The 2025-2026 season has been one to forget for Sheffield Wednesday, but also, a season of progress.
From being placed into administration due to financial losses and unable to pay staff and being given the earliest relegation in English football history by their city rivals, it has been a tough season to be a Sheffield Wednesday fan.
Jack Turner, who is a Sheffield Wednesday season ticket holder said: “We have the best away fans in the league, so it is important that we continue that during this difficult time,”
“We have to support the team in the tricky situation, no matter the score, whether we are winning 1-0 or losing 5-0.”
As relegation looked to be certain at the start of season the club were given an 18-point deduction, and home attendance was poor due to a boycott.
The boycott was to put pressure on former owner Dejphon Chansiri to sell the club after repeatedly failing to pay playing and non-playing staff at the club.
The first home game of the season against Stoke City, Wednesday fans protested before and during the game, this happened until Chansiri left the club.
Chansiri eventually left the club by force after the club was put into administration in October 2025.
Away support has remained consistent even when Chansiri was at the club, as the Owls away fans sold out their away end at Leicester City in August 2025.
In Sheffield Wednesday’s 2-1 away defeat to Derby County, in March 2026, the owls brought 3,101 travelling fans to Pride Park.
Despite their season, the away end at Pride Park were in full voice, even after going behind twice in their defeat.
Filmed by Lewis Caldwell
Sheffield Wednesday manager, Henrik Pedersen, was admirable towards the away support during their Pride Park defeat,
“It was amazing, from the first moment they were singing and continued to the end of the game.”
“That’s why we have a big, big future for this football club, how they support the boys, how they create the environment where the boys, in this insecure situation, still feel safe and motivated to do all what they can,”
“I don’t know what to say, it was amazing, I have never seen anything like this in my life.”
It is fair to say, Pedersen believes the support of the club from the fans is the most important thing at the club in their current situation.
The support the club will continue in League one, where the club will hopefully rebuild with new owners who are yet to be found.
