SWFC

[TonySoprano]

Unless their chairman burns down the stadium, they drop to non league, have to borrow a kit from sheff utd, play night games in the afternoon to save electric on floodlights, sign Sunday league players and pick them up on the way to away games.

Then they still don't know they are born.

[GazLaz]

Got to be favourites for relegation this season.

They are.

[Chris Black come back]

Josh windass and Michael smith had their contracts terminated
It’s all going wrong at hillsborough

Windass off to Wrexham I think.

[ncRover]

Hopefully a L1 club doesn’t sign Smith. Really good player at this level.

[karldew]

Hopefully a L1 club doesn’t sign Smith. Really good player at this level.

I’ve seen Derby mentioned. Surely too good for league 1

[GazLaz]

Hopefully a L1 club doesn’t sign Smith. Really good player at this level.

I’ve seen Derby mentioned. Surely too good for league 1

He’s knocking on a bit now isn’t he. L1 wouldn’t be a massive shock.

[Chris Black come back]

Hopefully a L1 club doesn’t sign Smith. Really good player at this level.

Gone to Preston on two year deal.

[Chris Black come back]

Josh windass and Michael smith had their contracts terminated
It’s all going wrong at hillsborough

Windass off to Wrexham I think.

Signed for Wrexham on three year deal.

[Barmby Rover]

Will the wendies do a Bolton? "Sorry we can't field a team", demotion on the horizon now.

[Red wizard]

A ‘big club’ is surely defined by its support base over given periods.

Rovers in the Championship would have a bigger fan base than next season, but we will never be classed as a big club.

Sheff Wednesday are one of the most successful (according to Wiki) in English football by major honours having, during their history, won 4 league1 titles, 3 FA Cups, one League Cup (beating Man Utd in the 1991 Final as a second tier team) & 1 Charity Shield.

They’ve competed in UEFA cup competitions on 4 occasions, reaching the quarter finals of the Internet-Cities Fairs Cup in 1963.

Their stadium has a capacity of 39,732 but this has temporarily been reduced to a capacity of of 34,835 on safety grounds. Only Leeds with a capacity of 39,460 has a higher capacity than The Owls in Yorkshire.

I’d class them as a big club.

Anyone who says there not a big club imo doesn't understand football clubs. Put them in the prem and they will have on of the biggest attendance every home game. They would sell out fact. I'm surprised a rich oil man hasn't been sniffing about tbh. For the right price with the right owner they could sustain top flight football minimum.

[Chris Black come back]

Even if they somehow sold every single seat it would only be the tenth largest Premier League gate, compared against average gates from last season and that’s without including the huge new Everton stadium. Hillsborough is no longer a large ground at the highest level.

[RoversInSpain]

Brentford and Bournemouth do alright, what have attendances to do with anything?
Well run football clubs, it’s all about great leadership at the top end of the club, as we’ve found out. What you see on the pitch (front end) represents what sits behind. Everything is driven from above.

[turnbull for england]

See how Brentford do this year , big players gone , Franks gone this year will show if it's as good a club as thought .

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Even what appear to be well run football clubs don't always get it right. Luton for example more recently. It's not always about finance. In Wednesdays case, the owner has always seemed to have a very careless attitude to doing things properly and has thrown good money after bad. The current situation is entirely of his own making and has been brewing for some years. Even with the best Owners and Directors tests, it would struggle to identify the character faults which have led to their current plight. Any owner who's parted with many millions must be reluctant to throw the towel in when they know they're likely to get very little in return for the sale by comparison.

Brentford may faulter after Frank's departure but I very much doubt they'll fall to the level of SWFC being a basket case club.

[ForsolongaRover]

Even what appear to be well run football clubs don't always get it right. Luton for example more recently. It's not always about finance. In Wednesdays case, the owner has always seemed to have a very careless attitude to doing things properly and has thrown good money after bad. The current situation is entirely of his own making and has been brewing for some years. Even with the best Owners and Directors tests, it would struggle to identify the character faults which have led to their current plight. Any owner who's parted with many millions must be reluctant to throw the towel in when they know they're likely to get very little in return for the sale by comparison.

Brentford may faulter after Frank's departure but I very much doubt they'll fall to the level of SWFC being a basket case club.

Although I cannot claim to have made any special study of the subject, the names of some club owners are well known because they deliberately advertise their identity - in Chasiri’s case by having it emblazoned across the seats in one of the main stands. This implies that it is very important to him to have people know who he is when the most important thing for a club is for the team to be successful.

As DBZ says it is by no means certain that it is possible to make an informed judgment of the likely behaviour of a prospective owner even with the new Legislation in place. It would seem to demand that the holders of the golden share be provided with funds to employ a professional financial expert to carry out a forensic examination of the potential owner’s business history. Although it would be no guarantee, it might at least eliminate those most likely to be unsuitable.

I wonder if all clubs are as welcoming (or permitted to be by their governments) to foreign owners as we are in the UK? Some knowledge and respect of the culture would be helpful…