Daniel Goodinson

[Daniel Goodinson @DanielGoodinson]

@ConnorDobby @swfc Fully agree. 4.8k tickets and still can’t get an away ticket with that size allocation!! Its impossible to build up points if you can never get an away ticket. Theres the odd cup match but you can’t get anywhere near with that. Away matches should be available to all

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I get that it’s two games in but we won last week with a lucky arse and a penalty. This game we don’t have a shot in the second half. Nice guy but Pederson just doesn’t have the minerals. Why…WHY…do we have 11 men in the 18 years box for every corner??…what are our chances of a goal from a break when we’re defending a corner??…and defensively, if we have 2/3 up when they have a corner, they have to bring at least 4 defenders back, which allows us to defend corners better…surely I’m not the only one to see this??!!

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I don’t think it’s necessarily the room per se, it’s the large available space for people that can only afford memberships and not the new corporate packages. There’s got to be an acknowledgement that for this club to grow we have to have corporate availability, but my dad bless him can just about afford a season ticket and because he can’t walk well, the 1867 was perfect for him to have a safe pint with his mates and then go straight to his seats. With the Wednesday Tap, it’s so small, he’d either have to get there at 8am on a Saturday to secure his seat in the Tap, or he can have a pint in the stands, which isn’t the same thing. I see both sides but we do need to remember we’re in Sheffield with more local working class folk than wealthy

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@storchyowl Hi David,

Firstly, thank you to you, your family and your partners for buying our incredible football club.

The difference already is huge. There’s hope again, excitement again and, probably most importantly, Wednesdayites are looking forward to Saturdays again.

I’m 42 and always joke I’ve been a Wednesdayite for 42.9 years because my dad, Jeff, had that decided for me before I was born.

He’s 73 now and Wednesday has been a huge part of his entire life.

He was at Wembley in 1966 when we lost 3–2 to Everton, watched the great sides of the 80s and 90s, still has Mick Lyons’ shirt, famously missed Sheridan’s goal at Wembley in 1991 because of his “mid-game wee”, and in 1993 I saw tears in his eyes when Andy Linighan scored that late winner.

For my dad, Wednesday isn’t a hobby. If you cut Jeff in half like a stick of rock, he’d be blue and white all the way through.

For years, one of the best parts of matchday for our family was meeting in the 1867 Lounge before the game. Nothing fancy — just somewhere to have a pint, talk Wednesday and spend time together.

It’s also where Dad met Rich and Mick. I still don’t know their surnames and I’m not convinced he does either. They met simply because they were Wednesdayites in the same place before matches. All these years later, they’re some of his best mates.

Dad’s an ex-steelworker and factory worker, Mick’s a builder and Rich is just a top bloke. They barely see each other outside football. Their friendship is Sheffield Wednesday.

I completely understand why the club is making changes. We need to grow commercially and bring more money into Wednesday if we’re going to move forward, and I support that.

My wife and I could afford the extra for somewhere like Hirsty’s Bar. Dad and his mates simply can’t. He’d never criticise the club for it, but I can hear the disappointment in his voice.

That matters even more because Dad has recently been through chemotherapy and then suffered a stroke.

He’s still the toughest bloke I know, but he’s frail now and walking any real distance is difficult.

Mum used to drop him near the South Stand. He had a short walk to the 1867, could sit down, meet his mates and see me, my wife and our three kids. After the game he could go back in, wait for the traffic to die down, then Mum would collect him.

It gave him independence, his mates and his Saturday at Hillsborough.

I know the Wednesday Tap is an alternative, but it’s smaller and he’d realistically have to arrive very early just to get in and find a seat. His other option is a pint in the Grandstand, but Rich and Mick sit elsewhere and my family are in the North Stand.

So after more than 60 years following Wednesday, there’s a real chance Dad ends up spending that part of matchday on his own. That genuinely makes me sad.

So my one ask is this:

Could the club please consider somewhere affordable and accessible, with the capacity and feel of the old 1867?

It doesn’t need to be hospitality or anything fancy. Just somewhere older supporters, pensioners and ordinary working people can sit down, have a pint and meet their mates before the game.

What you and your team are doing is brilliant and I genuinely can’t thank you enough. I just hope that, as the club moves forward, supporters like Jeff aren’t accidentally left behind.

After everything life has thrown at him, all he really wants is to get to Hillsborough on a Saturday, have a pint with his mates and watch Wednesday.

That’s what football clubs are all about.

Thanks for reading if this reaches you, David.

Up the Owls. 💙🤍🦉

[Daniel Goodinson @DanielGoodinson]

@BittelJulien @RealVision 👌🏻 perfect timing Julien

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@JamesEastonUK Keep going pal, I enjoy your videos as I’m sure many do. Just goes to show you have to start somewhere and have the balls to go outside your comfort zone!…keep cracking on pal. P.S…thanks for the Alpha discount, much appreciated 👌🏻

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@swfc @Owlstalk

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Some might say we’re at Wembley, but don’t look back in anger unless Wednesday are rolling with it on the pitch! 🦉