Dear @swfc fans… best fans in the whole wide world,
It’s been a whole 2 weeks ( not 2 months ) since we kicked off our stewardship of this great club.
Thanks for your outpouring of support / response to our release of season ticket sales. Credit to David Bruce & co for putting in the thought and designing a fan centric offering.
Hopefully you’ve seen work began at Hillsborough, firstly around improving fan safety. Once completed, more to follow… much!
Designing plan for training grounds, 1 ) in preparation for upcoming season; 2) with future in mind. Our mission is to give our 1st team and others in our playing family the best in facilities, for proper training and recovery. More to follow!
David B & co very focused on building the squad to carry us through next season and beyond… this is our top #1 priority and will receive outsized attention.
And even with restrictions placed on us for the next two seasons due to prior owners behavior, @michaelestorch, Tom and I have unwavering confidence in David and his football brain trust to make all of us @swfc fans proud. We strive to put a great team on the pitch!
Even while back in the States, please know our entire focus and energy is squarely on making Sheffield Wednesday the best all around club and fan experience we can. We will continue to strive for excellence in everything we do!
We will give it our all… for you! This is your club!
David
There seems to be a lot of confusion on the SWFC zero point ruling when comparing to the zero points Derby also received.
Both Clubs paid/are paying 25p in the £ to unsecured creditors.
Derby’s owner completely wrote his debt off. The Wednesday owner was made a sizeable offer.
Derby paid 25p in the £ and left the tax man owed £10’s of millions (EFL Insolvency Policy directs 100p - discretion shown). Wednesday are paying off all owed (100p in the £) to HMRC.
I’m struggling to square why some feel Wednesday should get more than Derby got for exiting Administration when the shortfall to creditors is so much less in the case of SWFC?
Furthermore, the shortfall against EFL Insolvency Policy is also much less in the case of SWFC.
The FA wrote the rules of football in 1863.
The rules you actually play by?
A greenhouse. In Sheffield. 1858.
Two mates from the cricket club went for a walk one autumn afternoon. They wanted something to do when the cricket season ended.
So they started a football club. The first one on earth.
Their headquarters was a greenhouse. Their pitch was the field next to it. There was nobody else to play. So they split into married against singles.
Then they wrote rules. No hacking. No tripping. No holding. Free kicks. Throw-ins.
Corner kicks. The crossbar. Heading. Eleven players. Ninety minutes. Referees.
All Sheffield.
When they played London in 1866 and headed the ball, London laughed at them.
Nobody's laughing now.
In 1867 Sheffield hosted the world's first football competition. Four years before the FA Cup.
The trophy went missing for 130 years. A Scottish antiques dealer found it. Worth over £100,000 today.
When football turned professional, Sheffield refused. They chose the game over the money. And the game left them behind.
William Prest died at fifty-two. His gravestone was removed from the cemetery.
Nathaniel Creswick died in October 1917. Exactly sixty years after founding the club.
In 2004, FIFA gave Sheffield FC the Order of Merit. The only other club to receive it?
Real Madrid. Eighty thousand seats. One of the greatest clubs on earth.
Sheffield FC play in the ninth tier of English football. Two thousand seats.
Every corner kick. Every header. Every ninety minutes.
Two friends. One autumn walk. A greenhouse.
Sheffield started it all.
The beautiful game had humble beginnings. So do we. Your support keeps us on the pitch.
Be part of us.
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@ProudofusUK Missed an important bit - SHEFFIELD.
Sheff FC (1857) - world's 1st club.
Sandygate (1860) - oldest football ground.
1st club rules (1858) contributed freekicks, throw-ins, corners, no handling, the crossbar, refs, goal kicks, changing ends, 11-a-side, 90 mins, ball size & pens.
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@WTIDPOD Need 'not sure' as an option. Its like taking an ex back that's been fucking around behind your back, you still love her but can't forgive her. Plus she's likely to do it again first chance she gets! #swfc
"It's bad enough for the players, but for the people who might be struggling to pay mortgages, it's not on." The @WTIDPOD have raised over £4k to help #swfc staff still waiting for their monthly wages - my report for @itvcalendar@SWFCTrust@jon_newsome@DrDanPlumley
@AlexMiller91 No doubt their intentions were about standing against racism. Problem is the gesture is now so divisive after the BLM movement. Football needs to find a more inclusive way of showing support. Maybe both teams could have wore kick it out t-shirts prior to KO for example? #swfc