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RICHARD Hinds was today set to play his first Owls game in more than four months.
The defender is pencilled in for a comeback in the Reserves against Walsall at Hillsborough (2pm).
It is the latest stage in his remarkable recovery from serious injuries suffered in the Championship match at Wolves on August 16.
He was carried off with a leg fracture and ankle damage and it was estimated that he would be out for up to eight months.
But he fought back to full training before Christmas and has been yearning to play in a game.
Club medical staff advised that he should not rush back too soon but now it is felt that the time is right.
The plan is for the 28-year-old to play for just the first half today and build up from there. It could be that he will get further Reserve team football before rejoining the first-team squad.
But regardless of the timing of any senior comeback, manager Brian Laws will be pleased to have the versatile former Scunthorpe man back at a time when the squad is depleted by injuries.
Today's game should have been played at Stocksbridge - the regular venue for home reserve games - but the Bracken Moor pitch is frozen and it was switched to Hillsborough yesterday.
Meanwhile, the initiative from new directors Lee Strafford and Nick Parker to strengthen links with fans goes on, with a Hillsborough ban on John Hemmingham lifted, and a meeting with fan forum Owlstalk set for tomorrow.
There have already been meetings with Wednesdayite and the Shareholders Association.
Hemmingham was a guest of the club at last Saturday's match against Fulham, and earlier last week met Strafford and Parker at their invitation.
The former Kop band leader and chief executive of the Owls Trust (now Wednesdayite) was barred from corporate areas at Hillsborough five years ago in controversial times after Ken Bates tried to take over the club. Hemmingham is now chief executive of Mansfield Town but remains a Wednesday season-ticket holder.
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