Wednesdayite helps out Sheffield Speedway Hero's Big day - Raising £384
Written by Paul Holmes
Wednesdayite will be helping out this Sunday by providing car park facilities to Speedway fans.
Our chairman , Paul Holmes, was contacted by Andy Deakin of Sheffield Wednesday on Thursday afternoon to see if we could assist our local sporting neighbours, Sheffield Speedway, with the use of the Wednesdayite Car park on this Sunday (22nd March 2015).
On finding out that the event was a benefit event for ex-rider , Ricky Ashworth, who suffered life changing injuries and brain damage in a speedway crash in August 2013, Paul agreed with Ian Hunter , of Sheffield Window Centre and Sheffield Speedway that we would charge £3 for each car with the full proceeds going to Ricky's fund.
It would be great if this offer was matched by the owner of the Owlerton stadium car park as well, giving the days car park takings and boosting the funds .
UPdtae this raised £384 towards Ricky's funds and many who parked there were grateful to be able to contribute in this way,
Wednesdayite came to the rescue of local junior football club earlier this week and ensured the club could meet its fixtures this weekend.
On Wednesday 18th March The Star reported about the plight of the club and Wednesdayite acted promtly to offer immediate assistance and ensure Mosborough Fc could play its fixtures this weekend.
Paolo Maldini and Samuel Eto Sign - In aid of Patrick O'Connell Memorial Fund
Written by Paul Holmes
Last Saturday, Wednesdayite weclomed twenty guests associated with the Patrick O'Connell fund the match against Middlesborough.
Prior to the match a plethora of signed shirts which have been donated by various clubs/players to the fund where presented on the pitch.
A couple of exWednesday players are on the back row!
Wednesdayite have agreed to donate £1,000 to the fund to enable work to start on his unmarked grave and give one of our own former players a suitable resting place.
And you could both help the fund and bag a unique signed item
First up was a squad signed Barcelona Shirt this raised £500 for the fund, then we had a signed Italiian shirt from Andrea Pirlowhucb raised £128
Now we have two new auction items to helo the fund reach its target, a signed shirt from Paolo Maldini and a signed book from Samuel Eto
Paolo Maldini Shirt Bid Now
Samuel Eto Book Bid Now
See below for pictures of the auction items
PRESS RELEASE
FC BARCELONA TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS TO HONOUR THE NAME OF PATRICK O’CONNELL
The club will be donating a signed shirt to an auction on Saturday to raise funds to restore the gravestone of the manager of FC Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War
The full press release is below
You can bid on the donated shirt here
Signed Pirlo Shirt - Auction in aid of Patrick O'Connell Memorial Fund
Written by Paul Holmes
This Saturday, Wednesdayite weclome twenty guests associated with the Patrick O'Connell fund coming to the match against Middlesborough.
They will be bringing along signed shirts which have been donated by various clubs/players to the fund.
Wednesdayite have agreed to donate £1,000 to the fund to enable work to start on his unmarked grave and give one of our own former players a suitable resting place.
And you could both help the fund and bag a unique signed football shirt.
First up was a squad signed Barcelona Shirt (see article below)
Now we have a Italy shirt signed by Andrea Pirlo who plays for Juventus and has represented Italy 113 times scoring 15 goals.
Picture below is Pirlo handing over the signed shirt to a POC Fund representative.
PLACE BID NOW
Signed Barcelona Shirt - Auction in aid of Patrick O'Connell Memorial Fund
Written by Peter Shaw
This Saturday, Wednesdayite weclome twenty guests associated with the Patrick O'Connell fund coming to the match against Middlesborough.
They will be bringing along signed shirts which have been donated by various clubs/players to the fund.
Wednesdayite have agreed to donate £1,000 to the fund to enable work to start on his unmarked grave and give one of our own former players a suitable resting place.
And you could both help the fund and bag a unique signed football shirt.
First up is a Signed shirt by the Squad of Barcleona , the shirt was signed only last week by many of the squad who beat Manchester City 2-1 on Tuesday evening
Saturday's match against Wolves is our first SMILE match of the season and it is going to be our biggest ever, with 111 guests from Weston Park Hospital and Monteney Primary School being our guests for the day,
Hirsty Bar - Starring Stuart Gray and Lee Bullen
Written by Paul Holmes
Second Hirsty's Bar: Leading from the Front!
Wednesday, 3rd December. 7:30pm
1867 Lounge, Hillsborough
Special Guests: Stuart Gray and Lee Bullen
Details are as follows:
A report of the meeting held on 30th August 2014, has now been sent to all members by email. If you have not received your email please advise us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., so we can check your contact details.
A copy of the email is can be read below:-
Its Non league Day on Saturday 6th September, as Sheffield Wednesday have no game due to the international break why not support one of Sheffield's non league clubs this weekend
Handsworth Parramore FC are hosting a unique "Pay what you can Afford day"......with a pair of season tickets prize draw
The Takeover - Thank you Milan , Welcome Hafiz!
I have just got back from France where I had very limited internet so my apologise for the delay in issuing this statement..... No I wasn't visiting RC Lens.......... or trying to find Mr Hulley!
I knew something was kicking off on Tuesday when I got 20 missed calls from unknown numbers (the majority turned out to be press, following google searches of the numbers), I choose not to return these as I had no information, so for those of you who think we chase the press please think again.
It is with deep regret that the Wednesdayite Board have been forced to take the unprecedented step of terminating Mr. David Barlow's term as a Director.
Wednesdayite have a page in the official match day programme and you can read our column first there.
Peter Shaw has taken over responsibility for this and his latest column from the home game V Blackburn is published below:-
SWFC Academy - Fundraiser
The SWFC academy are having a fundraiser on Thursday 3rd April, why not join us in attending what will be a fantastic evening, please see poster below and book your tickets
Vote Handsworth - Help them get £100,000 - Help local football
Written by Paul Holmes
Back in November Budweiser announced Handsworth Junior Sporting Club as one of eight recipients of a £50,000 grant as part of its Club Futures programme. But now you have the opportunity to help them get a further £100,000, please read on....
FA Cup Dreams - It could be Sheffield Wednesday this season
Every fan, manager and player dreams of lifting The FA Cup – and a new initiative from The Football Association this season is providing a glimpse of what it would be like for Sheffield Wednesday to get their hands on the famous trophy.
In a bid to introduce a new generation of fans to the magic of the world’s oldest domestic football competition ahead of Sheffield Wednesday’s Fourth Round tie against Rochdale at Spotlands, The FA has released a short film showing a young Owls fan dreaming of winning The FA Cup at Wembley.
FA Cup 4th round - Away to Rochdale
The FA Cup fourth round draw took place at 2pm this afternoon.
The family theme for this season’s #FACup continued with Martin and Paul Allen making the Fourth Round draw
We were number 21 in the draw and we have been drawn to play Rochdale away should we be able to get past Macclesfield Town in the replay on Tuesday 14th Janaury following our 1-1 draw at Moss Rose yesterday
The full draw will be shown below (Ties to be played on the weekend of 25 and 26 January 2014)
In December we wrote to Milan about a number of matters that some of our members had expressed concerns about, our letter and Milan's response is shown below.
We urge you all to heed Milan's words in paragraph 6 of his response and continue to support the club and the team, together we are stonger.
Would you like to be like Jayne who is a Wednesdayite member who helps fellow Owls fan Trevor attend home games on a regular basis.
Jayne escorts Trevor to most games picking him up at home and sitting with him in the North stand before returning him home safely.