Tom Allen

support adults with learning difficulties.. #swfc.

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

Can we as fans of #swfc be sent out a job description of what all these new roles do, as we’ve never been run like a ‘normal’ club before 😂

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@VitalWednesday Be great to have around for his experience and guidance for Weaver etc.
Also scrappy games in league one he’s ideal

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

Understandable but getting season tickets and merchandise on sale whilst there is so much positivity, will generate a huge financial income

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

Big week this week:

Get the season tickets out at at reasonable price

New kit out

Retain list etc

Need to start straight away with everything going into next season, keep the momentum and positivity going #swfc

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@TheStarOwls

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@swfc

[Sheffield Wednesday @swfc]

Big day tomorrow... 🥂

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

I feel an announcement this afternoon, with also new kits this evening.
Getting people to club shop in the morning with Storch and the group coming onto the pitch at 12pm to hype up the atmosphere #swfc

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

Let’s see Grainger and Moses #swfc

[@BamfordWasOnside @Vileanimal1919]

Definitely not a #swfc fan, But just so I'm clear, their former owner asset strips club, leaves Hillsborough in a state, doesn't pay staff/players. Leaves. Then EFL want new owners to pay over the odds to compensate Chansiri?! Then deduct SW another 15 points? That's insane #lufc

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

The man who wants to rescue Sheffield Wednesday, American businessman David Storch, says he has been “informed that a 15-point penalty is set to be imposed at the start of next season” in League One. The outgoing owner Dejphon Chansiri should hang his head in shame at the damage he has inflicted on Sheffield Wednesday. He can’t have a conscience. Otherwise he’d accept a compromise on bid price. 

The EFL should have been tougher with Chansiri quicker. The FA should remember it is supposed to be custodians of the game and protect clubs. The importance of an Independent Football Regulator, much delayed by vested interests, is highlighted again by events at Wednesday. 

At the moment, the people being punished at Wednesday are fans, players, staff and the man who wants to save them. Shameful situation engulfing a historic club which could have been avoided with stronger leadership by the authorities. And Chansiri locating some principles. #SWFC

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@EFL have to hold some accountability of what has happened at #swfc , the amount of missed wages (non playing staff), transfer embargo’s, no clear plan, point deductions, embarrassing outburst.. the list goes on from the person they passed as ‘fit and proper’. They just watched.

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@JackBotts96 He’s made of biscuits

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

Realistically we should be looking at around 10 million for Charles and a decent sell on fee

Getting a good deal for him could set the club up massively going forward this summer #swfc

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@WTIDPOD Be great to have him back, player / coach role, just bizzare to leave for 6 months, even for financial reasons, to then just return

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest football clubs in the world, their famous name woven into the tapestry of the game. Formed in 1867, elected to the Football League in 1892, founder members of the Premier League, four times champions of England, three times winners of the FA Cup, and the League Cup once. Such honours may be far back in history but Wednesday remain a powerful force in many lives, in families, communities, in Sheffield and beyond.

It would be devastating to Wednesday supporters and deeply damaging to the reputation of English football if Wednesday lost their membership of the EFL because of the behaviour of an owner in Dejphon Chansiri who passed initial EFL ownership tests, was welcomed (let’s not forget), but turned out to be shamelessly irresponsible. Wednesday fans fear the club's existence might be at risk if the EFL imposes further punishments and restrictions that deter potential buyers.

Stronger oversight of owners is clearly required and the EFL and PL did tighten their rules in 2023. The new Independent Football Regulator will introduce a proper licensing system for clubs and better oversight of owners. Unfortunately, the IFR did not come into force early enough to prevent Wednesday's downward slide under Chansiri.

Wednesday are currently in administration and threatened with further EFL sanctions – a 15-point deduction for next season. This season's 18-point deduction all but guaranteed relegation from the Championship (confirmed on Feb 22). The League applies sanctions as punishment for debts and also as a deterrent to other clubs/owners.

The EFL emphasises it is working with all parties to “try and find a solution that can see Sheffield Wednesday continue as a member of the League....but ultimately we have to also apply the terms of the League’s insolvency policy…which seeks to balance the interests, not only of Sheffield Wednesday, but also of the other 71 clubs”.

Sheffield Wednesday Supporters' Trust, fighting hard for their club’s survival, has now released a copy of the EFL’s insolvency policy and argues that it gives the League, in the Trust’s words, “absolute discretion when determining how to deal with clubs experiencing an insolvency event”.

The Trust argues that “…further punitive sanctions risk undermining the very factors the EFL states it must consider - including the effect on supporters, the impact on the local community and the wider credibility of the league itself.

“Sheffield Wednesday supporters are not seeking advantage over other clubs. It is entirely right that all EFL clubs should be treated fairly and consistently. That principle must include Sheffield Wednesday that has already suffered enormously during a decade in which the EFL’s own regulatory oversight failed to prevent the damage that unfolded.

“We urge the EFL to apply its own guidance responsibly and ensure that the focus now is on allowing the club to recover, stabilise and move forward under new ownership. Sheffield Wednesday supporters have suffered enough.” #SWFC #EFL @SWFCTrust

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

To bargain with the -15 points, the Storch group should say to the EFL all the creditors will be paid in full except Chansiri, he won’t get a penny. So everyone who affect by him will be resolved #swfc

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@DaleJohnsonBBC Surely he would, If he supposedly cares / loves the club like he says he and his family does, it’s the tiny bit of respect he could get back.

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@DaleJohnsonBBC Any chance of Chansiri doing the honourable thing and withdrawing his claim? Someone must have phoned / emailed to ask

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

@GoalShort Definitely be his last spiteful act on us

[Tom Allen @tomswfc91]

Can Chansiri pull out of his claim, so it doesn’t affect the club with -15 next season? Highly doubt he would, he probably ask for more if he could. #swfc