Wilder was unable to arrest the slide, as they ended the season having conceded 101 goals and accumulated just 16 points. They started last season with a two-point deduction because of missed transfer payments in the 2022-23 campaign but challenged at the top of the division throughout. A long-mooted takeover by American-based consortium COH Sports...
Two men have been charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder after a 16-year-old was struck by a car which failed to stop at the scene. South Yorkshire Police said Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Amaan Ahmed, 26, both of Locke Drive, Sheffield, have been charged in relation to the death of Abdullah Yaser...
Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire PA Media Dejphon Chansiri’s financial management of Sheffield Wednesday has been subject to criticism An MP has called on the owner of Sheffield Wednesday to sell up after the club was charged by the English Football League with multiple failures to meet its payment obligations. Clive Betts, Labour MP for...
A Football Association report into the circumstances surrounding the death of former Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack found several players “did not feel supported and felt unable to raise concerns” at the club. The FA commissioned the report in early 2024, following the midfielder’s death, aged 27, in September 2023, and it has not yet...
March’s wages were eventually paid in full on 7 April, with the club saying it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to Chansiri, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna. The Thai businessman has been in charge of the Hillsborough side for 10 years and his...
BBC Radio Sheffield reporter Rob Staton Sheffield Wednesday fans ended the season protesting against chairman Dejphon Chansiri in a way we haven’t seen from this fanbase in the past. There was concern the last time wages were not paid on time – in March – that if it happened again within a certain timeframe, the...
It was perhaps a season that was almost doomed before it had even started for Sheffield United after they were deducted two points for defaulted transfer payments. Despite the early setback, the Blades still amassed 90 points. However, they finished outside the automatic promotion spots only to two sides who both hit the 100-point mark...
In its submissions to the commission, the FA said: “It is concerning that the club have been unable to improve its control over players and staff following the previous five breaches this season. “Plainly, reminders from various sources as to the expected standards of behaviour have proven insufficient to affect change in the participants’ behaviour....
Sheffield United have apologised after their X account was hacked on Monday, with a number of offensive and derogatory posts sent out. Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan was targeted in several of the hacked messages. They have since regained access to their profile and all posts have subsequently been deleted. “The club would like to...
“He was the one who sent [Liam] Walsh off the other week at Luton v Coventry, then it was changed because it shouldn’t have been a straight red,” Manning added. That red card was overturned – although none of Langford’s other recent dismissals have been successfully appealed against. Speaking about the incident in Thursday’s play-off...
Simon Thake BBC News, Yorkshire Simon Thake Dr Vasileios Orliaklis said Darnall Dental Clinic has lost funding despite recently taking on extra patients A dental practice in Sheffield has said it cannot afford to treat all of its NHS patients unless it secures extra funding. Since 2022, Darnell Dental Clinic has taken on an additional...
David Spereall BBC News, Yorkshire Family handout Harvey Willgoose died after being stabbed in the chest at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield A 15-year-old boy has admitted stabbing a student to death at a school in Sheffield. Harvey Willgoose, also 15, died after being stabbed in the chest at All Saints Catholic High...
“I am really proud of that [the points tally],” Parker told BBC Sport. “To think that we’re on target if we can go and win at the weekend, a 100-point tally is a huge achievement. “That, along with everything else that comes with it in terms of the unbeaten record now of 32 games, the...
Maria Mulla, appearing remotely on behalf of the Cusack family, told the hearing: “One of the concerns is a perceived lack of transparency, particularly in relation to documents that are being provided to them [the family]. I am told the FA report in particular has missing pages and appears with a large number of redactions,...
Following speculation this week that Cardiff could change their manager for the second time this season – and rumours of a return for former boss Neil Warnock – Riza again insisted he could save the club from relegation to the third tier. “If I didn’t think I was the right man for the job, I...