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...
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...
Sheffield Wednesday have failed to pay their players’ wages for March due to cashflow problems suffered by owner Dejphon Chansiri. The club said it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to the 56-year-old Thai businessman, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna. Wednesday are 12th in...
On Wednesday 26 March, hundreds of chronically ill, disabled, and neurodivergent people, those living with mental health issues, and their allies will gather outside 10 Downing Street from 11am. It will be in protest at the Labour Party government’s proposed £5bn cuts to people’s social security. It comes after decades of Department for Work and...
On Wednesday 26 March, protesters across the country are mobilising against the Labour Party-led Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) brutal cuts to vital disability and health-related benefits. In multiple cities and towns all over the UK, activists will turn out with a resounding message to the Labour government: to end its war on chronically...