Barry Bannan seeks Brummie bragging rights and discusses the Sheffield Wednesday captaincy ahead of the Owls’ Birmingham City clash
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Bannan, who was named as the Owls’ captain ahead of the 2020/21 season, has been a key player at Hillsborough for some time now, but spent almost a decade at Villa having been snapped up by their youth academy back in 2004.
Usually things would be a bit lively for him against Birmingham because of his Villa affiliation, but he says he’s still looking forward to the game even though nobody will be there to see it.
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Hide Ad“It’s a good game for me,” he told Wednesday’s YouTube page. “From living in Birmingham all my years, from being down here, I get a lot of stick for being an old Aston Villa player - but I’ll be alright on Saturday because there’ll be no fans, which will be a bit different.
“It’s a game that I look forward to, that bit of rivalry with them. We look to win every game obviously, but it’ll be a nice one for me so I can get the bragging rights over my mates and stuff.”
This time around he’ll be skipper, but has anything changed since he took on the role from Tom Lees?
“It’s not been much different,” he says. “I’m very loud anyway in and around the place and stuff, so that’ll never change. Obviously it’s a big honour, but I think this season what we’re trying to focus on is everybody being leaders on the pitch.
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“With the points deduction we’re going to need to fight to turn that around, and I think that means everybody’s got to come to the front and be a leader in their own ways.
“I’ve been here a while now, and I love the club and I’ve enjoyed being given the captaincy, it’s something that I’ll try and work hard on away from the pitch to be better for my teammates.”
Wednesday travel to Birmingham on October 17th when domestic football resumes after the international break.