Dave W

Degree in Astrophysics but no rocket scientist. Love running and the Wednesday. Made in Sheffield, live on the Isle of Wight

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

@YesWeCrann Just watched your Bully YouTube chat mate while waiting for the England game - also class

[FTBL_Planet @FTBL_Planet]

When Neil Warnock was managing Scarborough, he took his reserves down to the City Ground one Sunday morning to play Nottingham Forest’s third string side.

Warnock had his five-year-old son James with him.

Brian Clough was in the stand.

Warnock always admired Clough because he had won with players other people had given up on, and because Forest had done things clubs like Forest were not supposed to do.

Even in a reserve game, Warnock was aware of him.

At one point, the referee made a mess of something and Clough shouted down from the stand.

“You’d be having a go, wouldn’t you young man, if that were your team with a decision like that.”

At half-time, Warnock went down the tunnel with the players.

He told James to stand outside the dressing room door for a couple of minutes while he gave the team talk.

James was told not to move.

But when Warnock came back out, he was gone.

The stewards did not know where he was.

Warnock started to panic.

James was only five years old, and they were in the middle of the City Ground.

Eventually, the chief steward told him he had gone down the corridor towards the home dressing room.

A few moments later, James came back.

Only now he was carrying half the contents of the place with him.

He had about six Easter eggs in boxes.

A toy fire engine.

And all sorts of other presents tucked under his arms.

Warnock looked at him and asked where he had been.

“I’ve only been with Brian, dad.”

Warnock knew who he meant.

“Brian?”

“You mean Mr Clough.”

“No, dad, he told me to call him Brian.”

Warnock had never called him Brian.

“He never lets me call him Brian?”

“He had a big heart, though, Cloughie.”

“He did a lot of good things people never knew about.”
#football

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

We could’ve had Beckham AND Cantona 💙 #swfc

[DunsbyOwl @Dunsbyowl]

Today's #swfc sliding doors moment #onthisday back in 1997 😉🤣

[⚽️ Kyle Sheldon @kylesheldon]

Is this the best World Cup team photo of all time?

Bravo, Norway 🇳🇴⚔️

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

@WereAllWeds1867 @swfc Seem to remember a funny but rude song involving Posh Spice, Beckham and rhyming with Kenny’s surname

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

Sheffield Wednesday fan here Piers laughing at the Arsenal

Makes no sense - but is why football is so universally brilliant.

Here’s to next season

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

To see Spurs and Chelsea fans mocking Arsenal after the seasons they had is beyond parody. We’re the best team in England, and the second best team in Europe. You lot are global laughing stocks.
So pipe down, you wastrels. 🤣

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

North America’s Berries

[EFL @EFL]

The people have spoken! 🗣️

@swfc's remarkable comeback in the 2023 @SkyBet League One Play-Off Semi-Final has been voted as the greatest #EFLPlayOffs match of all time! 👏

#EFL | #EveryMinuteMatters

[Enzo Djebali @EnzoDjebali]

Alors celle-là saperlipopette je l'avais pas vu venir.
Quand Didier Deschamps s'était plaint en 2014 d'une tentative d'espionnage en drône pendant la Coupe du Monde ... l'analyste vidéo de l'Allemagne était Tonda Eckert ... l'actuel entraîneur de Southampton accusé d'espionnage !

[Matt Forde @mattforde]

30 years of 30 years of hurt

[Classic Football Shirts @classicshirts]

🆕 NEW AUCTION | Sheffield Wednesday 1990 Match Issue League Cup Final Home

Picked from the CFS Vault, a match-issued Sheffield Wednesday long-sleeve home shirt prepared for Roland Nilsson for the 1991 League Cup Final vs Manchester United at Wembley.

👕 Bid Here - https://t.co/anisn3Zudi

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

Also a brilliant night

And also a great precursor to twenty years of Wednesday success while condemning ‘little’ Brentford to oblivion 🙄

[DunsbyOwl @Dunsbyowl]

#OnThisDay in 2005 - What a feeling ! Cardiff Calling ! as #SWFC reached the Play Off Final after defeating
@BrentfordFC 2-1 away with goals from Peacock & Brunt.
@GlasgowTearooms
@glastolucs
#WAWAW #UTO

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

Brilliant night

A great precursor to a decade of Wednesday success while condemning Brighton to a decade of oblivion 🙄

[DunsbyOwl @Dunsbyowl]

What an #swfc awayday ! #OnThisDay 10 years ago 😲 - didn't we have a lovely time the day #SWFC went to Brighton & drew 1-1 with a memorable goal from Ross Wallace. Wednesday & @bazzabannan25 were on our way to Wembley ! #WAWAW

[DunsbyOwl @Dunsbyowl]

#OnThisDay in 1993, it was honours all square at Wembley in the FA Cup Final as the Boy Wonder Hirsty sent Wednesdayites into rapture after scoring against
@Arsenal - followed by the best man hug ever. #swfc
@Mark__Bright
@johnharkes6

#ThoseWereTheDays #WAWAW #swfc

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

Bullet dodged #swfc

[Botafogo F.R. @Botafogo]

A SAF Botafogo informa que, em continuidade ao processo de reorganização financeira já iniciado com o ajuizamento de medida cautelar, protocolou, na noite desta quinta-feira (14), pedido de Recuperação Judicial como medida necessária para proteger o clube, preservar suas atividades, garantir o cumprimento de suas obrigações e assegurar a continuidade do projeto esportivo do Botafogo.

A decisão foi tomada diante do grave cenário financeiro enfrentado pela companhia, agravado por sucessivos bloqueios, riscos decorrentes de transfer bans impostos no âmbito da FIFA, vencimentos antecipados de obrigações financeiras e severas restrições de caixa que passaram a comprometer a própria operação cotidiana do clube.

Com o ajuizamento da Recuperação Judicial, a SAF Botafogo ingressa em uma nova etapa de reorganização estruturada, com maior estabilidade jurídica e financeira para condução de negociações com credores, investidores e parceiros estratégicos.

A medida também permite o início formal da elaboração e discussão de um plano de Recuperação Judicial, que será submetido aos credores na forma da lei, criando um ambiente de previsibilidade, supervisão judicial e proteção institucional necessário para o reequilíbrio financeiro da companhia.

Além disso, o efetivo pedido de Recuperação Judicial era medida indispensável diante das recentes sanções desportivas sofridas pelo clube, incluindo transfer bans impostos no âmbito da FIFA. A própria FIFA esclareceu que a tutela cautelar anteriormente deferida não produzia os efeitos jurídicos equivalentes ao processamento da Recuperação Judicial, razão pela qual a SAF Botafogo precisou avançar imediatamente para esta nova fase, como forma de proteger suas atividades esportivas, preservar sua competitividade e evitar prejuízos ainda mais severos ao clube.

Nos últimos meses, a SAF Botafogo sofreu forte processo de descapitalização dentro da estrutura do Grupo Eagle. Mais de R$ 900 milhões deixaram de retornar ao Botafogo, ao mesmo tempo em que o clube deixou de receber os aportes e o suporte financeiro necessários para manutenção de suas atividades e competitividade esportiva.

Enquanto outros ativos do grupo receberam investimentos substanciais — incluindo aportes recentes de aproximadamente US$ 90 milhões no Lyon — o Botafogo permaneceu, por mais de um ano, sem qualquer injeção relevante de recursos, mesmo diante de reiterados alertas sobre a deterioração do caixa e os riscos concretos à continuidade operacional da SAF.

A Eagle Football, sua administração e seus representantes diretos tinham pleno conhecimento da gravidade da situação financeira enfrentada pela SAF Botafogo.

Ainda assim, além de não promoverem os aportes e medidas necessários à preservação da companhia, permaneceram como os principais beneficiários da estrutura financeira que retirou recursos relevantes do clube sem a correspondente recomposição de capital ou suporte operacional adequado.

Desde então, a condução adotada pela Eagle Football e por John Textor revelou absoluto descompromisso com a estabilidade financeira e institucional da SAF Botafogo, contribuindo diretamente para o agravamento da crise enfrentada pelo clube e para o cenário de extrema fragilidade que tornou inevitável o ajuizamento da Recuperação Judicial.

A Recuperação Judicial é o instrumento legal utilizado para proteger o clube, reorganizar suas finanças, preservar empregos, honrar compromissos, manter a competitividade esportiva e garantir que o Botafogo continue existindo forte para as próximas gerações.

O objetivo da medida é assegurar estabilidade, transparência e supervisão judicial para que o Botafogo possa reestruturar seu passivo de forma organizada e responsável, protegendo seus atletas, funcionários, credores, parceiros comerciais e, principalmente, sua torcida.

[Dave W @davidwinfield]

Karma #swfc

[Owls Extra @OwlsExtra]

“As things stand no payment will be made to Mr. Chansiri.”

💬 Last night @MattJohno1989 sat down with Kris Wigfield to go through some of the intricacies of the administration. 

📺 Go and give it a watch/listen. 

🔗 https://t.co/bbMNWrvnQi

[Championship Terrace Talk @ChampionshpTalk]

What the Southampton spy saw watching Sheffield Wednesday train at the start of the season

#swfc