The game looked set to end goalless when Leon Clarke, who played for Wednesday between 2007 and 2010, buried the winner. During the first-half, Sheffield Wednesday conceded a penalty after Giles Coke brought down Glenn Murray. 6-minutes in and Nuhiu finished home on the line after a corner saw the ball continue to bounce in the box, but Nuhiu did not give up until the ball was in the back of the net. [62] Next game was at Hillsborough against Wolves.
It took 3-months last season for the Owls to win their first game of the season, this time round it took one-day. [35] The Owls' third game within the first week of the new season was at home to last seasons play-off finalists Derby County. [57], During the international break, Sheffield Wednesday striker Stevie May got his first-ever international cap for Scotland in their 31 defeat against England. Lens have had their promotion to Ligue 1 suspended because of this. It was certainly a very even game until latest goalscorer Royston Drenthe was sent off for a 2nd bookable offence. Into the dying seconds and Middlesbrough nearly equalised as cross could not quite reach the feet of one of their players. [73] Next announcement of the day was that Sheffield Wednesday have signed Sergiu Bu from CSKA Sofia for a rumoured 350,000 on a three and a half year contract. 10-minutes and a couple of chances later and the Owls were 20 up thanks to Gary Madine comfortably tapping in a cross at the back post. The last 15-minutes and Wednesday managed to hold out for a fantastic victory away from home.
In the first-half, Stevie May smashed the ball in the back of the net.
Before pre-season began in July 2014, the first players that were to leave the club were announced. [34] Later on in the week and Wednesday played their first home game of the season in the midweek League Cup game against Notts County. And they started on the front foot, dominating the early exchanges against a Norwich side looking to reignite their early season spark. Probably the biggest shock though, even though the player was injury-prone, one of the fan-favourites Rda Johnson, whom was also released. The scoreline finished 21 to Man City.
[47] Later in the week, it was the 3rd-round League Cup game against Premier League giants Manchester City. But on 69 minutes, the away team came closest to breaking the deadlock. [72], Deadline Day was one of the more exciting ones in a while for Sheffield Wednesday as there was multiple speculations on who Wednesday would sign as the takeover suggested that for once Sheffield Wednesday have the cash to splash. Antonio scored some vital goals in Wednesday's 2011-12 Football League One promotion, and was the Owls' top scorer the next season. With ten minutes left on the clock Leeds found a leveller. Stevie May unbelievably had his shot come off the post and crossbar to deny his fourth goal of this campaign. Although, the referee saw this as a foul and gave a penalty. Wednesday head coach Stuart Gray brought on Sam Hutchinson as part of a double substitution in the 69th minute as the home side pushed forward, but he was shown a second yellow card after just 14 minutes on the field for a late challenge. [6] Sheffield Wednesday announced they would be playing against FK ukariki during their tour of Slovenia on 23 July. It finished 01 to Nottingham Forest and it was Wednesday's first defeat in the season. The game finished a 20 defeat for Sheffield Wednesday. Reading were awarded a penalty after the break when substitute Jrmy Hlan crashed into the back of Pavel Pogrebnyak, but Robson-Kanu side-footed it straight into Westwood's hands. And the impetus certainly stayed with Wednesday. [25] Later on though and bad news for fans of Sheffield Wednesday as they lost one of their best players - Michail Antonio. [69] Next match was against Birmingham City at Hillsborough. The hosts took an early lead through Atdhe Nuhiu's near-post header from the following corner from Jacques Maghoma. [48], Back in the Championship, Sheffield Wednesday faced Cardiff City away in looking to continue their 2-game league winning streak.
In the first-half Jacques Maghoma linked up with Nuhiu before firing just wide, Chris Maguire hit the underside of the bar from a free-kick, Sam Hutchinson had a header cleared off the line and dbutant Stevie May had a shot go just wide.
However, Bury equalised 5-minutes before half-time to make it all level at the break.
They made a bright start as Stevie May rounded the goalkeeper David Marshall inside six minutes but having his shot cleared off the line by Fbio. [33] Soon after and the first game of the season kicked off and an even game where the Owls had the majority of the possession in the first-half saw its opening goal when Giles Coke curled the ball fantastically into the top corner of the net. Hutchinson signs on a two-year contract, with rumours that Wednesday battled off Millwall and West Bromwich Albion for Hutchinson's signature. It was a bad day for the Owls as Sam Hutchinson was stretchered off after making his return to the first team since his back injury in the third league game of the season. He met Maguire's cross from the left and his header hit both posts before being adjudged to have crossed the line.
The Owls went close to doubling their advantage when Maguire's low cross from the left deflected onto the crossbar, before Miller was booked for turning Tony McMahon's centre into the Wednesday goal with a hand. [36], Another mid-week game came at home to Millwall, a team who had got off to a great start to the beginning of the new season and also had yet to concede a goal. He took the ball down on his chest at the edge of the box before hitting a low shot beyond Keiren Westwood and in off the far post and the game finished at 11. Kieran Lee gave the visitors the lead on three minutes after pouncing on a mistake from Steele who failed to hold on to Stevie May's initial shot.
Loovens then rose to meet Chris Maguire's corner but headed inches wide and Royston Drenthe went just as close with a sweet volley. Porto. Stevie May then thought he had equalised when he bundled the ball over the line after Atdhe Nuhiu's effort hit the bar, but he was controversially ruled offside by the assistant referee.
Immediately after the game, Sheffield Wednesday signed free-agent Claude Dielna on a three-year contract. [54], On 1 November, Sheffield Wednesday was away at Charlton Athletic. Atdhe Nuhiu scored the winning goal from a penalty after Jrmy Hlan was brought down[39] and secured a place in the 3rd round against the defending Premier League and League Cup champions Manchester City. And if that were not enough, Westwood again kept the Owls in the game with 13 minutes to go, this time thwarting Jerome from close range. Source: UEFA European 2014 Under-19 Championship Elite Qualifier, "Sheffield Wednesday will visit Barnsley in pre-season", "Wednesday to begin pre-season with York City friendly", "Sheffield Wednesday to face FK ukariki", "Owls to face Russian Premier League side", "Sheffield Wednesday announce takeover confirmation", "Ryan Croasdale joins Sheffield Wednesday", "Paul McElroy cancels his contract at Sheffield Wednesday (1/2)", "Paul McElroy cancels his contract at Sheffield Wednesday (2/2)", "Sheffield Wednesday sign Keiren Westwood", "Chris Kirkland back with Sheffield Wednesday", "Sam Hutchinson signs permanent Sheffield Wednesday deal", "Jose Semedo signs new Sheffield Wednesday contract", "Glenn Loovens returns to Sheffield Wednesday", "Michail Antonio signs for Nottingham Forest", "Report: Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 FC Arsenal Tula", "Report: Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday", "Report: Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Newcastle United", "Report: Barnsley 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday", "Strike ace Stevie May joins Sheffield Wednesday", "Report: Brighton Hove Albion 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday", "Report: Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Notts County", "Report: Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Derby County", "Report: Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Millwall", "Report: Middlesbrough 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday", "Report: Burnley 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday", "Owls to face Manchester City in Capital One Cup", "Everton striker Hallam Hope signs Owls loan deal", "Sheffield Wednesday sign European defender", "Sheffield Wednesday sign former Real Madrid star Royston Drenthe", "Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday", "Birmingham City 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday", "Manchester City 7-0 Sheffield Wednesday", "Charlton Athletic 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday", "Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Rotherham United", "Lewis McGugan: Sheffield Wednesday sign Watford man", "Huddersfield Town 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday", "Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday", "Manchester City 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday", "Nottingham Forest 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday", "Sheffield Wednesday 12 Bolton Wanderers", "Sheffield Wednesday 00 Birmingham City", "Sheffield Wednesday: Thai group buys Championship club", "Sheffield Wednesday sign CSKA Sofia striker Sergiu Bus", "Reds sell Vermijl to Sheffield Wednesday", "Sheffield Wednesday sign Kieren Westwood", "Barnsley sign Sheffield Wednesday keeper Adam Davies", "Defender Reda Johnson completes deal with Coventry City", "Notts County sign talented youngster McKenzie", "Sheffield Wednesday sign Leicester striker", "Lewis McGugan joins Sheffield Wednesday", "Owls sign Premier League winger Lloyd Isgrove", "Gary Madine joins Coventry City on loan", "Mani joins Chesterfield on youth loan deal", "Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Nottingham Forest", "Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Birmingham City", "Rafael Floro enjoying productive Portugal spell", "O'Neill names provisional squad for Oman and Georgia", "Joe Wildsmith selected in England Under-20 squad", "O'Neill names provisional squad for Poland game", "Atdhe Nuhiu is the August player of the month", "Keiren Westwood crowned Player of the Month", "Keiren Westwood voted October Player of the Month", "Westwood crowned as December's Player of the Month", "Jose Semedo scoops Player of the Month gong", "Lewis McGugan voted Player of the Month", "Lewis McGugan voted March Player of the Month", "Giles Coke included in Football League Team of the Week", "Sky Bet Football League Team of the Week", 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1, South West Peninsula League Premier Division, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=201415_Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C._season&oldid=1076798698, 201415 Football League Championship by team, Articles with dead external links from April 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 20 January, 24 January, 28 January, 1 February 2015, This page was last edited on 13 March 2022, at 00:47. In the 37th minute, former Sheffield Wednesday player Michail Antonio wriggled into space and lifted the ball into the box, where Henri Lansbury had ghosted in unattended to nudge a free header past Keiren Westwood to give the away team the lead into the first-half. Wednesday missed a glorious chance to retake the lead after 36 minutes when Glenn Loovens headed over a Royston Drenthe free-kick from five yards.
The ball fell kindly to Bellusci in the area from a free kick and the defender dispatched his strike neatly into the corner and the game finished 11. Winger Jacques Maghoma had a low shot saved by goalkeeper Darren Randolph in a poor quality first half. The home team were first to carve a clear cut chance as Tommaso Bianchi fed for Mowatt but Keiren Westwood was sharp off as line to narrow the angle and make the stop. 5-minutes into the second half and Brighton went down to ten-men after a high-footed challenge saw a player gain a straight red card. It was the Owls' third consecutive season in the Football League Championship, having secured promotion from League One in the 201112 season, securing Championship safety on the last day of the 201213 season and securing a 16th-place finish last season. [14] Both young defender's signed on one-year deals and will feature in the Development Squad. An own-goal and a fantastic long-distance strike from Chris Maguire both in the first-half saw the Owls win the game 20. It finished 21 to Cardiff City and ended Sheffield Wednesday's unbeaten away league run. After the break Nuhiu saw his finish ruled out for offside, before Williams made it all square in the 62nd minute. A tight game finished 11, with the Owls equalising in the second-half thanks to Kieran Lee. [38], The next game for Sheffield Wednesday was in the second round of the League Cup against Premier League opposition Burnley away at Turf Moor. Nuhiu saw a header saved by Carson quickly after the dismissal but beat the Wigan keeper a minute later when he powered home Jrmy Hlan's cross to secure Wednesday's fourth win in six matches. The Owls struck just three-minutes into the game with a goal by Jacques Maghoma. [5] Three days later, they announced their first fixture in the pre-season against York City on 12 July. Meanwhile, keeper Chris Kirkland, midfielder Jos Semedo, and defenders Glenn Loovens and Oguchi Onyewu were offered new contracts at the club.
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 2015, where they entered at Round 3 of the competition. During the 201415 football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
[40] One day before the match against Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday signed Hallam Hope on loan until 2 January from Everton. [60] Next game was back at Hillsborough against Wigan Athletic. Sheffield Wednesday hit the woodwork again, and then Middlesbrough were awarded another penalty. Looking to reply immediately, Sheffield Wednesday was awarded a penalty three minutes later and Chris Maguire placed it perfectly in the right side of the net to make it 21.
The game was all over on the 69th minute as Vydra scored Watford's third goal of the game and it finished a heavy 30 defeat on home soil. David Dunn then flashed a shot wide for Rovers before substitute Claude Dielna sealed the win for the visitors late-on. But in the second-half, the hosts equalised almost immediately after sending on their two playmakers Silva and Nasri, with the pair linking up on the left of the Owls' box and playing in Milner to convert his second goal of the season. Atdhe Nuhiu headed a goal in the second-half, while Giles Coke rounded off a 31 victory to Sheffield Wednesday. Home goalkeeper Keiren Westwood brilliantly kept out Ishmael Miller's three-yard header, before Miller received a second caution for a late tackle on Tom Lees. Lewis McGugan was a constant threat for Stuart Gray's side and struck from range to test Scott Carson, while at the other end, McClean pounced on Ben Watson's delivery to score after the break, only for the linesman's flag to cut short his celebration. Jonathan Douglas had his attempt to put the home side in the lead headed clear from the line by Liam Palmer before Jota drilled over the bar, the match ended in a 00 draw. [55] Few days later, Sheffield Wednesday was up against Bournemouth at home. But in the second-half, Manchester City scored straight away with Frank Lampard tucked in James Milner's cross soon after the restart before Edin Deko swept in a pass from Jess Navas, who added a ferocious drive. Atdhe Nuhiu was soon involved again as his flick on saw Stevie May score his first goal for the club with a delightful finish into the far corner. [46], The next game at Hillsborough was against Reading in front of a packed crowd. [68], After that Sheffield Wednesday returned for a home fixture for the first time in 2015 against Bolton Wanderers. The visitors then went close again when Chris Maguire had Andy Lonergan beaten all ends up with a crisp finish but Matt Mills cleared the ball off the line. He has scored ten goals so far this season in nineteen appearances for CSKA Sofia.
Then they doubled that lead when Darren Pratley scored in the 25th minute. I promise the supporters I will work extremely hard to bring the success everyone so rightly craves. They had their chances with Chris Eagles shooting wide and Nathan Delfouneso having a curling effort saved after Wednesday's opener.
[56] Next up was local rivals Rotherham United at Hillsborough. It was Madine's first goal since coming back from his time in prison last season. The first half was a stalemate, but in the second-half Sheffield Wednesday were looking much more likely after the interval and gave Birmingham City cause for concern with a flurry of dangerous attacks. The game was fairly even throughout, but with 5-minutes to go of the full 90-minutes and Arsenal Tula scored to win the game 21. His 25-yard shot took a deflection as it flew past goalkeeper Jason Steele and secured a dramatic win for Stuart Gray's side. Fortunately though, Keiren Westwood made a terrific stop from Murray's penalty and finished 00 in the first-half.
[63] Then The Owls faced a trip to London at Craven Cottage against Fulham. Gary Taylor-Fletcher had a half chance on 67 minutes after a fine pass from Claude Dielna before Liam Palmer smashed into the side-netting having taken a clever back heel from Stevie May into his stride. He made seven appearances in his first spell towards the end of 2014. There are no grounds for the allegations made by the press, and I will take all necessary legal actions against whoever has initiated these false rumours with the aim to harm my family and me". [41] The opponents Nottingham Forest was currently first-place having picked up 10 points in their first four games.
Stevie May headed just wide following a swift three-man move but Norwich countered a few minutes later and Westwood saved superbly from Lewis Grabban.
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