2013–14 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

During the 2013–14 football season, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club competed in three professional football competitions. Sheffield Wednesday competed in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, 2013–14 FA Cup, and the 2013–14 Football League Cup. It was the Owls' second consecutive season in the Football League Championship having secured promotion from League One in the 2011–12 season and then securing Championship safety on the last day of the 2012–13 season. The Football League season kicked-off at the beginning of August, along with the League Cup in the same month. Meanwhile, with Sheffield Wednesday being within the top two-tiers of the English football league system the club did not enter the FA Cup until the beginning of January 2014 where they entered at Round 3 of the competition.

Sheffield Wednesday
2013–14 season
ChairmanMilan Mandarić
Head CoachStuart Gray
GroundHillsborough Stadium
Championship16th
FA CupRound 5 (eliminated by Charlton Athletic)
League CupRound 1 (eliminated by Rotherham United)
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Maguire (9)
All: Chris Maguire (10)
Highest home attendance25,279 (vs. Wigan Athletic)
Lowest home attendance18,029 (vs. Queens Park Rangers)
Average home league attendance21,239

Review

Pre-season

Pre-season for Sheffield Wednesday started on 5 May 2013, the day after the finish of the 2012–13 football league season. It started with all players on loan from that season going back to their parent clubs, with it being unknown whether or not they would sign again permanently or temporarily. These players included: Jérémy Hélan, Danny Pugh, Seyi Olofinjana, Leroy Lita, and Steve Howard. Many players were out of contract in the summer of 2013 and therefore many decisions had to be made on players' futures at the club within May and June. The first transfer of the new pre-season was confirmed just a few days after the end of the 2012–13 football season as development squad player Bastien Héry signed for Rochdale.[1] Sheffield Wednesday youth players Ayo Obileye, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe and Johnny Fenwick soon all signed their first professional contracts with the club, all lasting one-year.[2][3]

Sheffield Wednesday's first pre-season fixtures were announced on 15 May; the club firstly confirmed that the first pre-season game would be away to Scunthorpe United on 13 July and then the side would mirror last season's trip to Portugal when they played two-sides. This time, the club will be playing Hull City in the second game in Portugal, while the first game in the country has yet to be confirmed.[4] A day later Chesterfield were confirmed to be friendly opponents on 27 July at their ground, and then later that evening it was confirmed who would be offered to re-sign with the club. Player of the Year Lewis Buxton, Stephen Bywater, Giles Coke, Jermaine Johnson, Miguel Llera and David Prutton were the senior players to re-sign, while Adam Hinchliffe and Hayden White (who is rumoured to be signing for Bolton Wanderers) were offered their first professional contract. Nicky Weaver and Julian Bennett were released along with youth players Matthew Fletcher and Harry Grant. Also, out-of-favour midfielder Nejc Pečnik left by mutual consent.[5]

Scottish giants Rangers was confirmed at the end of May to be the only pre-season friendly that will be at home, with the game due to take place mid-week on 24 July.[6]

Coming into the middle of June, no confirmed transfers, whether arrivals or departures, had been determined. However, Chris O'Grady has rumoured to be close to joining Barnsley after the clubs agreed a fee of around £300,000. Also, the other team to be played in Portugal in a friendly fixture was confirmed, and this was to be Sporting Braga on 16 June 2013.[7]

The week in which teams would find out the majority of their fixtures for the season began with the League Cup draw. Sheffield Wednesday were drawn away to local Yorkshire rivals Rotherham United, with the game to take place on the week commencing 5 August.[8] 2-days later and the league fixture list was announced, the opening game of the season on 3 August for the Owls will be away to last seasons relegated Premier League team Queens Park Rangers, the first home game is a week later against Burnley. Then just the third game of the season sees Sheffield Wednesday face Yorkshire rivals Leeds United at Elland Road. The first mid-week game is at home against another relegated Premier League side, but also the FA Cup holders, with that being Wigan Athletic. The Yorkshire derbies include: Leeds United (17 August and 11 January), Doncaster Rovers (28 September and 22 March), Barnsley (26 October and 1 February), and Huddersfield Town (23 November and 22 February). The season ends with the last home game being Bolton Wanderers and a week later the last game of the season away at Ipswich Town, which is due to take place on 3 May 2014.[9] In the evening of the same day as the fixture release, the first transfer in relation to Sheffield Wednesday was revealed. It was the departure of Chris O'Grady to local Yorkshire rivals Barnsley. It was for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be around £300,000. O'Grady had many memorable moments of his two-year stay with the Owls, he helped the side gain promotion to the Championship scoring against local rivals Sheffield United in both clashes, which without the goals the side would not have got promoted automatically. He was the side's second-top goal scorer last season, even though he spent the second half of last season on loan at Barnsley.[10]

The week after the O'Grady departure, two players had decided whether their futures still lay with Sheffield Wednesday. Promising youth player Hayden White rejected an offer to sign with the team and went with Bolton Wanderers. White had been heavily followed the previous season with his impressive performances for the Owls' youth team and was linked with a possible move to Manchester United at one point.[11] Elsewhere, senior player Stephen Bywater had also rejected signing and went with Millwall on a free transfer for a two-year contract. Bywater played a major part in the side's promotion in the 2011–12 season where he was signed permanently in January of that season.[12] A day after these departures it was confirmed that David Prutton had signed to stay for the next season. Prutton is the second senior player to re-sign after Lewis Buxton signed later that month.[13] 24-hours after Prutton's contract confirmation, Sheffield Wednesday's first signing of the season was confirmed. The signing was Jacques Maghoma from Burton Albion. He has signed a two-year contract after scoring 18 goals in League Two last season from the wing.[14] Another player committed his future at Sheffield Wednesday on 27 June when Miguel Llera signed a new one-year contract at the club, having been a key player in defence over the last two-seasons.[15] Another senior player yet to confirm where his future lay was Giles Coke, but he also chose to commit his future to Wednesday by signing a two-year contract at the club a day after Llera had signed his.[16]

Into July and nearly a week after Coke signed with the team, Jermaine Johnson was the last remaining senior player to be offered a contract that he signed to stay for the following season. He is one of the longest playing team players having made over 200 appearances having since joined the club in 2007[17] Later that day, it was confirmed that the club's midfielder Chris Lines had left by mutual consent. Lines was signed in the summer of 2011 and in the 2011–12 season he made the majority of his 53 appearances and scored all of his 4 goals.[18] The weekend ending the week of Lines's departure saw the Owls play in their first pre-season friendly; however, this was a "behind-closed-doors" friendly. The game was hosted at St George's Park National Football Centre, where the team played Romanian first-tier champions Steaua București. It ended in a 1–1 draw with goals either side of the half with Miguel Llera scoring for Wednesday in the second-half.[19]

Tuesday, 9 July saw Sheffield Wednesday play in a friendly-testimonial game against Stockport County. The game was a testimonial for Rodger Wylde, whose first club was Sheffield Wednesday and his last Stockport County, between his career spanning 1972–1989. Wednesday took the lead within 43 seconds when Michail Antonio scored for the Owls, Martin Taylor scored after 12-minutes and the game was wrapped up when Chris Maguire scored a penalty at the stroke of half-time. There were no further goals in the game but ex-Wednesday players Chris Waddle and David Hirst made appearances in the last 15 minutes of the game for the Owls.[20] Three days after this game, one of last season's loanees signed on a permanent-basis: Jérémy Hélan signed on a four-year contract, making it the longest current contract at the club.[21] The weekend after Hélan's signing, Sheffield Wednesday faced Scunthorpe United away in a friendly. It was a first-half strike by new signing Hélan that gave the Owls a 1–0 victory in this pre-season friendly.[22]

Similarly to last season's pre-season Sheffield Wednesday flew to a training camp in Portugal, where they would play two games in just under a week. The first game was against top Portuguese side Sporting Braga, whom although were trailing by one goal thanks to a Martin Taylor's header after nineteen minutes, scored twice in the last five-minutes of the first half and then also scored in the second to win the game 3–1. Although it was Sheffield Wednesday's first loss of their pre-season it was still seen as a good workout.[23] Wednesday's second and last game in Portugal was against newly promoted Hull City, the game was fairly even and the Owls's best chance fell after great work by Michail Antonio in the middle of the park led to a pass threading through to Jérémy Hélan, who rounded the goalkeeper and had his shot cleared off the line. Meanwhile, Hull's best chance was when they scored, though the goal was disallowed for offside. Another pre-season workout was completed, but this time finished in a goalless draw.[24]

Sheffield Wednesday returned from their trip to Portugal in the week commencing 22 July, where they prepared for their final two pre-season friendlies against Rangers and Chesterfield. The Rangers game was the only home friendly of pre-season for the Owls and Rangers brought 6,000 fans to the game, selling out the away stand at Hillsborough Stadium, just for a friendly match. Although the away support was as if the game was a competitive fixture, the match was still played like a friendly. Both sides were fairly evenly matched and when Wednesday got a corner on 12-minutes Michail Antonio's shot bounced off the ground a looped into the goal to give Sheffield Wednesday the lead. And that was the only goal of the game, giving Sheffield Wednesday their third win of pre-season.[25] Under 24-hours after the Rangers game and Sheffield Wednesday signed their third player of the new season, European striker Atdhe Nuhiu. Nuhiu has played in the top-league of Austria for the most of his career and signed on a three-year contract on a free transfer from Rapid Wien.[26] Two-days later and Nuhiu played in Sheffield Wednesday's final pre-season fixture, this being away to Chesterfield. Although the Owls dominated the first half, it was Chesterfield who were leading at half-time thanks to a goal from Hamza Bencherif on 29 minutes. Wednesday deservedly equalised though late in the second-half with just two-minutes of normal time as Chris Maguire scored from 20-yards. Sheffield Wednesday's pre-season was over after seven pre-season friendlies in preparation for the upcoming season, with the first game a week away against Queens Park Rangers.[27]

August

On the day before the first game of the season, Sheffield Wednesday signed central defender Kamil Zayatte on a free transfer on a two-year-long contract. Zayatte had been on trial with the Owls throughout pre-season and impressed enough to earn himself a deal.[28] Later on that same day and Wednesday winger Danny Mayor went out on loan to League Two side Bury for the entire season.[29] On Saturday 3 August, the first day of the season, Sheffield Wednesday couldn't really ask for harder opponents on the first day with Queens Park Rangers being favourites for promotion and having a high quality in-depth squad with most players being used to playing in the Premier League. Manager Dave Jones gave débuts to new signings Kamil Zayatte and Atdhe Nuhiu, who both had just managed to gain international clearance before the game. The game kicked off at Loftus Road in front of a full house and Rangers were soon on the upper hand with Andrew Johnson having an effort from distance just go wide and volley well saved as well. Once the game settled down, Wednesday got their fair share of chances with Atdhe Nuhiu's volley and shot inside the box being saved and going wide respectively. Then on nineteen-minutes Nuhiu wiggled his way out of two defenders' challenges cut inside and hit a shot that sailed into the bottom corner, giving the Owls the lead and a début goal for the 6-foot 6-inch striker Atdhe Nuhiu. Although the game continued to be evenly matched, Rangers were the ones who were creating the chances. Junior Hoilett got his shot over the bar from close range and then Bobby Zamora was denied by a save from Chris Kirkland. Soon after, a long ball by David Prutton over the top sent Michail Antonio through on goal, who was clipped from behind by the opposing defender in the box, but the referee waved away the penalty claims. If a penalty had been given, it would surely have been a red card as well as the opposing defender was the last man. Two minutes later when QPR gained a corner and took it quickly, Sheffield Wednesday were asleep and not aware of the danger, Junior Hoilett cut inside, took a shot that was going wide until the ball was passed into the net by Nedum Onuoha to put the game level. After the goal Queens Park Rangers had the momentum and the Owls were just looking to hang on for five minutes until half-time. However, three minutes later a Joey Barton header was saved by Kirkland and the rebound was volleyed in by Andrew Johnson, and the Owls were behind. Dave Jones was very frustrated at half-time, and in the second half, Hoilett continued to run riot and had another opportunity excellently saved by Chris Kirkland. Soon after, Jermaine Johnson and Michail Antonio found themselves two-on-one when the Owls pounced on the counter-attack, and when the ball was slid to Antonio with the goal gaping at his mercy he hit the ball over the bar. Then substitute Jacques Maghoma (also making his début) was taken down in the box by Joey Barton (who had just been booked), the referee stopped play but only to book Maghoma for diving. Replays revealed that the penalty should have been given with Barton being sent off in a result of this. Then to add to Maghoma and Wednesday's woes, he went on to hit the post. The first game of the season ended in a 2–1 loss against the promotion favourites.[30]

With hours to go before the League Cup, Round 1 fixture against local rivals Rotherham United kicked off and it was confirmed that Portuguese left-back Rafael Floro had signed for the club having spent all pre-season impressing while playing for the Owls. Rafael Floro is yet to play in a professional competitive fixture, although is likely to make an appearance on the day of his signing for the club, with Wednesday currently without any full-backs due to injury.[31] And Floro did make his first career appearance hours later as he was one of three changes for the League Cup clash. The game was delayed by 15 minutes due to crowd congestion, but when the game did kick-off it was all Rotherham United who were taking the game to the Owls. And when a long throw-in was launched into the box, it bounced all the way to the other side of the box where Rotherham midfielder Ben Pringle volleyed into the far top corner of the net. Rotherham United continued to be the better side but soon after when Wednesday got a free-kick 35 yards out, Rhys McCabe stepped up, and with the help of a small deflection, hit the ball into the far corner of the net to put the game level again. Although the game did even out slightly after this, it was still Rotherham United who played as the better side and when another long thrown-in was cleared just to the outside of the box, it was Lee Frecklington who managed to find some space and strike the ball from distance into the net and Rotherham were in front again. Into the second half and chances were few and far, but the main talking point was when Wednesday substitute Jermaine Johnson lost his cool and head-butted an opposition player in an off-the-ball incident. The officials were aware of this and Jermaine Johnson got a straight red-card, earning himself a three-match suspension on top of the already many injuries to the side. That was the last main piece of action and it was Rotherham United who went through to the next round, while earning themselves 'bragging rights' with Sheffield Wednesday losing and falling at the first hurdle of the competition.[32] The weekend following the League Cup defeat and Sheffield Wednesday faced Burnley in the first home game of the season. Further injuries had hit the squad by the game, stretching the squad to its limit. The first opportunity of the game was when a shot was deflected into a cross and went into Sam Vokes's path, but he was unable to convert due to a good Chris Kirkland save. As Wednesday got into the game it was them who had more of the chances, with Jérémy Hélan's shot from distance just going wide and Jacques Maghoma's accurate free-kick being well-saved by the opposition goalkeeper. Also another chance was when Michail Antonio's cross fell to David Prutton whose shot hit the side netting. Maghoma's clever cross was nearly deflected to an own goal, but when Burnley broke on the Owls, a cross was failed to be closed down by new-boy and youngster Rafael Floro and unfortunately the cross fell to Danny Ings who headed home comfortably to give Burnley the lead. Then just five-minutes later near enough exactly the same thing happened: Floro failed to close down the cross and Sam Vokes headed pass the keeper to put Burnley two in front. Wednesday had been the better side in the first-half but poor defending had led to them being 2–0 down. Sheffield Wednesday came out fighting in the second half and Atdhe Nuhiu's header seemed destined for the far top-corner but span just wide. Nuhiu then had another head well saved and the follow up by Antonio was also blocked. With around 20-minutes to go and the Owls got what they deserved, a goal. Liam Palmer's first time cross met the head of Prutton to pull a goal back for Wednesday. Youngster Caolan Lavery came off the bench for his début for the club, but was unable to help his side equalise and Sheffield Wednesday fell to another frustrating 2–1 loss.[33]

The next game in Wednesday's fixture list was against local rivals Leeds United, just three weeks in to the new season. The game was live on all television's across the United Kingdom with Sky Sports promoting the first weekend of the new Premier League season by showing all Sky Sports football programmes on Sky 2 for Sky and Virgin customers and Pick TV for all Freeview customers. The game saw comebacks from first-team full-backs Lewis Buxton and Réda Johnson (who eventually came off the bench in the second-half). At 12:15, the game kicked off and it started fairly evenly and the first chance of the game came for Sheffield Wednesday. When a corner was curled into the box Atdhe Nuhiu's header was stopped just on the line by the keeper. However, Leeds almost capitalised when Jérémy Hélan lost the ball just outside his own area, but David Prutton came sliding in to stop a Leeds player from striking the ball in a very good position. With just under ten-minutes to go until half-time and the Owls won another corner, this was whipped in to the far post by Hélan, where Michail Antonio headed the ball across goal to see Kamil Zayatte loop a header into the net, scoring his first goal for the club and giving the Owls the lead. Sheffield Wednesday continued to trouble Leeds from corner's but the home team managed to hang on until half-time. Into the second half and Leeds United came out looking for an equaliser and on the 58th-minute Ross McCormack picked up the ball just passed the half-way line in the Owls' half, ran at the defence, fooled Zayatte as he ran round him with the ball going the other way and slotted the ball past the on-rushing Chris Kirkland. A great goal saw the game level at 1–1 again (similarly to the last two encounters, although Leeds went on to win the last 2–1). The game continued to be a tight and scrappy Yorkshire derby, but Antonio's solo effort and shot nearly gave Wednesday the lead if it wasn't for a good save by the opposition goalkeeper and ex-Sheffield United player Paddy Kenny. Sheffield Wednesday continued to create the better chances though and a long throw-in by Antonio was flicked on by Zayatte where Jacques Maghoma swivelled and took the shot on which was blocked by two Leeds players (one of which blocked partially with an arm but was too close to the ball for a penalty to be given) and bounced in front of goal line where several players launched themselves in to get a foot on the ball, but it was a Leeds United players' foot that got the ball away. That was the last main piece of action of the game and it ended all square at Elland Road, giving Sheffield Wednesday their first point of the season.[34]

A day before Sheffield Wednesday's second home fixture of the season against Millwall, the Owls signed young Swiss striker Andelko Savić from Italian side Sampdoria on a season-long loan. Savić will most likely feature in the team's Development Squad for at least the first half of the season.[35] 24-hours later and the home game against Millwall had just kicked off, with Millwall quite bizarrely having to wear Wednesday's away kit for the first-half having forgotten their own. Millwall without even a point so far this season got off to a great start just five-minutes into the game, soon after Chris Kirkland had already had to make one great stop, he failed to make another as a cross hit Owls' player Kamil Zayatte 2-yards out and bounced into the net, scoring his second goal in two games, however this one was unfortunately in his own net. Their lead didn't last long though, not even 2 minutes as a long ball from a free-kick was sent in by Lewis Buxton and was fumbled by the opposition goalkeeper, then failed to be cleared and Réda Johnson jumped highest to head home and put the scores level again. Then fifteen-minutes later good work by Atdhe Nuhiu saw Jérémy Hélan set himself up for the shot outside the area and coolly finish into the bottom corner, Wednesday were now ahead. Into the second half and Réda Johnson scored again; however it was ruled out for a foul on the opposition goalkeeper. Millwall should have equalised when a cross found the free-head of a Millwall striker whose header went wide of the goal. But with three-minutes to go a corner for Millwall was taken and the ball bounced away from the centre of the area, it was chased down by a Millwall player who went down very easily under a challenge by Hélan and this was quite extraordinarily given as a penalty by the referee. To make things worse Millwall scored the penalty and the game ended all square at 2–2, leaving Wednesday very frustrated.[36]

With the Owls continuing to struggle at the back due to injuries, and Lewis Buxton having been sidelined yet again through injury, West Ham United defender Jordan Spence was signed on a 28-day emergency loan deal and was eligible to play for the game against Middlesbrough that very day.[37] He made his début that very day in a game that started with Middlesbrough dominating the first ten-minutes and as Wednesday gradually got into the game it was they who was creating more chances and with ten-minutes to go until half-time a corner swung in to the box and was headed down in front of goalkeeper by Kamil Zayatte but Michail Antonio managed to swing his boot at the ball sending it into the roof of the net giving the Owls the lead. Chris Kirkland was tested on a few occasions before the break but the score remained the same. Into the second half and Middlesbrough similarly to the first-half started on top and when a Middlesbrough player beat Zayatte to the ball before he could clear it away, it left an open gap for Middlesbrough to cross and Mustapha Carayol to tap in the equaliser. Although the game went on to be relatively even, Middlesbrough nearly doubled their lead when Lukas Jutkiewicz hit the bar with his fierce first-time shot from the edge of the box. The game finished level meaning another draw for Sheffield Wednesday. During the first half of this game, Captain Anthony Gardner had to be stretched off the pitch, looking to what could be a serious injury, leaving the Owls without another defender and mainly another key player to their team.[38]

September

Transfer deadline day this year fell on Monday 2 September and Sheffield Wednesday were one of the most inactive teams during the day as they were not involved in any transfers what so ever. The weekend before the international break and Wednesday's worst fears of Anthony Gardner were confirmed as it was revealed that he had torn his Achilles tendon, usually meaning a player will be sidelined for around 5-months.[39]

Dave Jones had already revealed that he planned to bring players in and take players out of the club during the emergency loan window which opened a week after the closure of the transfer window. It had already been known that Sheffield Wednesday will have to let players go out before anyone comes in due to the tight wage budget and finances at the club. Martin Taylor was the first player to go out on loan as he joined Brentford for a month.[40] Back at Hillsborough Stadium after the international break and Sheffield Wednesday faced newly promoted Yeovil Town, with the Owls looking to gain their first win of the season. Both teams started fairly evenly and it was Yeovil who had the first key chance when they forced Kamil Zayatte into making a goal line clearance. However, as the Owls continued to push, a long ball over the top, saw the linesman put the offside flag up for Atdhe Nuhiu who seemed to be going for the ball, however the referee didn't blow his whistle as Michail Antonio picked up the ball instead as he was in an on side position, therefore the referee had over-ruled the linesman with the game continuing to go on. Yeovil momentarily paused waiting for the whistle, while Michail Antonio went through on goal and passed the ball square to Atdhe Nuhiu who passed the ball into the net. A controversial goal followed many Yeovil complaints, with the referee discussing the matter with the linesman and eventually decided to give the goal. Replays after the game showed that the referee had made the correct decision. As Yeovil felt hard done by the contest fell into a scrappy, rough affair with strong challenges going in, mainly from the Yeovil Town players. And on 41-minutes, just after Nuhiu had a header just miss the back of the net, Yeovil defender Byron Webster was caught in a rough tangle with Nuhiu which led to both players falling to the ground and Byron Webster seeming to throw a punch at Nuhiu while tussling on the ground. Byron Webster saw a straight red card for the incident and the Owls couldn't have gone in much better at half-time. Into the second half and although it was the Owls in the lead and having the extra man advantage, it was Yeovil who were the better side and somehow pushing for the equaliser. Yeovil Town's Joe Ralls gave his team what they deserved with 25-minutes to go when he took a great first-touch outside the area and finished nicely on the volley into the far corner. After this both sides gave it their all and Sheffield Wednesday now looked the more likely team to score and the fans thought they was about to do just that as a cross found Antonio who volleyed towards the goal where the opposition goalkeeper saved the shot, but also fumbled it, and as the ball rolled and hit the inside of the post, Nuhiu and Réda Johnson raced to tap the ball home but the keeper pounced upon the loose ball just in the time. Sheffield Wednesday were left with another draw, this one though more disappointing than the others due to the position they were in at half-time and arguably should have gone on to win the game.[41]

A day after the Yeovil result and Wednesday signed Roger Johnson on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers for three-months with the Owls in desperate need of another centre-back.[42] Later on in the week and it was confirmed that ex-Cardiff City midfielder and free-agent Stephen McPhail had signed for the club until mid-January.[43] McPhail went on to start the away game against Birmingham City two-days later. The team and McPhail started the game brightly and although Michail Antonio went close, it was Birmingham's first real attack of the game that led to the first goal. Chris Burke's shot was saved well but the rebound was tapped in by Jesse Lingard, scoring on his début for Birmingham having joined them on loan from Manchester United earlier on in the week. After this goal and Birmingham had the momentum and dominated, and it wasn't long until they doubled their lead. Again it was new loan signing Lingard whom dribbled and dodged in and out of defender's in the box before slotting home his second of the afternoon. And it was only two-minutes later after this goal when it was game over. Jesse Lingard shot from outside the area found the bottom corner to complete his hat-trick. 3–0 at half-time and the main objective really for the Owls was not to concede any more. However, Birmingham continued to create chances after the break and just six-minutes into the second-half Burke and Lingard linked up with each other for Jesse Lingard to score yet another goal. Wednesday did create a few chances before the end of the game, one of which they scored, when a corner was whipped in and headed in for a late consolation goal by Kamil Zayatte. After the goal and Shane Ferguson nearly made it 5 when he went through on goal but Chris Kirkland kept the player at bay.[44]

As the Owls prepared for the derby game against Doncaster Rovers, it was confirmed that Matty Fryatt had joined the team on loan from Hull City for 1-month.[45] Fryatt started the following game at Hillsborough Stadium on the bench. The derby game was a tight and scrappy affair, but it was Sheffield Wednesday whom created the most chances in a very dull first-half. Atdhe Nuhiu's shot went just wide after the mistake from the Doncaster defence. Jérémy Hélan also had a tame effort from distance comfortably saved. That was all to be noted in the first-half, but the second-half continued to be a tight and scrappy affair but more chances were created. Doncaster had one half-chance from a corner, while Nuhiu's header from a cross was just cleared off the line by ex-Owl Rob Jones. Soon after and Miguel Llera also had his header cleared off the line by an excellent save from Doncaster Rovers goalkeeper Ross Turnbull. Doncaster's first main chance of the game came midway through the second half as new loan signing Federico Macheda, another loan signing by an opposing club from Manchester United, managed to take on two defenders before his finished was well-saved by Chris Kirkland at the near post. Doncaster's second main chance though was a cross where Macheda out-jumped Llera and headed the ball on-target...and into the net. Doncaster up to this point had been second-best in the game, but after the goal Wednesday did well to not concede a second. Chris Kirkland was forced into a double save after a free-kick led to two shots by the same player. Boos echoed Hillsborough as the full-time whistle blew, with the Owls still without a win this season.[46]

October

The very first day of October landed on a Tuesday where the Owls faced Brighton & Hove Albion down at the south coast. Brighton had the first major chance of the game as a ball over the Owls' defence saw Ashley Barnes go through on goal, but keeper Kirkland made an excellent save to keep the scores level. Chris Kirkland continued to make some good saves and Brighton nearly had a penalty given as Kazenga LuaLua was brought down in the box by Lewis Buxton. However, the referee waved away the protests in which replays revealed it would have been a fairly 'soft' penalty to give. Although it was Brighton who were creating more chances it was Sheffield Wednesday who took the lead three-minutes before the break. Great work by Jérémy Hélan saw him take on two players before crossing low in the box, where loanee Matty Fryatt touched and swivelled before blasting the ball home into the back of the net. Into the second half and Ashley Barnes was so close to scoring for Brighton again, after his shot from a cross went just wide of the post. Wednesday continued to some how keep Brighton at bay, even when Keith Andrews' volley also went just wide. Into the last-minute with the game ticking down to the Owls' first victory of the season, a cross from Brighton was then headed across goal where Keith Andrews tapped in at the far post. Wednesday had failed to hold on to their first victory of the season with the game finishing level at 1–1.[47] Just before the following weekend started the Owls' club striker Gary Madine verdict of his trial was announced. Gary Madine is to face an 18-month jail sentence after two separate assaults in night clubs.[48] Ipswich Town were the next team that Wednesday faced that following weekend. Sheffield Wednesday went out looking for their first win of the season and nearly took the lead early on when Atdhe Nuhiu's shot was well saved by the opposing goalkeeper. However, twelve-minutes in and a long ball over the top set Ipswich on the counter where a cross found Paul Anderson who comfortably took on the shot and scored. Two-minutes later and a cross by Wednesday this time saw Nuhiu head across goal where Michail Antonio then headed into the back of the net and the scores were all level again. The Owls continued to press for the lead at Hillsborough and Matty Fryatt's clear cut volley was unfortunately straight at the keeper, who palmed the ball over for a corner. Into the second half and Réda Johnson also came close with a header, before Kirkland saved an opposing shot well at the near post. Kirkland then had to make another save, this one excellently, as Paul Anderson nearly doubled his tally for the afternoon as his shot took a slight deflection and seemed to be heading into the near corner before it was palmed out for a corner. And then as the game entered the last quarter of its time Jermaine Johnson dribbled inwards from the left-hand side and had fierce shot from 25-yards out that seemed to be destined for the top corner of the goal, only to be denied by the bar. Another draw and another game without a win came as the full-time whistle blew soon after.[49]

On 15 October 2013, Arsenal's young goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez joined the club on loan to give more competition to Chris Kirkland.[50] Martínez was on the bench for Wednesday's next game against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium and it was the Owls whom started the lot brighter, especially when Matty Fryatt came close after great link up play with Giles Coke. Two-minutes after this chance though and good link up play by two of the opposition players saw Jermaine Beckford take on a fantastically sliced shot and score against the run of play with 16-minutes gone on the clock. Just 10-minutes later and Wednesday were deservedly back on level terms as Jérémy Hélan's cross instead found the head Alex Baptiste whose diving header bounced on the ground and went into the net, therefore scoring an own goal. The game was fairly evenly matched up to half-time and the second-half started similarly as the first did with the Owls on top. Jérémy Hélan created the first goal and very nearly scored the second as he took on his man in the box and his shot was well saved by the opposing goalkeeper. Halfway through the second-half with Sheffield Wednesday still on top, they managed to win a free-kick just outside and to the right-hand corner of the box. Stephen McPhail whipped the ball in, which was punched away only to find Kamil Zayatte whose resultant header looped up and into the back of the net giving the Owls the lead. Or that's what they thought until they realised that the assistant referee had her flag up. The goal was given as offside as when Zayatte's looping header was on its way to the back of the net, Réda Johnson went for the ball from being in an offside position, he jumped and attempted to flick on the ball and even though he didn't touch the ball, the officials felt that Réda Johnson was interfering with play when being from an offside position. Into the last five-minutes with Wednesday on the front foot and looking to win the game, José Semedo went in with a strong but fair challenge on an opposing player where he won the ball. However, the referee blew his whistle and without much hesitation showed Semedo a red card. Protests to the referee by the Sheffield Wednesday players were unsuccessful and José Semedo left the field in tears. Down to ten men and the game had spun itself on its head and it was now Bolton who were looking to win the game, even though they had been second best throughout the 90-minutes. Into stoppage-time and a Bolton corner led to a header where Chris Kirkland made an excellent save to keep the scores level. Two more corners in stoppage time later and another header was directed towards goal and Kirkland made an even better save to ensure the Owls didn't leave empty handed as the referee blew his whistle with the scores locked at 1–1.[51]

José Semedo's red card appeal the following week was unsuccessful which meant he missed the next 3 games, including the next one which was the derby day visit to Barnsley. Hours before the game and it was confirmed that free-agent Seyi Olofinjana had joined the club on a short-term contract. The midfielder had joined the club on a short loan spell at the end of last season as well where he helped the team survive from relegation.[52] An early kick-off at Oakwell, with the game being on Sky Sports, and both relegation threatened teams started well but it was the Owls' away faithful that had thought they had scored when loanee Roger Johnson's header hit the side netting. Seven-minutes later and Réda Johnson was tackled while in possession of the ball at the back, leading Barnsley to quickly counterattack. Marcus Pedersen decided to quickly shoot from outside the area and his fierce shot hit the post so hard it came back out to around 30-yards from goal where the ball was passed, in the air, straight back to Marcus Pedersen whose touch set him up for a fantastic volley inside the area that riffled into the top of the net giving Chris Kirkland no chance. Jérémy Hélan soon came close to putting the Owls back level though, as he took on a player but his shot was so close to being on target, but instead hit the side netting. Just before the break and Barnsley's Paddy McCourt managed to take on three players while dribbling with the ball from wide on the touchline to inside the box, and his final shot trickled along the front of the goal and out past the far post for a goal kick. Barnsley had been the better side in the first-half, but all changed in the second and it started first when Atdhe Nuhiu's shot was well saved by the opposition keeper. Coming up to the hour mark and the ball was cleared out from a Wednesday corner all the way to the halfway line where Jérémy Hélan touched and volleyed the ball back towards goal and all the players up field, the ball hit and span off Réda Johnson's leg and found Matty Fryatt with acres of space and the keeper on-rushing, but he volleyed home first time sweetly leading to eruption in the away end. After the goal and Sheffield Wednesday were relentless and the opposition goalkeeper somehow kept out Michail Antonio's free open shot from just three yards out. Matty Fryatt's follow-up then went over the bar. Barnsley though looked dangerous on the counter-attack and nearly scored when a cross was whipped in front of goal but the out-stretching leg of a Barnsley attacker couldn't make contact with the ball. Antonio's shot over the bar soon after this was the last piece of action in the game meaning Sheffield Wednesday had still not won all season after 12 games and had drawn all their games in November 1–1.[53] However, there was good news before the month was up as it was confirmed that Matty Fryatt had extended his deal at the club for a further month.[54]

November

More good news in terms of signings came on the first day of November when a loanee from the end of last season re-joined the club on a youth loan. This was Sunderland striker Connor Wickham. Wickham started alongside Matty Fryatt the following weekend as the Owls faced recently relegated (from the Premier League) Reading at Hillsborough Stadium. Reading were looking for more likely to score in the early exchanges as they had a couple of half chances saved and go wide. But it was on 18-minutes when a fantastic long-ball by Kamil Zayatte found Michail Antonio in the box whom waited on the touchline, pulled back for Matty Fryatt to smash the ball home to give Wednesday the lead. 7-minutes later and Seyi Olofinjana found Antonio just inside Reading's area, Antonio flicked the ball over the opposition defender ran towards the goal and let fly just outside the area and the ball curled into the far corner, giving the Owls a surprise 2–0 lead. However, soon after and Reading were back in the game as a cross found the free head of Pavel Pogrebnyak whose header went in off the post. The first-half seemed full of goals as just six-minutes after Reading's goal back, a mistake at the back by Reading saw Antonio set Connor Wickham free whose shot went straight at the keeper but bounced onto the opposition player chasing Wickham down and rolled into the back of the net for an own goal, Sheffield Wednesday went into the break two goals to the good. Could Sheffield Wednesday finally win their first game of the season? It looked doubtful at the beginning of the second half as Reading started again as the better side as they again went close with two-chances, one from long and one from short distance. However, just before the hour mark Antonio did a volley/cross into the box, just keeping the ball in play in the process, and the ball deflected up to Wickham who chest controlled the ball and volleyed into the top corner of the net. Unbelievably, Wednesday were 4–1 up with half an hour to play. And it just got better five-minutes later as Matty Fryatt was set through on goal and he chipped the ball over the keeper to score his second of the game. Adam le Fondre score from a penalty that shouldn't have been in stoppage time, but it was only a consolation as the Owls finally got their first win of the season... And it was a big win.[55] Unfortunately, Sheffield Wednesday then went on a three-game losing streak to end November, losing to Derby County, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool. This led to Sheffield Wednesday being six points behind relegation.

Players

First-team squad

As of 27 March 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ENG Chris Kirkland
2 DF  ENG Lewis Buxton
3 DF  BEN Réda Johnson (Vice-Captain)
4 DF  ENG Anthony Gardner (Captain)
5 DF  GUI Kamil Zayatte
6 MF  POR José Semedo
7 MF  ENG Michail Antonio
8 DF  USA Oguchi Onyewu
10 MF  COD Jacques Maghoma
11 MF  JAM Jermaine Johnson
13 GK  ENG Adam Davies
14 MF  ENG Giles Coke
15 DF  ENG Martin Taylor
17 MF  FRA Jérémy Hélan
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  SCO Chris Maguire
19 DF  ENG Joe Mattock
20 MF  ENG Kieran Lee
21 MF  IRL Paul Corry
22 MF  SCO Liam Palmer
25 FW  NIR Caolan Lavery
26 GK  ARG Emiliano Martínez (on loan from Arsenal)
28 FW  ENG Benik Afobe (on loan from Arsenal)
32 DF  ESP Miguel Llera
34 FW  ALB Atdhe Nuhiu
35 DF  ENG Adedeji Oshilaja (on loan from Cardiff City)
36 DF  NED Glenn Loovens
41 DF  ENG Sam Hutchinson (on loan from Chelsea)
42 FW  IRL Leon Best (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  ENG Gary Madine (on loan at Carlisle United)
12 MF  ENG David Prutton (on loan at Coventry City)
16 MF  SCO Rhys McCabe (on loan at Portsmouth)
23 MF  ENG Danny Mayor (on loan at Bury)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK  ENG Arron Jameson (on loan at Bradford City)
31 GK  ENG Cameron Dawson (on loan at Plymouth Argyle)
GK  ENG Joe Wildsmith (on loan at Alfreton Town)

Development squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  POR Rafael Floro
33 FW   SUI Anđelko Savić (on loan from Sampdoria)
38 DF  ENG Taylor McKenzie
DF  ENG Johnny Fenwick
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Adam Hinchliffe
MF  ENG Ayo Obileye
FW  ENG Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
FW  FRA Khalil Lambin

Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
37 FW  FRA Franck Betra
39 MF  ENG Jack Stobbs
DF  ENG Brad Beatson
DF  NIR Seanna Foster
69 DF  NOR Simen Lenes
DF  ENG Harry Frost
DF  ENG Adam Harvey
DF  ENG Emmanuel Kanteh
DF  ENG Ryan Lee
MF  ENG Rhys Davies
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ENG Charlie Dawes
MF  ENG Jake Ellam
MF  NIR Simon Hanna
MF  ENG Luke Smith
MF  ENG Jack Taylor
FW  ENG Jonathan Fusco
FW  NIR Sean Mullan
41 FW  NOR Thomas Oeiseth

International Call-Ups

No Pos Name Team Competition Opposition Date Caps Goals Ref
GK Cameron Dawson England U-19 2013 UEFA European Championship Elite Qualifier Georgia U-19, Belgium U-19, Scotland U-19 24 May 2013, 26 May 2013, 29 May 2013 4 0 [56]
11 MF Jermaine Johnson Jamaica Friendly, 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Tottenham Hotspur, Bahamas, Mexico, United States, Honduras 23 May 2013, 31 May 2013, 4 June 2013, 7 June 2013, 11 June 2013 74 9 [57]
25 FW Caolan Lavery Northern Ireland U-21 Friendly Denmark U-21 14 August 2013 2 0 [58]
11 MF Jermaine Johnson Jamaica 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Panama, Costa Rica 6 September 2013, 10 September 2013 75 9 [59]
3 DF Réda Johnson Benin 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Rwanda 8 September 2013 10 0 [60]
5 DF Kamil Zayatte Guinea 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Egypt 10 September 2013 45 4 [61]
11 MF Jermaine Johnson Jamaica 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier United States, Honduras 11 October 2013, 15 October 2013 75 9 [62]
MF Simon Hanna Northern Ireland U-19 2014 UEFA Euro U-19 Qualifier Belgium U-19, France U-19, Iceland U-19 10 October 2013, 12 October 2013, 15 October 2013 3 1 [63]
25 FW Caolan Lavery Northern Ireland U-21 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Qualifier Italy U-21, Cyprus U-21 14 November 2013, 19 November 2013 4 0 [64]
8 DF Oguchi Onyewu United States Friendly Ukraine 5 March 2014 69 6 [65]
25 FW Caolan Lavery Northern Ireland U-21 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Qualifier Italy U-21 5 March 2014 5 0 [66]

Squad information

[67]

As of 3 May 2014
No Pos Nat Name Age Joined From Contract Expires Fee Apps Goals
1 GK Chris Kirkland 32 July 2012 Wigan Athletic June 2014 Free 83 0
2 DF Lewis Buxton 29 August 2008 Stoke City June 2015 £88,000 197 6
3 DF Réda Johnson 25 January 2011 Plymouth Argyle June 2014 £110,000 88 19
4 DF Anthony Gardner 32 July 2012 Crystal Palace June 2014 Free 44 0
5 DF Kamil Zayatte 28 August 2013 Istanbul BB June 2015 Free 12 2
6 MF José Semedo 28 July 2011 Charlton Athletic June 2014 Free 107 1
7 MF Michail Antonio 23 August 2012 Reading June 2016 Undisclosed 85 18
8 DF Oguchi Onyewu 31 January 2014 Queens Park Rangers June 2014 Free 19 1
9 FW Gary Madine 23 January 2011 Carlisle United June 2015 £1,056,000 101 27
10 MF Jacques Maghoma 25 July 2013 Burton Albion June 2015 Undisclosed 29 3
11 MF Jermaine Johnson 33 January 2007 Bradford City June 2014 £660,000 249 30
12 MF David Prutton 31 July 2011 Swindon Town June 2014 Free 61 3
13 GK Adam Davies 21 June 2013 Free Agent June 2014 Free 0 0
14 MF Giles Coke 27 July 2010 Motherwell June 2015 Free 82 6
15 DF Martin Taylor 33 August 2012 Watford June 2014 Undisclosed 13 0
16 MF Rhys McCabe 21 July 2012 Rangers June 2015 Free 32 2
17 MF Jérémy Hélan 21 July 2013 Manchester City June 2017 Undisclosed 76 3
18 FW Chris Maguire 24 July 2012 Derby County June 2015 Undisclosed 46 11
19 DF Joe Mattock 23 July 2012 West Bromwich Albion June 2015 Free 36 3
20 DF Kieran Lee 25 July 2012 Oldham Athletic June 2015 Free 55 1
21 MF Paul Corry 22 August 2012 University College Dublin June 2015 Undisclosed 9 0
22 MF Liam Palmer 21 January 2013 Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2018 Free 79 1
23 MF Danny Mayor 22 August 2012 Preston North End June 2015 Undisclosed 9 0
24 DF Rafael Floro 19 August 2013 FC Porto June 2014 Free 2 0
25 FW Caolan Lavery 20 July 2012 Ipswich Town Unknown Free 24 4
26 GK Emiliano Martínez 21 October 2013 Arsenal May 2014 Loan 15 0
28 FW Benik Afobe 20 January 2014 Arsenal June 2014 Loan 13 2
30 GK Arron Jameson 23 July 2008 Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2014 Free 2 0
31 GK Cameron Dawson 18 April 2013 Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2016 Free 0 0
32 DF Miguel Llera 34 January 2012 Blackpool June 2014 Free 93 11
33 FW Anđelko Savić 20 August 2013 Sampdoria June 2014 Loan 1 0
34 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 24 July 2013 Rapid Wien June 2016 Free 43 8
35 DF Adedeji Oshilaja 20 February 2014 Cardiff City May 2014 Loan 2 0
36 DF Glenn Loovens 30 December 2013 Free Agent May 2014 Free 25 0
37 FW Franck Betra 17 August 2013 Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2014 Free 0 0
38 DF Taylor McKenzie 19 October 2012 Sheffield Wednesday Academy June 2014 Free 0 0
39 MF Jack Stobbs 17 Unknown Sheffield Wednesday Academy Unknown Free 1 0
41 DF Sam Hutchinson 24 February 2014 Chelsea April 2014 Loan 10 1
42 FW Leon Best 27 February 2014 Blackburn Rovers May 2014 Loan 29 7

Player Debuts

Players making their first team Sheffield Wednesday début in a fully competitive match.

# Position Player Date Opponents Ground Ref
5 DF Kamil Zayatte 3 August 2013 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road [68]
34 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 3 August 2013 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road [68]
10 MF Jacques Maghoma 3 August 2013 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road [30]
24 DF Rafael Floro 6 August 2013 Rotherham United New York Stadium [69]
25 FW Caolan Lavery 10 August 2013 Burnley Hillsborough Stadium [33]
26 DF Jordan Spence 31 August 2013 Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium [70]
8 DF Roger Johnson 21 September 2013 Birmingham City St Andrew's [71]
27 MF Stephen McPhail 21 September 2013 Birmingham City St Andrew's [71]
28 FW Matty Fryatt 28 September 2013 Doncaster Rovers Hillsborough Stadium [46]
26 GK Emiliano Martínez 23 November 2013 Huddersfield Town Hillsborough Stadium [72]
36 DF Glenn Loovens 3 December 2013 Leicester City Hillsborough Stadium [73]
33 FW Anđelko Savić 21 December 2013 Bournemouth Hillsborough Stadium [74]
8 DF Oguchi Onyewu 18 January 2014 Burnley Turf Moor [75]
28 FW Benik Afobe 1 February 2014 Barnsley Hillsborough Stadium [76]
35 DF Adedeji Oshilaja 11 February 2014 Wigan Athletic Hillsborough Stadium [77]
40 MF Gary Gardner 18 February 2014 Derby County Hillsborough Stadium [78]
42 FW Leon Best 18 February 2014 Derby County Hillsborough Stadium [78]
41 DF Sam Hutchinson 18 February 2014 Derby County Hillsborough Stadium [79]
39 MF Jack Stobbs 26 April 2014 Bolton Wanderers Hillsborough Stadium [80]

Début Goals

Players scoring their first goal while playing their first game for Sheffield Wednesday in a competitive fixture.

# Position Player Date Opponents Ground Ref
34 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 3 August 2013 Queens Park Rangers Loftus Road [30]

In

Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Jacques Maghoma Burton Albion Free 1 July 2013 [14]
MF Jérémy Hélan Manchester City Undisclosed 12 July 2013 [21]
FW Atdhe Nuhiu Rapid Wien Free 25 July 2013 [26]
DF Kamil Zayatte Istanbul BB Free 2 August 2013 [28]
DF Rafael Floro FC Porto Free 6 August 2013 [31]
FW Khalil Lambin Ergotelis Free 12 August 2013 [81]
MF Stephen McPhail Free Agent Free 20 September 2013 [43]
MF Seyi Olofinjana Free Agent Free 26 October 2013 [52]
DF Glenn Loovens Free Agent Free 3 December 2013 [82]
DF Oguchi Onyewu Free Agent Free 11 January 2014 [83]

Out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Bastien Héry Rochdale Free 8 May 2013 [84]
DF Julian Bennett Released Free 16 May 2013 [5]
FW Matthew Fletcher Released Free 16 May 2013 [5]
MF Harry Grant Released Free 16 May 2013 [5]
MF Nejc Pečnik Left by mutual consent Free 16 May 2013 [5]
GK Nicky Weaver Released Free 16 May 2013 [5]
FW Chris O'Grady Barnsley Undisclosed 19 June 2013 [10]
DF Hayden White Bolton Wanderers Free (Compensation package agreed) 24 June 2013 [11]
GK Stephen Bywater Millwall Free 24 June 2013 [12]
MF Chris Lines Left by mutual consent Free 4 July 2013 [18]
27 MF Stephen McPhail Shamrock Rovers Free 21 February 2014 [85]

Loan in

# Position Player Transferred from Length Date Source
33 FW Anđelko Savić Sampdoria Season-long loan 23 August 2013 [35]
26 DF Jordan Spence West Ham United 1-month loan 31 August 2013 [37]
8 DF Roger Johnson Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-month loan 16 September 2013 [42]
DF George Swan Manchester City 1-month youth loan 17 September 2013 [86]
28 FW Matty Fryatt Hull City 28-days 27 September 2013 [45]
26 GK Emiliano Martínez Arsenal 28-days 15 October 2013 [50]
28 FW Matty Fryatt Hull City 28-days 29 October 2013 [54]
29 FW Connor Wickham Sunderland 1-month recurring youth loan (Recalled 27 January 2014) 1 November 2013 [87]
26 GK Emiliano Martínez Arsenal 1-month 18-days 14 November 2013 [88]
26 GK Emiliano Martínez Arsenal End-of-the-season 3 January 2014 [89]
28 FW Benik Afobe Arsenal End-of-the-season 30 January 2014 [90]
35 DF Adedeji Oshilaja Cardiff City 1-month 7 January 2014 [91]
40 MF Gary Gardner Aston Villa 1-month 12 February 2014 [92]
42 FW Leon Best Blackburn Rovers 1-month 14 February 2014 [93]
41 DF Sam Hutchinson Chelsea 1-month 14 February 2014 [94]
42 FW Leon Best Blackburn Rovers End-of-the-season 14 March 2014 [95]
41 DF Sam Hutchinson Chelsea 1-month 14 March 2014 [96]
35 DF Adedeji Oshilaja Cardiff City End-of-the-season 21 March 2014 [97]

Loan out

# Position Player Loaned to Length Date Source
23 MF Danny Mayor Bury Season-long loan 2 August 2013 [29]
15 DF Martin Taylor Brentford 28-day loan 10 September 2013 [40]
FW Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Hyde 1-month youth loan 13 September 2013 [98]
DF Taylor McKenzie Gainsborough Trinity 1-month youth loan 17 September 2013 [99]
FW Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Fleetwood Town 1-month youth loan 1 November 2013 [100]
25 FW Caolan Lavery Plymouth Argyle 1-month 22 November 2013 [101]
18 FW Chris Maguire Coventry City 1-month 28 November 2013 [102]
30 GK Arron Jameson Stalybridge Celtic 1-month 29 November 2013 [103]
25 FW Caolan Lavery Plymouth Argyle 1-month (Recalled on 8 January 2014) 3 January 2014 [104]
30 GK Arron Jameson Bradford City 1-month 10 January 2014 [105]
38 DF Taylor McKenzie Gainsborough Trinity 1-month 16 January 2014 [106]
31 GK Cameron Dawson Plymouth Argyle End-of-the-season 7 February 2014 [107]
16 MF Rhys McCabe Portsmouth End-of-the-season (Recalled on 24 April 2014) 17 March 2014 [108]
GK Joe Wildsmith Alfreton Town 28-days 27 March 2014 [109]
9 FW Gary Madine Carlisle United End-of-the-season 27 March 2014 [110]
12 MF David Prutton Coventry City End-of-the-season 27 March 2014 [111]

Contracts

Position Player Length Date Expiry Source
GK Cameron Dawson 3 years 22 April 2013 30 June 2016 [112]
DF Johnny Fenwick 1 year 1 May 2013 30 June 2014 [2]
FW Emmanuel Dieseruvwe 1 year 1 May 2013 30 June 2014 [2]
DF Ayo Obileye 1 year 10 May 2013 30 June 2014 [3]
DF Lewis Buxton 2-years 31 May 2013 June 2015 [113]
MF David Prutton 1-year 25 June 2013 June 2014 [13]
DF Miguel Llera 1-year 27 June 2013 June 2014 [15]
MF Giles Coke 2-years 28 June 2013 June 2015 [16]
GK Adam Davies 1-year 28 June 2013 June 2014 [114]
MF Jermaine Johnson 1-year 4 July 2013 June 2014 [17]
MF Adam Hinchliffe 1-year July 2013 June 2014
GK Joe Wildsmith 2.5-years 19 November 2013 June 2016 [115]
MF Seyi Olofinjana 1-month 28 November 2013 December 2013 [116]
DF Glenn Loovens 5-months 31 December 2013 May 2014 [117]
MF Stephen McPhail 1-month 21 January 2014 February 2014 [118]
MF Jack Stobbs 1-year 19 March 2014 June 2015 [119]
FW Caolan Lavery Long-term 21 March 2014 Unknown [120]
MF Liam Palmer 3-year extension 27 March 2014 June 2018 [121]

Board and staff

Chairman and directors

Position Staff
Chairman Milan Mandarić
Director Paul Aldridge
Director of Communications Trevor Braithwait
Commercial Director Andy Daykin

Last updated: 11 May 2013
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

First-team staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Stuart Gray
Assistant Manager Vacant
Coach John Deehan
Goalkeeping Coach Andy Rhodes

Last updated: 7 February 2013
Source: Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Fixtures and Results

Pre-season

16 July 2013 Sporting Braga 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
20:00 Baiano  41'
Pardo  45'
Pedro  69'
Report Taylor  19'
20 July 2013 Hull City 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
20:00 Report
24 July 2013 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Rangers Hillsborough Stadium
20:00 Antonio  12' Report Attendance: 16,248

Football League Championship

3 August 2013 1 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Loftus Road
15:00 Onuoha  40'
Johnson  43'
Barton  57'
Report Nuhiu  19'
Palmer  20'
Maghoma  57'
Attendance: 17,626
10 August 2013 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Burnley Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Hélan  45'
Maghoma  59'
Gardner  62'
Prutton  71'
Report Ings  33'
Vokes  38'
Shackell  58'
Jones  77'
Edgar  85'
Attendance: 22,282
17 August 2013 3 Leeds United 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Elland Road
12:15
(Live on Sky Sports)
McCormack  58' Report Maguire  23'
Zayatte  36'
Buxton  56'
Attendance: 23,766
24 August 2013 4 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Millwall Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 R. Johnson  7'
Hélan  21'
Zayatte  89'
Report Zayatte  5' (o.g.)
N'Guessan  73'
Keogh  87' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,009
31 August 2013 5 Middlesbrough 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Riverside Stadium
15:00 Carayol  49' Report Antonio  35'
Prutton  84'
Attendance: 15,964
14 September 2013 6 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Yeovil Town Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Nuhiu  25'  42'
Llera  31'
J. Johnson  82'
Report Webster  41'
Ralls  64'
Edwards  67'
Attendance: 22,328
21 September 2013 7 Birmingham City 4–1 Sheffield Wednesday St Andrew's
15:00 Lingard  20', 29', 33', 51'
Green  45+3'
Ferguson  90+4'
Report Prutton  57'
Zayatte  66'
Attendance: 14,379
28 September 2013 8 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Doncaster Rovers Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Nuhiu  21'
Spence  51'
Report Wellens  13'
Keegan  45+1'
Macheda  71'
Brown  89'
Attendance: 21,871
1 October 2013 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Falmer Stadium
19:45 Andrews  40'  89'
LuaLua  76'
Barnes  90+1'
Report Semedo  40'
Fryatt  43'
Llera  57'
Kirkland  70'
Buxton  77'
Attendance: 25,725
5 October 2013 10 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Ipswich Town Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Antonio  14'
J. Johnson  90'
Report Anderson  12'
Smith  78'
Attendance: 19,599
19 October 2013 11 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Reebok Stadium
15:00 Beckford  16'
Baptiste  78'
Hall  81'
Report Baptiste  26' (o.g.)
McPhail  75'
Semedo  85'
Attendance: 17,177
26 October 2013 12 Barnsley 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Oakwell
12:15
(Live on Sky Sports)
Pedersen  16'  66' Report Fryatt  60'
Réda Johnson  66'
Nuhiu  88'
Attendance: 13,268
2 November 2013 13 Sheffield Wednesday 5–2 Reading Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Fryatt  18', 63'
Antonio  25'
Morrison  42' (o.g.)
Wickham  57'
Réda Johnson  90+1'
Report Pogrebnyak  35'
Kelly  52'
le Fondre  90' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,368
9 November 2013 14 Derby County 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday Pride Park Stadium
15:00 Buxton  45'
Hughes  49'
Martin  58'
Cissé  61'
Report McPhail  28'
Roger Johnson  29'
Réda Johnson  38'
Palmer  90+3'
Attendance: 26,421
23 November 2013 15 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Huddersfield Town Hillsborough Stadium
12:15
(Live on Sky Sports)
McPhail  33'
Llera  44'
Wickham  90+3'
Report Paterson  11'
Clayton  15'  68'
Vaughan  31'
Smith  84'
Smithies  90+4'
Attendance: 19,338
30 November 2013 16 Blackpool 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Bloomfield Road
15:00 Dobbie  3'
Fuller  6'
Osbourne  25'
Gosling  59'  73'
Report Semedo  74'
J. Johnson  87'
Attendance: 14,452
3 December 2013 17 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Leicester City Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Wickham  9', 25'
Mattock  45'
Report Knockaert  3' Attendance: 20,016
14 December 2013 19 Watford 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Vicarage Road
15:00 Report Wickham  24'  70'
Roger Johnson  32'
Lee  67'
Hélan  83'
Attendance: 15,476
18 December 2013 Sheffield Wednesday A–A Wigan Athletic Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Report McClean  24'
Carson  53'
McArthur  55'
Attendance: 22,700 (approx.)
Note: Match abandoned after 59-minutes due to waterlogged pitch
21 December 2013 20 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Bournemouth Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Réda Johnson  46'
Maghoma  82'
Report Ritchie  10'
Grabban  27'
Elphick  71'
Attendance: 21,057
26 December 2013 21 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Ewood Park
15:00 Henley  54'
Spurr  87'
Report Attendance: 18,539
29 December 2013 22 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday The Valley
15:00 Stephens  47'
Evina  88'
Green  90+3'
Report McPhail  25'
Wickham  59'
Palmer  62'
Attendance: 16,377
Referee: F. Graham
1 January 2014 23 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Blackpool Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Wickham  51'
Maghoma  58'
Maguire  60'
Réda Johnson  62'
Report Fuller  45+1' Attendance: 19,447
Referee: D. Whitestone
11 January 2014 24 Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United Hillsborough Stadium
12:15
(Live on Sky Sports)
Llera  14'
R. Johnson  20'
Loovens  42'
Nuhiu  45'
Wickham  50'
Maguire  52'  67'
Lavery  80', 90+4'
Report Smith  47'
Pearce  51'
Attendance: 21,224
Referee: L. Probert
18 January 2014 25 Burnley 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Turf Moor
15:00 Vokes  43'
Marney  87'
Report Maguire  45'  78'
Semedo  64'
Wickham  68'
Mattock  81'
Attendance: 13,735
Referee: S. Attwell
28 January 2014 26 Millwall 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday The Den
19:45 Martin  45'
Campbell  80'
Lowry  89'
Bywater  89'
Report Coke  69'  89'
Nuhiu  89'
Attendance: 10,624
Referee: L. Probert
1 February 2014 27 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Barnsley Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Maguire  46'  90+7'
J. Johnson  80'
Report Frimpong  24'  30'
Hunt  53'
Mellis  90+1'
Attendance: 25,139
Referee: A. Marriner
8 February 2014 28 Reading 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Madjeski Stadium
15:00 Pearce  9'
McAnuff  45'
Report Maguire  10' (pen.)  42'
McCabe  13'
Llera  52'
Afobe  58'
Hélan  68'
Attendance: 19,772
Referee: K. Hill
11 February 2014 29 Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Wigan Athletic Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Semedo  36'
Llera  45+2'
Report Maynard  31', 38'
Waghorn  74'
Perch  88'
Fortuné  90+3'
Attendance: 25,279
Referee: D. Webb
18 February 2014 30 Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Derby County Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Llera  35'
Hélan  59'
Hutchinson  74'
Report Martin  37'
Bryson  40'
Forsyth  53'
Bamford  78'
Attendance: 21,039
Referee: D. Bond
22 February 2014 31 Huddersfield Town 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday John Smith's Stadium
15:00 Smith  54'
Gerrard  78'
Report Palmer  28'
Hélan  40'
Hutchinson  50'
G. Gardner  65'
Maghoma  72'
Attendance: 16,499
Referee: N. Swarbrick
1 March 2014 32 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Middlesbrough Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Nuhiu  87' (pen.)  88'
Coke  90'
Report Friend  42'
Whitehead  36'  86'
Attendance: 20,743
Referee: D'Urso
8 March 2014 33 Yeovil Town 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Huish Park
15:00 Miller  41', 51'
Dawson  83'
Report Palmer  24'
G. Gardner  31'
Hutchinson  85'  89'
Loovens  90+4'
Attendance: 6,251
Referee: D. Sheldrake
12 March 2014 34 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday DW Stadium
19:45 Al-Habsi  35'
Gómez  41'  88' (pen.)
Report Best 37'
Hélan  71'
Attendance: 15,039
Referee: Andy Haines
15 March 2014 35 Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Birmingham City Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Lavery  16', 68'  17'
Best  21'
Packwood  58' (o.g.)
Report Spector  65'
Novak  80'
Attendance: 20,637
Referee: S. Martin
18 March 2014 36 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Buxton  29'  71'
Maguire  35' (pen.)
Best  51'
Report Dunne  33' Attendance: 18,029
Referee: P. Tierney
22 March 2014 37 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Keepmoat Stadium
15:00 Brown  32' Report Hutchinson  89' Attendance: 12,609
Referee: M. Dean
29 March 2014 39 Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 Watford Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Afobe  54'
Lee  71'
Report Angella  5'  38'
McGugan  23'
Pudil  42'
Deeney  49', 51'
Tőzsér  56'
Attendance: 22,057
Referee: M. Heywood
4 April 2014 40 Leicester City 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday King Power Stadium
19:45
(Live on Sky Sports)
Mahrez  10'
Schlupp  48'
Knockaert  61'
Report Antonio  37'
Palmer  45+1'
Lee  60'
Attendance: 26,103
Referee: G. Scott
8 April 2014 41 Nottingham Forest 3–3 Sheffield Wednesday The City Ground
19:45 Lansbury  14'
Lascelles  26'
Mackie  34'  44'
Collins  55'  80'
Tudgay  77'
Paterson  87'
Report Maguire  15' (pen.)
Antonio  38'
Mattock  41'  57'
Buxton  45+3'
Hélan  77'
Attendance: 20,185
Referee: S. Duncan
12 April 2014 42 Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 Blackburn Rovers Hillsborough Stadium
15:07* Buxton  30'
Llera  45+1'
Nuhiu  72', 90+5'  83'
Hutchinson  75'
Afobe  89'
Report Rhodes  15'  90+1'
Conway  36'
Keane  43'
Hanley  56'
Williamson  75'
Gestede  80'
Attendance: 22,792
Referee: F. Graham
Note: *All English and Welsh football matches kicked off at 15:07 for the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.[122]
18 April 2014 43 Bournemouth 2–4 Sheffield Wednesday Dean Court
15:00 Surman  15'
Pugh  31'
Kermorgant  57'
Elphick  84'
Report Nuhiu  16'
Hutchinson  34'  45+1'  63'
Maguire  71'  90+6'
Best  86'
Attendance: 10,864
Referee: T. Robinson
21 April 2014 44 Sheffield Wednesday 2–3 Charlton Athletic Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Nuhiu  3'
Maguire  8'  9'
Lee  79'
Hélan  86'
Report Sordell  10', 43', 63'
Morrison  22'
Attendance: 20,557
Referee: T. Harrington
26 April 2014 45 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Bolton Wanderers Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Mattock  38'
Onyewu  57'
Nuhiu  59'
Report Danns  8'  18'
Lee  19'
Trotter  29'
Threlkeld  53'
Beckford  57'
Attendance: 23,070
Referee: A. Davies
3 May 2014 46 Ipswich Town 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Portman Road
12:15 Smith  37'  60'
Green  67'
Report Onyewu  36'
Lee  55'
Attendance: 20,862
Referee: C. Boyeson

Last updated: 3 May 2014
Source:
Note: Championship fixtures not listed due to copyright
.

Football League Cup

6 August 2013 Rotherham United 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday New York Stadium
20:00 Pringle  10'
Agard  22'
Frecklington  38'
Skarz  43'
Tubbs  77'
Report McCabe  23'
Hélan  57'
J. Johnson  78'
Antonio  88'
Attendance: 11,433

FA Cup

4 January 2014 Round 3 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Moss Rose
15:00 Williams  72' Report Réda Johnson  25'  83'
Maguire  84'
Attendance: 5,873
14 January 2014 Round 3 Replay Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Macclesfield Town Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Maguire  3'
Maghoma  78'
J. Johnson  85'
Llera  90+1'
Report Boden  65' (pen.) Attendance: 12,302
Referee: N. Miller
25 January 2014 Round 4 Rochdale 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Spotland Stadium
15:00 Eastham  6'
Lund  20'
Rose  60'  85'
Report Mattock  51'  31'  64'
Onyewu  57'
Semedo  55'
Attendance: 8,240
Referee: S. Hooper
15 February 2014 Round 5 Sheffield Wednesday P–P Charlton Athletic Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: N/A
Referee: M. Clattenburg
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
24 February 2014 Round 5 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Charlton Athletic Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Best  57'  62'
Llera  64'
Loovens  67'
Mattock  77'
Report Harriott  22'
Church  65'
Wood  88'
Attendance: 24,607
Referee: M. Clattenburg

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 3 May 2014
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Chris Kirkland 36035+000+001+00
2 DF Lewis Buxton 20320+030+000+00
3 DF Réda Johnson 21317+222+010+00
4 DF Anthony Gardner 605+000+001+00
5 DF Kamil Zayatte 12211+020+001+00
6 MF José Semedo 25017+503+000+00
7 MF Michail Antonio 28424+340+001+00
8 DF Oguchi Onyewu 19118+001+010+00
10 MF Jacques Maghoma 30318+723+111+00
11 MF Jermaine Johnson 3115+2200+310+10
13 GK Adam Davies 000+000+000+00
14 MF Giles Coke 30120+811+100+00
15 DF Martin Taylor 000+000+000+00
16 MF Rhys McCabe 1012+500+201+01
17 MF Jérémy Hélan 48233+1022+201+00
18 FW Chris Maguire 321023+494+010+10
19 DF Joe Mattock 26320+322+110+00
20 DF Kieran Lee 29126+013+000+00
21 MF Paul Corry 100+100+000+00
22 MF Liam Palmer 44033+604+001+00
24 DF Rafael Floro 201+000+001+00
25 FW Caolan Lavery 2349+1241+100+00
26 GK Emiliano Martínez 15011+004+000+00
28 FW Benik Afobe 1324+821+000+00
32 DF Miguel Llera 25118+403+010+00
33 FW Anđelko Savić 100+100+000+00
34 FW Atdhe Nuhiu 43825+1383+101+00
35 DF Adedeji Oshilaja 202+000+000+00
36 DF Glenn Loovens 26021+104+000+00
37 FW Franck Betra 000+000+000+00
38 DF Taylor McKenzie 000+000+000+00
39 MF Jack Stobbs 100+100+000+00
41 DF Sam Hutchinson 1018+210+000+00
42 FW Leon Best 16612+351+010+00
Players for Sheffield Wednesday who are currently out on loan:
9 FW Gary Madine 200+100+000+10
12 MF David Prutton 1017+210+001+00
23 MF Danny Mayor 000+000+000+00
30 GK Arron Jameson 000+000+000+00
31 GK Cameron Dawson 000+000+000+00
Sheffield Wednesday players from this season that are no longer at the club:
8 DF Roger Johnson 17017+000+000+00
26 DF Jordan Spence 404+000+000+00
27 MF Stephen McPhail 14013+001+000+00
28 FW Matty Fryatt 947+240+000+00
29 FW Connor Wickham 11811+080+000+00
35 MF Seyi Olofinjana 605+100+000+00
40 MF Gary Gardner 403+001+000+00

Top Goal Scorers

As of 3 May 2014
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1FW18Chris Maguire91010
2FW34Atdhe Nuhiu8008
=FW29Connor Wickham8008
4FW42Leon Best4105
5MF7Michail Antonio4004
=FW28Matty Fryatt4004
=FW25Caolan Lavery4004
8DF2Lewis Buxton3003
=DF3Réda Johnson2103
=MF10Jacques Maghoma2103
=DF19Joe Mattock2103
12FW28Benik Afobe2002
=MF17Jérémy Hélan2002
=DF5Kamil Zayatte2002
15MF14Giles Coke1001
=DF41Sam Hutchinson1001
=MF11Jermaine Johnson0101
=MF20Kieran Lee1001
=DF32Miguel Llera0101
=MF16Rhys McCabe0011
=DF8Oguchi Onyewu0101
=MF12David Prutton1001
Totals 608169

Assists

As of 2 June 2014
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1MF7Michail Antonio6006
2MF18Chris Maguire4105
=FW34Atdhe Nuhiu4105
3MF20Kieran Lee4004
4MF10Jacques Maghoma2103
5DF3Réda Johnson2002
=MF27Stephen McPhail1102
=MF22Liam Palmer2002
8MF17Jérémy Hélan1001
=DF41Sam Hutchinson1001
=MF11Jermaine Johnson0101
=DF19Joe Mattock1001
=MF35Seyi Olofinjana1001
=DF8Oguchi Onyewu1001
=MF6José Semedo1001
=FW29Connor Wickham1001
=FW42Leon Best1001
=DF32Miguel Llera1001
=FW25Caolan Lavery1001

Disciplinary record

As of 3 May 2014
Place No. Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
141DFSam Hutchinson42000042
211MFJermaine Johnson31000132
36MFJosé Semedo41100051
419DFJoe Mattock30110041
514MFGiles Coke01000001
632DFMiguel Llera80100090
717MFJérémy Hélan70001080
=18FWChris Maguire70100080
934FWAtdhe Nuhiu70000070
103DFRéda Johnson50100060
=22MFLiam Palmer60000060
1220MFKieran Lee40000040
=36DFGlenn Loovens30100040
=27MFStephen McPhail40000040
152MFLewis Buxton30000030
=10MFJacques Maghoma30000030
177MFMichail Antonio10001020
=40MFGary Gardner20000020
=8DFRoger Johnson20000020
=8DFOguchi Onyewu20000020
=12MFDavid Prutton20000020
=29FWConnor Wickham20000020
2328FWBenik Afobe10000010
=42FWLeon Best00100010
=4DFAnthony Gardner10000010
=1GKChris Kirkland10000010
=25FWCaolan Lavery10000010
=16MFRhys McCabe10000010
=35MFSeyi Olofinjana10000010
=26DFJordan Spence10000010
=5DFKamil Zayatte10000010
Totals 90 5 7 1 2 1 99 7

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started Round Current Pos/Round Final Pos/Round First Match Last Match
Championship N/A 16th 16th 3 August 2013 3 May 2014
FA Cup Round 3 Round 5 Round 5 4 January 2014 24 February 2014
League Cup Round 1 Round 1 Round 1 6 August 2013 6 August 2013

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Bolton Wanderers 46 14 17 15 59 60 1 59
15 Leeds United 46 16 9 21 59 67 8 57
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 14 19 63 65 2 53
17 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 58 65 7 53
18 Charlton Athletic 46 13 12 21 41 61 20 51
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 13 14 19 63 66  −3 53 9 4 10 39 34  +5 4 10 9 24 32  −8

Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: Championship

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAAHAHHA
ResultLLDDDDLLDDDDWLLLWLWLDDWWDDWWLLWWLLWWLWLLDDWLLL
Position19202120211921222122232421222223232322222222201919201717171715151617161415131414151515151616
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Awards

PFA Player in the Community Award

Winner Club Ref
Réda Johnson Sheffield Wednesday [123]

Wise Old Owls Award

Pos Nat Player Ref
1 Liam Palmer [124]

Sheffield Wednesday Community Champion

Place # Pos Nat Player Ref
1st 3 DF Réda Johnson [125]

Sheffield Wednesday Academy Player of the Year

Place # Pos Nat Player Ref
1st GK Joe Wildsmith [126]

The IV Northern Programme Club Merit Award

Winner Programme Name Ref
Sheffield Wednesday Wednesday [127]

The Football League Family Excellence Award

Club Ref
Sheffield Wednesday [128]

Student Employer of the Year

Winner Ref
Sheffield Wednesday [129]

LMA Performance of the Week

Winner Match Ground Date Ref
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 5–2 Reading Hillsborough Stadium 7 November 2013 [130]
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 6–0 Leeds United Hillsborough Stadium 11 January 2014 [131]

Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week

Week Player(s) Ref
3-9 Feb Chris Maguire [132]
7-13 Apr Lewis Buxton [133]

The 72 Championship Team of the Week

Week Player(s) Ref
14 Dec Glenn Loovens [134]
11 Jan Réda Johnson, Kieran Lee, José Semedo [135]
1 Feb Chris Maguire [136]
8 Feb Miguel Llera [137]
22 Feb Sam Hutchinson, Jérémy Hélan [138]
1 Mar Glenn Loovens [139]
15 Mar Caolan Lavery [140]

League Football Education Goal of the Month

Month Player Versus Ref
February Jack Stobbs Chelsea U-18 [141]

Television Coverage

Within the 2013–14 football campaign Sheffield Wednesday will feature on television highlight shows and programmes on both Sky Sports channels and the BBC particularly The Football League Show. The Owls will likely to feature on shows such as Soccer AM and Football Focus, along with Late Kick Off on various occasions throughout the season. With the Football League Championship's ever growing media coverage, the Owls will also likely to be seen, whether live or just highlights, in different countries across Europe and the Globe. Live matches in the UK of the Championship are all hosted by Sky Sports, but the Owls may feature live on other sports channels such as ESPN and even possibly ITV as they host coverage of the FA Cup, but will feature at least once on some of the FA Cup highlight shows. Sky Sports and ESPN host very few live matches of the Football League Cup, but the BBC host a Football League Cup highlight show, with again Wednesday will feature at least once in.

A day after the fixtures of the 2013–14 campaign were released, Sky Sports confirmed that it would be showing Sheffield Wednesday's third game of the season against Leeds United at Elland Road live on television, with the match being rearranged to a 12:15 kick-off on Saturday 17 August.[142]

Another fixture was soon confirmed to be televised live by Sky Sports, this was the clash between Yorkshire rivals Wednesday and Huddersfield Town on 23 November at the newly arranged time of 12:15.[143]

Similarly to last season, the Owls were chosen to feature live on Sky Sports for the game away to local rivals Barnsley, the game is now a 12:15 kick-off on 26 October 2013.[144]

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  70. "Matchday live Boro". www.swfc.co.uk. 31 August 2013.
  71. "Matchday live Brum". www.swfc.co.uk. 21 September 2013.
  72. "Matchday live Huddersfield". www.swfc.co.uk. 23 November 2013.
  73. "Matchday live Leicester". www.swfc.co.uk. 3 December 2013.
  74. "Cherries on top". www.swfc.co.uk. 21 December 2013.
  75. "Matchday live Burnley". www.swfc.co.uk. 18 January 2014.
  76. "Owls v Barnsley team news". www.swfc.co.uk. 1 February 2014.
  77. "Teams news in Wigan rearranged". www.swfc.co.uk. 11 February 2014.
  78. "Team news in Derby home". www.swfc.co.uk. 18 February 2014.
  79. "Report: Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Derby". www.swfc.co.uk. 18 February 2014.
  80. "Sheffield Wednesday 1-3 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 26 April 2014.
  81. "Lambin links up with Owls". www.swfc.co.uk. 12 August 2013.
  82. "Loovens checks in". www.swfc.co.uk. 3 December 2013.
  83. "International ace checks in". www.swfc.co.uk. 11 January 2014.
  84. "Hery agrees". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. 11 May 2013.
  85. "Fond farewell". www.swfc.co.uk. 13 February 2014.
  86. "Swan signs". www.swfc.co.uk. 17 September 2013.
  87. "Wickham signs". www.swfc.co.uk. 1 November 2013.
  88. "Martinez extends". www.swfc.co.uk. 14 November 2013.
  89. "Martinez stays". www.swfc.co.uk. 3 January 2014.
  90. "Benik Afobe joins Sheffield Wednesday". www.swfc.co.uk. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014.
  91. "Oshilaja agrees Owls switch". www.swfc.co.uk. 7 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014.
  92. "Gary Gardner joins Sheffield Wednesday". www.swfc.co.uk. 12 February 2014.
  93. "Sheffield Wednesday sign Leon Best". www.swfc.co.uk. 14 February 2014.
  94. "Chelsea stopper joins Owls". www.swfc.co.uk. 14 February 2014.
  95. "Best extends". www.swfc.co.uk. 14 March 2014.
  96. "Hutchinson stays". www.swfc.co.uk. 14 March 2014.
  97. "Oshilaja extends". www.swfc.co.uk. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014.
  98. "Young Owl joins Hyde". www.swfc.co.uk. 13 September 2013.
  99. "McKenzie moves". www.swfc.co.uk. 17 September 2013.
  100. "Manny on the move". www.swfc.co.uk. 1 November 2013.
  101. "Lavery loaned out". www.swfc.co.uk. 22 November 2013.
  102. "Maguire joins Coventry". www.swfc.co.uk. 28 November 2013.
  103. "Jameson joins Stalybridge". www.swfc.co.uk. 29 November 2013.
  104. "Lavery extends Argyle loan". www.swfc.co.uk. 3 January 2014.
  105. "Jameson joins Bantams". www.swfc.co.uk. 10 January 2014.
  106. "Defender loaned out". www.swfc.co.uk. 16 January 2014.
  107. "Dawson agrees Plymouth Argyle loan". www.swfc.co.uk. 7 February 2014.
  108. "McCabe leaves on loan". www.swfc.co.uk. 17 March 2014.
  109. "Wildsmith joins Alfreton". www.swfc.co.uk. 27 March 2014.
  110. "Madine loaned out". www.swfc.co.uk. 27 March 2014.
  111. "Prutton joins Sky Blues". www.swfc.co.uk. 27 March 2014.
  112. "Dawson signs". www.swfc.co.uk. 22 April 2013.
  113. "Buxton commits Wednesday". www.swfc.co.uk. 31 May 2013.
  114. "Keeper signs new contract". www.thestar.co.uk. 28 June 2013.
  115. "Young Owl pens professional deal". www.swfc.co.uk. 19 November 2013.
  116. "Olofinjana extends". www.swfc.co.uk. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  117. "Loovens extends Owls deal". www.swfc.co.uk. 31 December 2013.
  118. "McPhail extends". www.swfc.co.uk. 21 January 2014.
  119. "Rising star". www.swfc.co.uk. 19 March 2014.
  120. "Lavery signs new deal". www.swfc.co.uk. 21 March 2014.
  121. "Delighted to sign". www.swfc.co.uk. 27 March 2014.
  122. "Hillsborough: Matches delayed to mark anniversary". BBC Sport. 12 April 2014.
  123. "Champion!". www.swfc.co.uk. 17 March 2013.
  124. "Palmer wins Wise Old Owls Award". www.swfc.co.uk. 16 April 2014.
  125. "Owls star named Community Champion". www.swfc.co.uk. 30 April 2014.
  126. "Wildsmith crowned academy Player of the Year". www.swfc.co.uk. 30 April 2014.
  127. "Owls' matchday programme honoured". www.swfc.co.uk. 30 April 2014.
  128. "Owls land Football League Family Excellence Award". www.swfc.co.uk. 8 May 2014.
  129. "Top employability accolade for the Owls". www.swfc.co.uk. 2 June 2014.
  130. "Owls win LMA award". www.swfc.co.uk. 7 November 2013.
  131. "Owls land LMA award Leeds". www.swfc.co.uk. 16 January 2014.
  132. "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week 03/02/14 – 09/02/14". The Football League. 10 February 2014.
  133. "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week 07/04/14 = 13/04/14". The Football League. 14 April 2014.
  134. "Team of the Week Championship 7". www.the72.co.uk. 15 December 2013.
  135. "Team of the Week Championship 10". www.the72.co.uk. 13 January 2014.
  136. "Team of the Week Championship 13". www.the72.co.uk. 2 February 2014.
  137. "Team of the Week Championship 14". www.the72.co.uk. 9 February 2014.
  138. "Team of the Week Championship 16". www.the72.co.uk. 24 February 2014.
  139. "Team of the Week Championship 17". www.the72.co.uk. 1 March 2014.
  140. "team of the Week Championship 20". www.the72.co.uk. 17 March 2014.
  141. "Stobbs wins Goal of the Month". www.swfc.co.uk. 10 March 2014.
  142. "Leeds v Owls on Sky". www.swfc.co.uk. 20 June 2013.
  143. "Owls v Terriers on Sky". www.swfc.co.uk. 3 July 2013.
  144. "Barnsley clash on Sky". www.swfc.co.uk. 8 July 2013.
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