Sheffield Wednesday season tickets; new deals, Fernando Forestieri and the return of football: Owls stories you might have missed this week

It’s been a very busy week on the Sheffield Wednesday beat, with our writers bringing you all the latest news – of which there was a lot – from Hillsborough.
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So just in case you happened to miss anything, here’s a run down of some of the best of our Owls coverage from the last seven days.

FOOTBALL’S COMING BACK!

We got news a week ago about a date for the proposed return of the Championship and our team spoke with boss Garry Monk about his views and we also learned that the anouncement didn’t go down that well with everyone.

Sheffield Wednesday youngster Osaze Urhoghide agreed a new contract this week. Pic Steve EllisSheffield Wednesday youngster Osaze Urhoghide agreed a new contract this week. Pic Steve Ellis
Sheffield Wednesday youngster Osaze Urhoghide agreed a new contract this week. Pic Steve Ellis
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NEW CONTRACTS REVEALED

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Owls writer Joe Crann brought the excusive news of a new deal for midfielder Joey Pelupessy this week, a decision by the club that wasn’t exactly received with unanimous positivity from Wednesdayites. There were a couple of other announcements, though, that fared much better...

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WHAT PELUPESSY SAID

And Joey was up in front of the media in a virtual sense this week, to give his views on the extention of his contract

WHAT ABOUT FORESTIERI?

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While some players have been given new deals and talks are ongoing on others, we brought you an update on Fernando Forestieri's status

STILL OUT

And Monk also spoke about frozen-out duo Sam Hutchinson and Keiren Westwood

SEASON TICKETS NEWS

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Many fans had been patiently waiting for an update from the club on what’s going to happen to tickets they aren’t now able to use, including of course their season tickets. Wednesday announced their plan this week.

HELPING OUT OFF THE PITCH

Footballers sometimes unfairly get a bad reputation, but their importance to fans was in the spotlight this week as we brought you two stories about players who had been on hand to help a couple of Wednesday supporters through some very tough times

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AND FINALLY…

Our football writers got together this week to record a podcast, wrapping up the latest Wednesday and United news plus we finish our combined Sheffield XI from the past 30 years