|  Nickname:
The Owls
Year formed: 1867
Ground: Hillsborough
Capacity: 39,814
2007/08 average:
21,410
For visitors: 3,700
in the upper tier of the West Stand
(Leppings Lane) end of the ground
Record attendance:
72,841
Position last season:
16th in the Championship
Manager: Brian Laws
(November 2006)
Players
in: None
Players out: Lee
Bullen (Falkirk, free), Rob Burch
(Lincoln, free)
Key man: Mark Beevers
Record transfer fee paid:
£4.7m (Paulo Di Canio, Celtic,
1997)
Record transfer fee received:
£3m (Chris Brunt, West Brom,
2007)
Ticket office: 0870
999 1867
Ticket prices: Adults
£21, concessions £12
Official website: www.swfc.co.uk
Journey: 161 miles
Journey time: 3hr
39mins
For directions to the ground click
here
Best League Win:
9-1 v Birmingham City 13/12/1930 Division
1
 Last
meeting: Sheffield Wednesday
4, Norwich City 1 (May 4, 2008): It
was Deon Burton’s two goals
which earned Wednesday victory on
a day of high drama at the end of
the Championship season. But it was
the retiring Dion Dublin who stole
the show – despite finishing
on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline.
Darren Huckerby – playing his
last game for City – scored
after 12 minutes as City knocked the
ball around with confidence and authority.
But chances came and went and by half-time
it was all square – and then
Wednesday’s urgency took over,
with three more goals guaranteeing
their Championship survival.
Full
Match Report
Last Norwich away win:
29/12/2001 Sheffield Wednesday 0,
Norwich City 5 (Kenton, Nielsen 2,
McVeigh, Holt)
Chances: The Owls
did well to stay up last season after
a worse start than even Norwich City.
They battled and scrapped their way
to survival against the back drop
of even more turmoil in the boardroom.
If off the field disputes can be resolved
and Laws can have some money to spend
they could push up the table. If not,
another season in the lower reaches
could follow, although the club do
have some talented youngsters with
the likes of Mark Beevers.
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