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Preview: Sheffield Wednesday vs. Leeds United

By Danielle Joynson, Reporter
Filed: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:39 UK
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:40 UK


Sheffield Wednesday will be under increasing pressure if they fail to get a result against Leeds United this Friday in the Championship.

The Owls currently sit in the bottom three of the league table after taking just eight points from 10 matches this season but manager Dave Jones could witness a turnaround if his men overcome Neil Warnock's Leeds side.

The Whites can move into the playoff places if they snatch three points at the Hillsborough stadium on Friday as they hope to build on their five-match unbeaten run.

Jones is likely to opt for Chris O'Grady and loanee Jay Bothroyd up front, while Warnock is expected to choose Luciano Becchio and El-Hadj Diouf to lead the line.

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Leeds visit to Hillsborough guaranteed to put big smile on Warnock’s face

Published on Wednesday 17 October 2012 09:34


Neil Warnock takes Leeds to Sheffield Wednesday this Friday for a Championship derby. Richard Sutcliffe reports.

KNOWING full well that his reception on Friday night will be neither particularly welcoming nor warm, Neil Warnock could be forgiven for regarding Hillsborough as his least favourite ground in the country.

The reality, however, could not be more different with the Leeds United manager admitting he eagerly looks forward to visiting the home of Sheffield Wednesday.

“I’ve always liked Hillsborough,” insists the 63-year-old lifelong Sheffield United fan to the Yorkshire Post ahead of this week’s first derby between Leeds and the Owls since 2007.

“It is a proper old ground and the crowd is always vociferous, especially when I’m there it seems.

“I always get the same reception whenever I go back. It hasn’t changed in who knows how long. I am sure they will be chanting my name from kick-off on Friday. And not in a nice way, either.

“But I am used to it now. I’ve had stick at quite a few grounds down the years. Elland Road always used to be one of the worst, to be fair. I got dog’s abuse there. But, again, it never bothered me.

“Anyway, nowadays I just wave back when the opposition fans start. I’ll be the same this weekend, though with there being a few Sheffield United links, lads such as Michael Tonge and Michael Brown, then maybe the abuse will be shared around.”

Warnock is right. He will not be the only one on the end of vitriol from the Wednesday supporters. This is the visit of Leeds, after all. But it is surely stretching things to believe that the United chief won’t be the one who comes in for the most stick.

Not, of course, that it will bother him. In the past, he has even turned the tables on his tormentors – famously phoning up BBC Radio Sheffield’s post-match phone-in after he had been on the receiving end of some verbals from the visiting seats when his Crystal Palace side had hosted the Owls.

That he rang in as ‘Neil from London’ and only revealed his true identity once on air added to the hilarity of the episode.

What those Wednesday fans at Selhurst Park chanting about Warnock that afternoon probably did not know, though, was that as a youngster he had been a reasonably regular visitor to Hillsborough.

He recalls: “I’ve always supported United. It was something about liking the underdog. My dad was a United fan, too. Though he didn’t apply any pressure or anything like that. I just made my own mind up.

“Me and my dad may have been United but my elder sister was a Wednesdayite, I also used to go to games there. I was there for the first floodlit game at Hillsborough.

“I was also there when Santos came to Sheffield and Pele was in the team. What a game that was.

“I used to like a couple of Wednesday players.

“There was a full-back called Norman Curtis who I liked, along with a winger called Colin Dobson. Great players. I also went to watch United as a fan at Hillsborough.

“Back in those days, you could stand on the Kop as a United fan with no problems.

“You wouldn’t be able to do that now, which to me is a real shame.”

As a dyed-in-the-wool Blade, Warnock understandably relished the Steel City derby tussles during his eight-year spell in charge at Bramall Lane.

He had a decent record, too, with just one defeat – a 2-0 loss in September, 2002 – in eight league encounters.

“We did well against Wednesday when I was manager,” says the 63-year-old. “But what pleased me the most is what happened during my whole time at United.

“The big target (when appointed in December 1999) was to make us the best team in Sheffield with the best stadium. I also wanted us to have the best training ground and the best Academy.

“I remember saying all this to Kevin McCabe and the rest of the board at the time. I think they thought I’d been drinking.

“It was probably understandable as Wednesday were in the Premier League when I got the job and the crowd the week before I came in at Bramall Lane for the visit from Port Vale had been around 8,900.

“But, in the end, we did it. We went from there to going past Wednesday, developing Bramall Lane and filling it every week.”

On being in the away dugout at Hillsborough for the Steel City derbies, Warnock added: “We lost on my first visit, which was in the League Cup. We battered them as well.

“It was the Cup, so didn’t bother me too much. The league is always the bread and butter. And I had good record against Wednesday with United.

“The thing I do remember from going to Hillsborough was that bloody band playing. I’m not a fan. I just wish they’d learn a few more songs as they just seem to play the same one all the time.

“Saying that, there was one game when we won and I was tapping my toes along with the music. I must have been happy at how well we were doing.”

As was to be expected of any Blade, Wednesday’s promotion at the expense of United last May came as a bitter blow to Warnock.

The subsequent loss to Huddersfield Town in the play-off final then meant the Steel City derby is off the menu for at least a year. The upshot is the derby clashes with Leeds being arguably the outstanding fixture of this season’s calendar for both clubs.

Warnock said: “I am looking forward to Friday. I like Milan (Mandaric) and Dave (Jones). They have done a great job in getting Wednesday up.

“I know things have not gone too well lately but it’ll turn round. A team always has to adjust when they go up a division. It takes time but Wednesday will get there. Anyone can beat anyone else in this division and Wednesday under a manager as experienced as Dave Jones will soon start getting the points together.”

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Tidligere oppgjør:

Siste vennskapskamp:
Sheffield Wed vs Leeds 1-1 - friendly 2011
http://www.leeds.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=248215
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmpauSOdAwM   :)

Siste ligamøte:
Leeds vs Sheff Wed 2-3 - 2006-07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2JHLdaMdyw

Kjempeseier i Champions-sesongen:
Sheff Wed vs Leeds 1-6 - 1991-92
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yafv0zjIYCQ


Vi har kun tapt en kamp på Hillsborough siden 1965!!!

Statistikk:
http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=match&matchId=623628



« Siste redigering: Oktober 17, 2012, 15:15:07 av Promotion 2010 »
Ups & Ups!!

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call me crazy, men jeg tror vi tar denne også.

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... kan hende har du rett... :)
Super Leeds since 1968

Cherry

Vi vinner 3-2 på fredagen- Herliiii!  ;D

Hall kommer inn og scorer vinnermålet....
 

Killa

Jeg kjøpte abonnement på TV2 Sumo for å se kampene med Leeds, og det funker jo i grunnen greit.... Men er det noen som vet om kampene kan ses i opptak etter de er ferdige? Jeg er nemlig borte på fredagskvelden og rekker ikke hjem før kanpen er ca ferdig... Tips - anyone?

Promotion 2010

Jeg kjøpte abonnement på TV2 Sumo for å se kampene med Leeds, og det funker jo i grunnen greit.... Men er det noen som vet om kampene kan ses i opptak etter de er ferdige? Jeg er nemlig borte på fredagskvelden og rekker ikke hjem før kanpen er ca ferdig... Tips - anyone?

Bare denne ene gangen! Du må kjøpe deg en gammel videospiller!  :)
Min første Leeds-kamp:
Strømsgodset vs Leeds, 19.september 1973

Promotion 2010

Leeds vs Sheff Wed 1-1 - cup 1984:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCRCkLijr8E


Ritchiiiiiiiiiiiii..................goal!
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Min første Leeds-kamp:
Strømsgodset vs Leeds, 19.september 1973

Promotion 2010

Hillsborough tragedien berørte oss alle. Nå har det nylig kommet en rapport om ulykken som slakter gange mange av de involverte parter. Leedsfansen selv har hatt noen innspill om farlige situasjoner der fra FA-cup-semien i 1987.

Først til Hillsborough 1989:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/12/hillsborough-disaster-police-coverup-revealed

Youtube:

Her et lengre klipp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2HDjuu8Cw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_SmM9KuhIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx9N4dv5yPk


Leedssupportere selv har også hatt noen dårlige erfaringer rundt om på Engelske baner:

Hillsborough
Dave Hodgkinson 47. I went to the Leeds v Coventry game and stood at the leppings lane end. As I entered the centre pen I felt uneasy about the enclosed area and moved to the right hand pen. As some others have said about that day, you could not get near the ground without your ticket being checked the police. The lack of ticket checks cost lifes on that day in 1989.

Was there myself in pen just to right of goal posts,it was bad we thaught they had sold two many tickets, made it very hard to enjoy the game,constantly trying to find your feet.have always said that after 1989 there but for the grace of god go we. R.I.P to the 96


http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/latest-whites-news/leeds-united-a-disaster-in-the-making-hay-1-4951655
The gravest scandal of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 was the cover-up which followed it. But there were other failings too; a multitude outlined last week by a definitive report into the death of 96 Liverpool supporters.
The findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel laid bare the attempt to smear the crowd in Hillsborough’s Leppings Lane End but the campaign for justice did not end there.
There were more questions to be answered – why had Hillsborough’s safety certificate not been updated since 1979, and why were previous warnings of problems in that part of the stadium neither heeded nor acted upon? As Phil Scraton, professor at Queens University Belfast and a member of the panel, said: “The risks were known and the fatal crush in 1989 was foreseeable.”
Among the echoes of the Hillsborough disaster was the semi-final between Leeds United and Coventry City on April 12, 1987, a match in which United’s supporters were packed into the Leppings Lane End. Here, four fans who were in the middle pens – the scene of English football’s worst tragedy two years later – recount their experiences.
Paul Dews, Leeds United’s media manager – aged 14 in 1987
If you’d been on the Kop at Elland Road then you were used to old-fashioned surges. The difference with the Leppings Lane End was that you couldn’t stand on the same spot for more than a few minutes. If someone moved you all moved, in one big mass.
I was in one of the middle pens but not with the correct ticket. There was so much interest in the game that there were roadblocks coming into Sheffield and I had my ticket checked a few times – but not inside the ground or not that I remember. We filed down the tunnel and everyone gravitated towards the middle of the terraces. It’s what you did.
The overcrowding in there was horrible, although not the worst I’d seen. Middlesbrough and Ipswich away in the 1989-90 season were as bad as I remember, and Ipswich was the one time when I really feared for my safety. But at Hillsborough, each surge threw you down 10 steps. People were climbing out of the pens, trying to get into the seats above, away from the crush. When you saw the pictures of 1989 I really thought “that could have been us.”
I’m not ashamed to say that back then Liverpool’s supporters had a reputation for turning up to games without tickets. But what we experienced made me realise that they weren’t to blame. Had it not been for 1989 I might look back on ’87 affectionately. But I actually think we were bloody lucky.
John Murtagh, seller of materials to the building industry – aged 17 in 1987
I’ve thought a lot about the ’87 semi-final in the last week. Even if the disaster hadn’t happened, that day would still have stuck in my mind.
I was 17 years old and well used to going to decrepit grounds. I was also used to being packed in with thousands of others. When you see the way football stadiums are built and managed now, you really can’t believe how it once was.
That semi-final was a massive game for Leeds but I’ve never been so happy to get out of a ground. When Keith Edwards scored our equaliser and sent the game into extra-time, I was pretty gutted. I thought ‘Jesus, I’ve got another 40 minutes in here.’ I don’t know if I felt afraid as such but there was no way out of the middle pens. Once you were in you were in, with everyone squeezing the life out of each other.
It was so bad that a fan next to me fainted in my arms. He was lucky that the police beyond the fencing opened the gate at the front of our pen and lifted him out. They did him a big favour. But I believed then – and I still hold this opinion – that the police wanted us like that: fenced in and too packed to cause any trouble. To me it seemed like their idea of effective crowd control. What happened in 1989 was no surprise to me.
Michael Sellers, estate agent and financial advisor – aged 17 in 1987
I often wonder what it would have taken for Leeds United supporters to have died in the Leppings Lane End. An extra 200 of us squeezed into the pens? Or maybe an extra 500?
The difference between 1987 and 1989 was a very fine line in my opinion. When I think about it closely I feel very fortunate and so sorry for the Liverpool fans who didn’t make it.
You knew from an early stage that there were too many of us in there but you had nowhere to go – unless you were willing to climb over fences. The police shouted at the fans who tried to lift themselves out, telling them to get down. I don’t think they had any idea how bad it was.
To think that Hillsborough had no updated safety certificate is scary. My worst experience as a fan was at Oldham when I stood in front of a metal barrier and got driven into it. The pain was awful and it hit home when I saw the picture of the Leppings Lane End after the disaster in 1989. The force that must have been needed to twist and mangle the metal is frightening. I can relate to it but I can’t imagine it – and for that I’m grateful.
Andrew Atkinson, employed in newspaper distribution – aged 20 in 1987
It was a big day for Leeds and we got into the stadium early. The worst crushing I recall happened before kick-off as everyone rushed to get into the pens, and the big worry for me was my brother.
He was only 14 and he suffered from Asthma. The temperature on the day was roasting and I wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to cope with the heat and the crowd. You thought you’d seen it all before and in some ways I had because a lot of grounds were designed in the same way but that was my brother’s first away game. I spent most of the semi-final watching him and trying to make sure he was okay.
As crushed as we all were, the atmosphere felt incredible. Leeds were playing in an FA Cup semi-final and that was a first for me as a supporter. But the Hillsborough disaster makes you think about how the away end was, and if you asked me to describe how the fans were managed, I’d say the strategy was to ram as many people into the pens until they couldn’t take any more. It was a way of preventing any bother. The safety of fans didn’t really come into it.


Andre steder Leedsfans har reagert på sikkerheten:

På 80-tallet falt en mur ned da Leedssupportere presset seg inn på Birminghams St.Andrews...

og...

STOKE
I was at Stoke City many years ealier when the Leeds fans were crushed by an invasion from behind by Stoke fans. Me and my mate were in front of a barrier, luckily there was space below us as the fans got bent over double against the barrier.
We were pushing back on their shoulders, but the crush was too strong for anyone to duck under the barrier. I can still hear the sickening, groaning crunch as the barrier bent over and fans fell in a pile 10 deep, with arms reaching up out of the mass.
Stadiums were really badly designed in those days. In the above Stoke case - it was obvious the police didn't stop the invasion by Stoke fans.

white and marching i still have the programme from this match - the leeds fans took the stoke end - and later on the stoke fans came up behind us and everyone pushed forward - me and my mate passed out and came round on the steps at the side,my ankle was broken and went home on that hospital coach and arrived home at 1am with a big pot on my foot - my dad went ballistic as i didnt let them know, he banned me from away football matches - but i still went to er MOT

ER
Similalry at ER for the Sunderland FA Cup match - on the old Kop, me and my sister bent double over a crash barrier. Thought we were going to die. Luckily a strong bloke in front pushed back hard enough and we got under the barrier. Later the crowd spilled onto the pitch.


Det var vel i denne kampen at ER har sin tilskuerrekord fra: 67.000 ++
Min første Leeds-kamp:
Strømsgodset vs Leeds, 19.september 1973

ArneS

S H E F F I E L D   T R I V I A

Sheffield er som alle vet stålbyen i UK.  Blant annet ble rustfritt stål oppfunnet i byen.  Stålverket Forgemasters er verdens eneste gjenlevende uavhengige stålverk, og ble stiftet allerede i 1805.  Navnet stammer fra elven Sheaf – altså marka ved Sheaf.
City of Sheffield har drøye 500.000 innbyggere, og er en av 8 store engelske byer som har dannet English Core Cities Group.  Leeds er også med her.  Med omliggende områder er Sheffield formelt englands 4. største by etter London, Birmingham og Leeds.  Likevel er Sheffield uformelt kjent som Englands største landsby.

Som Bergen er Sheffield bygget på 7 ”fjell”. Høyeste punkt er 548 moh, men laveste er bare 29 moh.   Det er anslått å være over 2 millioner trær i Sheffield, som visstnok gjør byen til den byen i Europa med flest trær pr innbygger.

Det er påvist nesten 13.000 år med beboelse i området.  Byen har vært styrt av stadig skiftende herskere opp gjennom tidene.  Romere, skotter, dansker, anglo-saksere, normannere – you name it. 

Allerede på 1300-tallet var Sheffield kjent for sin produksjon av kniver.  Dette utviklet seg til bestikk på 1600-tallet.  Stålindustrien ga byen god vekst, og det ble gjort mange viktige oppfinnelser knyttet til dette. 

I perioden 1570 – 1584 var Mary Stuart fengslet i Sheffield Castle og Sheffield Manor.

En nærliggende demning brast i 1864 og utløste «The Great Sheffield Flood», som ødela mye av byen og drepte 270.

I 1937 skrev George Orwell at Sheffield kan med rette hevde å være den styggeste byen i den gamle verden.
12. og 15. desember 1940 ble byen utsatt for heftig tysk bombing, og 660 personer mistet livet.
Bare M1 skiller Sheffield fra Rotherham.
Omtrent 1/3 av byen ligger i Peak District National Park.

Foruten M1 og M18, er jernbanen sentral for kommunikasjon til og fra Sheffield.  Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport er det tunge formelle navnet på flyplassen som ligger 46km fra byen.

Det er 2 universiteter i Sheffield.

Fotball er hovedidretten med både United og Wednesday som velkjente lag historisk, selv om ingen har hatt nevneverdig suksess den senere tid.  Verdens første offisielle fotballklubb ble stiftet her (Sheffield F.C) og også den andre (Hallam F.C)  Sistnevnte spiller fortsatt på sitt originale stadion – anerkjent som verdens eldste: Sandygate Road i forstaden Crosspool.
Ishockey, svømming og friidrett er stort i byen.  Det er årlige store konkurranser i snooker, squash og fekting.  Rugby Union og League, basketball og speedway er det også.

Mye musikk å hente fra Sheffield (ikke prioritert rekkefølge…): Human League, Heaven 17, ABC, Pulp(Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley), Def Leppard, Joe Cocker, Moloko, Arctic Monkeys.

Byen har 83 parker, og mer enn 60% av byen er grøntareal.  Sheffield ligger på breddegrad 53°23′
Dette er noenlunde på nivå med Liverpool, Dublin, Edmonton Canada, samt Togliatti Russland.

Lokalavisene heter The Star og Sheffield Telegraph. 
Vennskapsbyer er Anshan City (Kina), Bochum (Tyskland), Donetsk (Ukraina) og Esteli (Nicaragua).  Sistnevnte er for øvrig også vennskapsby med Stavanger.

Kjentfolk fra Sheffield:
A.S Byatt (Forfatter), Sean Bean, Paul Carrack (Musiker Squeeze), Paul Heaton (Housemartins – ihuga Sheffield United supporter), Eddie Izzard (Komiker), Michael Palin, Donald Pleasence (skuespiller), diverse engelske ministere, Gordon Banks, Dave Bassett, Lee Chapman, Emlyn Hughes, Uriah Rennie (dommer), Mel Sterland, Chris Waddle, Chris Woods.




Sheffield Wednesday FC – The Owls – ble stiftet i 1867 som The Wednesday.  Klubben ble stiftet fordi “The Wednesday Cricket Club” trengte noe å gjøre om vinteren.  Ukenavnet kommer av at det var den dagen i uka som cricket-klubben spilte sine kamper, og det ble som vi skjønner videreført i fotballklubben.  I den tid spilte klubbene i Sheffield og omegn etter såkalte Sheffield Rules, og det er klart at det var mange rare kombinasjoner av fotball og rugby på den tiden.  Klubben tok formelt navnet Sheffield Wednesday FC så sent som i 1929.
Klubbens farger har alltid vært hvitt og blått.  I begynnelsen var det vertikale striper, nå er de horisontale, og i mellomtiden har det vært både kvartruter ala Blackburn, og helblå med hvite ermer.
I 1876 kom skotten James lang til klubben.  Han ble ansatt av en av klubbens direktører, men han besatte egentlig ikke noen stilling.  James Lang er senere anerkjent som Englands første profesjonelle fotballspiller. 
I 1887 ble klubben formelt profesjonell.  Man byttet også bane fra Bramall Lane til Olive Grove.  I 1889 var klubben med å starte the Football Alliance, en liga som fram til 1892 var et alternativ til the Football Association.   De to ulike organisasjonene slo pjaltene sammen i 1892, opprettet 2nd division, og har egentlig ikke sett seg tilbake etterpå.
Wednesday vant sitt første trofe da de slo Everton i  FA-Cup finalen i 1896.
Utvidelse av jernbanenettet medførte at klubben måtte finne ny stadion til 1899-1900 sesongen.  Valget falt på et jorde i utkantstrøket Owlerton (derfor klengenavnet), der Hillsborough Stadium etter hvert har vokst fram til det det er i dag.
Hillsborough er dessverre mest kjent for tragedien i 1989 der 96 Liverpool fans ble drept.  I 2012 ble ansvaret for dette endelig satt der det hørte hjemme.  Tragedien medførte fjerning av gjerder rund banene, og ikke minst påbud av sittetribuner.
Hillsborough er for øvrig balløyas 12. største stadion i tilskuerkapasitet, med 39.812 seter.  Utvidelsesplaner ble droppet da England ikke fikk VM i 2018.  Banen var brukt under EM i 1996, og har arrangert 27 FA-Cup semifinaler. 
Det første tiåret i forrige århundre var et godt tiår for Wednesday, med 2 ligamesterskap og en seier i FA-cupen.  Det ble 2. divisjons spill mellom 1920 og 1926.  I 1927-28 unngikk klubben nedrykk med et nødskrik, men kom sterkt igjen med ligatriumf sesongen etter, og en 8-sesongers periode der man med unntak av 1 sesong enten ble nr 2 eller 3.  Klubbens 3. FA_Cup trofe kom i 1935.
På 50-tallet var det mye opp og ned mellom 1. og 2. divisjon, før det igjen ble en lengre 1. divisjons periode mellom 1959 og 1970.  I 1964 ble 3 av klubbens spillere dømt for kampfiksing.  I 1966 tapte klubben FA_Cup finalen 2-3 mot Everton etter å ha kommet seg til finale ved kun å spille bortekamper. 
På 70-tallet var det labert, der det også var 3. divisjonsspill mellom 1975 og 1980. Det snudde for klubben da de ansatte Jackie Charlton i 1976, og Howard Wilkinson videreførte suksessen fra 1983.  Det var 1. divisjon igjen mellom 1984 og 1990, så en sesong i 2. divisjon.  Med Ron Atkinson ved roret ble det en kjapp retur til eliten, kronet med ligacuptriumf over Scum! 
Fra høsten 1991 var det øverste sjikt fram til 1999-2000 – inkl stiftere av PL.  Sesongen 92-93 var en skikkelig nestensesong, med 3 plass i ligaen og 4 Wembleybesøk uten pokal.  Det ble tap for Arsenal i ligacupen, seier over Sheffield United i semifinalen i FA-Cupen, uavgjort mot Arsenal i FA-Cup finalen, og tap på overtid i omkampen.
Siden den gang har klubben vært å finne både på nivå 2 og 3, med nyopprykk til Championship i vår.  Opprykket ble sikret i siste serierunde etter 2-0 seier over Wycombe.  38 082 tilskuere var sesongbeste for hele football league.  Det at bare 487 kom fra Wycombe gjorde kanskje kampen til den minst supporterbalanserte kampen i Football Leagues historie.

Wednesday har en forholdsvis stor supporterskare, og innehar rekorden for supportere på Millennium Stadium med drøye 42.000 til play-off finalen i 2005.  Kjentfolk som er fans er bl.a hele Arctic Monkeys, Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley, Sebastian Coe, Richard Cuomo (Weezer), Rick Savage (Def Leppard) og ikke minst Michael Palin.  I sistnevntes serie Pole to Pole huskes han bl.a for å ha ropt Sheffield Wednesday! Da han fikk holde et gammelt trofe i Venezia.
Hovedrivalen er selvsagt Sheffield United, der the Steel City Derbies er sesongens høydepunkt for supporterne.  United har vunnet 45 oppgjør, Wednesday 42.  I sesongen 2008/09 vant Wednesday begge oppgjørene for første gang siden 1913/14.  Det blir ikke noe Steel City Derby denne sesongen, så da må supporterne nøye seg med oppgjørene mot andrerival Barnsley, og tredjerival Leeds.
Største ligaseier er 9-1 hjemme mot Birmingham i 1930
Største ligatap er 0-10 mot Aston Villa i 1912
I 1958/59 scoret laget 106 ganger
I 2011/12 endte man på 93 poeng.
72 841 møtte på Hillsborough i februar 1934 for å se cupkampen mot Manchester City.
I åpningskampen i 2000/01-sesongen ble Kevin Pressman utvist etter 13 sekunder i kampen mot Wolves.  Dette er FA rekord.
David Hirst står bak det hardeste skuddet som noen gang er målt da han traff tverrliggeren mot Arsenal i 1996 med en hastighet av 114mph, dvs 183 Km/t!
Wednesday betalte Celtic £5,7 mill for Paolo di Canio i 1997.
I 2007 solgte klubben Chris Brunt til WBA for £3 mill.
Et utvalg managere: 
Jackie Charlton, Howard Wilkinson, Ron Atkinson, Trevor Francis, David Pleat, Terry Yorath, Paul Jewell, Gary Megson.
Et utvalg spillere:
Leigh Bromby, Alex Bruce, Lee Chapman, Richard Cresswell, Simon Grayson, Paul Hart, Jon Newsome, Carlton Palmer, Lloyd Sam, John Sheridan, Enoch Showumni, Carl Shutt, Glynn Snodin, Mel Sterland, Imre Varadi, Luke Varney, Nigel Worthington.
Gabriel Agbonlahor, Niclas Alexandersson, Viv Anderson, Gary Bannister, Chris Bart-Williams, Jay Bothroyd, Mark Bright, Deon Burton, Franz Carr, Mark Chamberlain, Nigel Clough, Mark Crossley, Paolo di Canio, Chris Eagles, Efan Ekoku, Trevor Francis, Kevin Gallacher, Andy Hinchcliffe, Grant Holt, Klas Ingesson, Kenwyne Jones, Wim Jonk, Andy Kiwomya, Shefki Kuqi, Danny Maddix, Jim Magilton, Gary Megson, Roland Nilsson, Dan Petrescu, Ian Porterfield, Kevin Pressman, Stuart Ripley, Maurice Ross (Ex Viking, nå FK Vidar i 2. Div), Petter Rudi, Trond Egil Soltvedt, Pavel Smicek, Marcus Tudgay, Chris Waddle, Des Walker, Ronnie Wallwork, Paul Warhurst.
Den 17. mann

David Harle

Så dessverre den kampen som er den eneste vi har tapt mot Sheffield W siden 50-tallet. 2-6! Huskes i ettertid best som Brolins første mål i Leedstrøya..

sveifors

Vi må være skjerpa fra første spark. SW har tapt de siste 6 og vil gi 190 for å ta skalpen vår.

Sveifors

Always look on the LEEDS side of life

Allanclarke

Da reiser jeg over og setter kursen mot England og denne kampen!

Allanclarke

Er det noen i Londonområdet som skal ta toget opp til sheffield imorgen? Her er hvertfall en som skal det!

Sydhagen

"Paynter, a striker whose danger factor is akin to a blind sniper, who has no fingers, or a gun."

Ankerjon15

Da reiser jeg over og setter kursen mot England og denne kampen!
    Håper du får en fin tur og hei sånn att LEEDS vinner begge kampene du skal se, Hilsen Pappa ;D ;D

RoarG

Dette må vel bli seier? 2-1 eller 3-1. Kanskje 3-2 hvis vi er snille mot Wednesday?
"Jeg tror ikke på Gud, men etter Bielsas ansettelse må jeg nok revurdere", Roar Gustavsen, januar 2020

Allanclarke

Da er det ikke lenge før toget fra london til Sheffield går. kl. 4 engelsk tid setter jeg kursen mot Sheffield, for å se Sheffield wedensday mot leeds! som jeg gleder meg! 

come on SuperLeeds

MOT

sveifors

Det at SW har tapt de siste 7-8 kamper kan slå begge veger.

De kan kjempe som et såret dyr eller gi seg over. Med 30000 på tribunen tror jeg det første. Mange spillere på vårt lag med Sheffield United fortid øker også tenningsnivået.

Vår midtbane er usikker mhp hvem spiller der.Tonge og Austin er usikre. Green og Norris er gode nok, men er kanskje litt ute av kampmodus.

Forsvaret vårt har en svakhet iår, Dødball. Dette er SW styrke. Mange Høye fysisk sterke blir dette en utfordring.

Håper og tror at vi klarer å ta en fortjent seier, men vi må være på høgget. Første 25 min blir viktige.

MOT
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Hallgeir *

Det at SW har tapt de siste 7-8 kamper kan slå begge veger.

De kan kjempe som et såret dyr eller gi seg over. Med 30000 på tribunen tror jeg det første. Mange spillere på vårt lag med Sheffield United fortid øker også tenningsnivået.

Vår midtbane er usikker mhp hvem spiller der.Tonge og Austin er usikre. Green og Norris er gode nok, men er kanskje litt ute av kampmodus.

Forsvaret vårt har en svakhet iår, Dødball. Dette er SW styrke. Mange Høye fysisk sterke blir dette en utfordring.

Håper og tror at vi klarer å ta en fortjent seier, men vi må være på høgget. Første 25 min blir viktige.

MOT

En fortjent seier er aller best, men det utdeles 3 poeng for ufortjente seire også..  8)
Super Leeds since 1968

JonLeeds


Er i Oslo for tiden. Noen som skal ut på byen for å se kampen? Ville vært morsomt og truffet noen likesinnede  ;D
 

DenHviteYeboah

Glemmer aldri 1-6 kampen i 92 :) Tv-kamp det også.Måtte det bli slike sifre ikveld :)

Håvard

Gleder meg til dagens kamp, godfolelsen er inne.
Blir vel besøk på Harweys i kveld.

Lykke til alle sammen.

MOT

peder


Er i Oslo for tiden. Noen som skal ut på byen for å se kampen? Ville vært morsomt og truffet noen likesinnede  ;D
Du får ta deg en tur på Bohemen, du finner nok noen likesinnede der  :)

metaljon

Glemmer aldri 1-6 kampen i 92 :) Tv-kamp det også.Måtte det bli slike sifre ikveld :)
Haha..den så jeg sammen med en wednesday-supporter.
 Glemmer det aldri  ;D
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berlin

Glemmer aldri 1-6 kampen i 92 :) Tv-kamp det også.Måtte det bli slike sifre ikveld :)

Jepp, det var kanon!  :)

vidarlufc

Noken som har ny status ift Tonge og Austin? Gleder meg enormt til eit skikkelig derby!  :)
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Noken som har ny status ift Tonge og Austin? Gleder meg enormt til eit skikkelig derby!  :)
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Ankerjon15

På vei til Uptown og kamp, lykke til alle sammen. Heia LEEDS.

sveifors

laget:

                            Paddy

    Peltier   Lees      Pearce      White

    Byram   Brown   Austin     Tonge

                 Diouf    Becchio

subs: ashdown, green, Norris Varney, Gray, Hall
Sveifors

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Leedsfan

laget:

                            Paddy

    Peltier   Lees      Pearce      White

    Byram   Brown   Austin     Tonge

                 Diouf    Becchio

subs: ashdown, green, Norris Varney, Gray, Hall

Never change a winning team og Hall på benken..:)
I scored 24 goals helping my side win promotion back to the Premier League aged just 22. Then in my first season in the top flight I had bagged an impressive 15 goals by the end of January. My form earned me an England call-up. Am I a £35m striker? No. I am Michael Ricketts, February 2002.

SOL

Du glemte Drury på benken :o