The Sheffield Wednesday Herald
Market17 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday turn down Swindon Town for Ernie Weaver
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sheffield Wednesday
Mitchel Bakker and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Sheffield Wednesday
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Newcastle United tell Sheffield Wednesday: Bazoumana Touré is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jarvis Thornton attracts admirers
The name of Jarvis Thornton has come up in conversations Sheffield Wednesday were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday promote Jacob Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Walker has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Paul Roberts steps up from the Sheffield Wednesday academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paul Roberts has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Sheffield Wednesday ask about Jaydee Canvot
A loan enquiry to Crystal Palace: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Match15 Aug 2026
Mason Burstow rescues a point for Sheffield Wednesday
It needed Mason Burstow to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Hull City, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- Squad Words at Sheffield Wednesday training over how hard people work
- The dugout Christopher Ross on the point
- Boardroom Sheffield Wednesday say no to the training-ground money