Sheffield Wednesday academy graduate: “It’s nice to go down in the history books…”

Beevers, now 30, came through the SWFC academy before making his debut as a teenager in 2007, playing more than 150 times for the club before eventually leaving for Millwall in 2013 after a successful loan spell there.

The centre back was at Hillsborough during a period where the Steel City derby was a more regular occurrence, and he played in five of them between 2007 and 2009 – he only lost once.

As quoted by the club’s official website, Beevers – who has beaten SUFC eight times in 14 games during his career – said, “Doing the double over Sheffield United for the first time in 95 years was memorable. I never lost a Sheffield derby which is a nice stat for me!

“I played in a fair few. It’s just the best game. I’ve not played in other derbies, but I’ve been a spectator at Manchester derbies and some others and they are not a patch on the Steel City derby, it’s just amazing.

“We had some fantastic results at Hillsborough, and the game where we beat them 2-1 after we’d already beat them at home was amazing. It’s nice to go down in the history books, and my good mate Tommy Spurr getting on the scoresheet was good as well. It’s immense, I don’t think you can beat those games.”

Meanwhile, he also went on to talk about his pride of being a centurion for Wednesday, saying, “I played over 150 games for Wednesday. It’s massive, to play 100 league games for any club is an achievement, not many players will do it.

“There were ups and downs amongst those games, but to have done it is another nice stat. To be a player from the academy, it looks good on the club as well, and personally it’s really good.”

Beevers is currently on the books of Peterborough United, and has played 32 League One games for them this season.

More Wednesday reading:

Sheffield Wednesday duo speak out for #BlackLivesMatter cause

OutFoxed – How Morgan turned things around at Sheffield Wednesday

An important message:

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news, please consider a subscription to The Star by going to thestar.co.uk/subscriptions.

The coronavirus lockdown is having a major impact on many of our local advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive. That means we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers and subscribe to our website during this crisis.

Stay safe and take care.

Thank you.