Another Sheffield Wednesday friendly announced as pre-season picture gets clearer
A non-league West Yorkshire side have announced a friendly against Sheffield Wednesday, to take place in mid-July.
Based on the outskirts of Wakefield, NPL East outfit Ossett United - a club was formed out of the amalgamation of Ossett Town and Ossett Albion six years ago - will welcome a Wednesday side to their Ingfield ground on Friday July 12 with a 7.30pm kick-off time.
It is highly likely the Wednesday outfit will be made up of younger players, with Danny Röhl’s seniors set to be undergoing their pre-season preparations elsewhere. It is the third fixture of its type to be announced, with trips to Scarborough Athletic on Saturday July 27 and Worksop Town on Tuesday July 30 already confirmed to be under-21 fixtures by the Owls.
Wednesday’s first team are expected to have a scaled-down number of friendlies this summer after Röhl told The Star in May: “I don’t like to have too many friendly games, I prefer to have one game in one week, because then you can really train for one topic - otherwise you’re looking just game to game. That’s important for me.”
Röhl also revealed that plans were in place to take the Owls on two training camps - one in the UK and one in Germany. He has spoken a number of times about the need to get new players through the door in good time ahead of the bulk of their pre-season activity.
He said: “We know when we’ll start, when we’ll have the medical checks, and all the big key dates we have in our schedule. We’ll prepare everything so that we’re ready - I think you need a good preseason, a strong preseason, and for that you need a good squad.”