Former Sheffield Wednesday defender gives honest take on tough Owls spell - and 'great' Hillsborough

The 34-year-old centre back only made a handful of appearances for the Owls after signing in 2011 despite signing a long-term deal, and he knows it was a period to forget for him.

Morrison told The News, “I didn’t have a very good time at Sheffield Wednesday, I signed for three-and-a-half years and ended up being there for six months and training on my own!

“We changed the manager after two weeks. Alan Irvine signed me – Gary Megson got rid of me… They’ve not got great memories of me, to be fair!

“It was a long time ago and wasn’t the best time of my career, although what I will say is sometimes when you have challenges and things don’t go well it does refocus your career.

“After that period I thought. ‘It’s not going well here’, and you can go down a different avenue.”

Meanwhile, speaking to the club’s official website, Morrison spoke highly of this weekend’s venue, and urged his teammates to put their stamp on the game…

He said, “Hillsborough is a great place to play football, although it can be difficult when you’re at home and they get on your back if things aren’t going well.

“We’ll go there and it’s about us trying to put a mark on the game to try to quieten them down, perhaps being pragmatic at the start.

“There are a lot of big clubs in League One this season, but that’s exciting and our young squad should enjoy these kind of fixtures.”

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