The Season Review: #SWFC

Stuart Gray, turned SWFC's fortunes around.

Given the start of the season, Sheffield Wednesday fans had the privilege of feeling safe weeks before the season ended rather than going through the roller-coaster of emotions on the final day of the season. Other South Yorkshire teams were less fortunate than Wednesday and the close of the season saw Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers relegated to League One in agonising style. Finishing with 53 points and nine points above the relegation zone, Sheffield Wednesday finished 16th in the league with 13 wins, 14 draws and 19 defeats and a goal difference of -2 with 63 goals for and 65 against.

SkyBet Championship: Burnley FC

Sheffield Wednesday host Burnley.

Ground: Hillsborough, Sheffield.
Attendance: 22,282

Championship football returns to Hillsborough in the form of a visit from the 130 year old Clarets, Burnley. With Sean Dyche at the helm the Clarets earned a 1-1 draw (click link to see the report) in their opening league fixture, before thrashing York City 0-4 in the Capital One Cup in midweek. The departure of Charlie Austin to QPR dampened the positive vibes at Turf Moor and hopes turned to Sam Vokes to lead the line and step up to fill the void. Wednesday, still missing Reda Johnson and Lewis Buxton through injury, keep new signing Rafael Floro and academy graduate Liam Palmer in the full-back spots. A noticeable omission from the home team is Gary Madine, not even making the substitutes bench.

nPower Championship: Burnley FC

The first game of 2013 sees the Owls face Burnley at Hillsborough and with a good run of form coming into the game, Sheffield Wednesday were confident of a win against the mid-table Clarets. Having kept 4 clean sheets in succession, Wednesdays confidence is high and with free scoring Charlie Austin missing for Burnley, this made for a lively game.

nPower Championship: Burnley FC

The first meeting in over 3 years between these two sides was almost guaranteed goals with recent performances. Both sets of defences were under scrutiny as goals were leaking at an alarming rate. The previous encounter at Turf Moor between the Clarets & Owls ended as a 2-4 win for Wednesday, in February 2009.