SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY SURVIVAL - DRESSING ROOM AND ON-PITCH CELEBRATIONS GALLERY AS OWLS STAY UP
A year on from a promotion miracle, Sheffield Wednesday added another, this time by staying in the Championship against all odds
It was celebration time for Sheffield Wednesday’s players and their traveling supporters at the Stadium of Light on Saturday as a 2-0 win over Sunderland secured Championship football for the Owls next season.
Goals from Liam Palmer and Josh Windass sealed the victory and capped an astonishing turnaround for Wednesday who had looked destined for League One following a dreadful start to the season under Xisco Munoz. The arrival of Danny Rohl in October changed the team’s fortunes and having finally crept out of the bottom three just over a week ago, they maintained their position away from the drop zone thanks to a final day win over the Black Cats.
Read more on Sheffield Wednesday’s memorable final day survival from The Star’s Owls writers
As you would expect, it was party time in the North East for Wednesday and our gallery shows just how much it meant to the squad and the staff.