The Sheffield Wednesday Herald
Squad8 May 2028
The season belongs to Micky van de Ven
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Sheffield Wednesday have had the benefit of it.
Squad8 May 2028
Charlie McNeill signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Charlie McNeill and Sheffield Wednesday agree another 3 years.
Squad8 May 2028
Luke McNally in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sheffield Wednesday this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 May 2028
Sheffield Wednesday promote Benjamin Hall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Hall 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.
Market8 May 2028
Peter Scott steps up from the Sheffield Wednesday academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Scott 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.
Market8 May 2028
Sheffield Wednesday promote Liam Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Moore 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.
Market8 May 2028
Sheffield Wednesday promote Oliver Ellis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oliver Ellis 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.
Squad8 May 2028
Olaf Kobacki named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Olaf Kobacki is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout8 May 2028
Giuseppe D'Agostino gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Loan watch Jarvis Thornton has made Milton Keynes Dons’s shirt his own
- The dugout Sheffield Wednesday keep their word to Olaf Kobacki
- The dugout Olaf Kobacki has become a man the manager trusts