger but I think for the club going forward, it's probably the right thing that's happened."

Bannan has emphasised the importance of the supporters getting behind the team for the remainder of the season, with their next match at home against Oxford on Saturday (15:00 BST).

"We totally got what they were doing, we were never against it as players and staff, we just wanted to play games," he added.

"But now the fans have got what they wanted, this is where we really need them to come and get behind us and be that extra man."

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Turmoil-filled Sheffield Wednesday host Oxford United on Saturday (15:00 BST) as they look to escape the basement.

A third successive loss for the Owls extended their winless streak to a fifth game and placed them at the very bottom of the table.

Though Oxford will be looking to avoid dropping into the bottom three, with just one point keeping them above as it stands.

• Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their last eight league games against Oxford United (D3 L4), a 3-1 success in December 2024.

• Oxford United are unbeaten across their last five away league games against Sheffield Wednesday (W3 D2), conceding just two goals in total across those five visits to Hillsborough.

• Sheffield Wednesday have lost each of their last three league games, last losing four in succession in August 2023.

• Oxford have lost four of their last six away league games (W1 D1), as many as in their first 13 games of 2025 (W2 D7).

• Oxford manager Gary Rowett is unbeaten across his last five league meetings with Sheffield Wednesday (W2 D3), since a 2-0 away defeat with Derby County in February 2018.

"I think Norwich is a club that has just lost its way a little bit. I think Ben Knapper needs to take responsibility based on some of the decisions that have been made."

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Football finance expert Kieran Maguire and BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton also join them in what could be a big week for Sheffield Wednesday.

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