Tom Foster

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[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

My SWFC E Season ticket has arrived! 🤣😉
It’s good we haven’t changed too much 😉
UTO!
#SWFC #WAWAW #WheresMyTicket

[Grant Roberts @GrantR_1867]

The EFL has sanctioned Sheffield Wednesday consistently since 2018.

Over that period, the club has been hit with multiple transfer embargoes spanning nearly a decade. By October 2025, Wednesday were under six simultaneous embargoes — the most any club has ever faced.

On top of that, the club has suffered repeated points deductions. A -12 deduction in 2020/21 severely damaged recruitment and momentum going into that season. Although it was later reduced to -6 on appeal, the damage had already been done — those points ultimately proved the difference between survival and relegation to League One.

In 2025, the situation worsened further. The club received:
•-12 points for entering administration, after the former owner failed to meet basic financial obligations such as paying wages and bills on time
•A further -6 point deduction, again due to the owner’s failure to uphold his responsibilities

This is not a case of a club gaining an unfair advantage — quite the opposite. The club has been placed at a significant competitive disadvantage for years due to sustained mismanagement.

Sheffield Wednesday has endured one of the most damaging ownership periods a club of its size is likely to experience. The former owner’s approach has not only harmed the club financially but also created a toxic environment for staff and supporters alike.

And yet, despite this, there is now an expectation that the same owner should be repaid — while the club continues to face further punishment.

How can that be justified?

The new ownership group should not be penalised for the failures of the previous regime. They should be given the opportunity to restore stability to a club that has lacked it for nearly 26 years.

Imposing further sanctions — such as another -15 point deduction, spending caps, business plan restrictions, and transfer limitations — would only deepen the damage. It risks condemning the club to yet another relegation and prolonging the cycle of instability.

At some point, there has to be recognition that continued punishment is no longer corrective — it is excessive.

The club, its staff, and its supporters deserve the chance to move forward.

#FairDealForWednesday

@storchyowl

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

#FairDealForWednesday
@storchyowl @EFL how is a further 15 point deduction remotely fair??!!
Will you only be satisfied when the club dies?
Sins of the father and all that??

[Grant Roberts @GrantR_1867]

The EFL has sanctioned Sheffield Wednesday consistently since 2018.

Over that period, the club has been hit with multiple transfer embargoes spanning nearly a decade. By October 2025, Wednesday were under six simultaneous embargoes — the most any club has ever faced.

On top of that, the club has suffered repeated points deductions. A -12 deduction in 2020/21 severely damaged recruitment and momentum going into that season. Although it was later reduced to -6 on appeal, the damage had already been done — those points ultimately proved the difference between survival and relegation to League One.

In 2025, the situation worsened further. The club received:
•-12 points for entering administration, after the former owner failed to meet basic financial obligations such as paying wages and bills on time
•A further -6 point deduction, again due to the owner’s failure to uphold his responsibilities

This is not a case of a club gaining an unfair advantage — quite the opposite. The club has been placed at a significant competitive disadvantage for years due to sustained mismanagement.

Sheffield Wednesday has endured one of the most damaging ownership periods a club of its size is likely to experience. The former owner’s approach has not only harmed the club financially but also created a toxic environment for staff and supporters alike.

And yet, despite this, there is now an expectation that the same owner should be repaid — while the club continues to face further punishment.

How can that be justified?

The new ownership group should not be penalised for the failures of the previous regime. They should be given the opportunity to restore stability to a club that has lacked it for nearly 26 years.

Imposing further sanctions — such as another -15 point deduction, spending caps, business plan restrictions, and transfer limitations — would only deepen the damage. It risks condemning the club to yet another relegation and prolonging the cycle of instability.

At some point, there has to be recognition that continued punishment is no longer corrective — it is excessive.

The club, its staff, and its supporters deserve the chance to move forward.

#FairDealForWednesday

@storchyowl

[David Storch @storchyowl]

Please see my statement attached #FairDealForWednesday

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok what are the estimated US casualty numbers so far in the Iran conflict?

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok add upside down stranger things effects. With a monster behind the girl

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

⁦@grok⁩ please add stranger things upside down effects to this picture with the monster striding above the building

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

⁦@grok⁩ please add the upside down stranger things effects to this picture

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@peteydavis I think the RFL are deducting us another 2 points because if this!

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@YorkshireWater @YWHelp quite a large leak S35 0HF outside forest lodge hospital. Water running down the road and into pavement causing risk of flooding to the houses along the side of the road.

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

Hi @Northpowergrid
1973 has just been on the phone asking if you need any help with the network?
This is about the 5th power cut in the last few months.
I will be out building a shelter in the garden if I’m being offed by the grid!
#NoPower #1970’s #pleaseswitchtheleccybackon

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok Can you please add Danny Rohl smiling at the back wearing a Sheffield wednesday football shirt?

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok please create a picture in gothic style of the Sheffield United FC squad attending a funeral. Chris wilder is central and crying profusely. The gravestone says Promotion 2024/25. The weather is grey and misty.

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok please create a picture of Chris wilder crying his eyes out surrounded by sausage rolls.
Danny Rohl the Sheffield wednesday manager is smiling in the background

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok please create a picture of Chris wilder distraught laid on the floor surrounded by sausage rolls with Danny Rohl smiling in the background

[Grok @grok]

@TJFoster

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@grok create an image of Chris wilder sobbing whilst eating sausage rolls

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@Algarvegit 10

[Tom Foster @TJFoster]

@oliverisatwit @BBCLookNorth @BBCSheffield They blew up 4 chimneys and a cooling tower on the old works off Beeley Wood Lane.
Local residents were informed but I wasn’t expecting it to be that early!