Owls fans urged to return as club enters administration

Sheffield Wednesday docked 12 points as Thai owner quits

- JAMIE GARDNER

Sheffield Wednesday fans are being urged to return to Hillsborough after the club was deducted 12 points by the EFL for entering administration.

The Owls, whose financial difficulties have been well documented in recent months, issued a statement yesterday announcing the appointment of administrators.

The EFL confirmed the 12-point sanction for entering administration but pointed out the process “presents Sheffield Wednesday with the opportunity to move matters towards a successful sale and secure future under new ownership”.

Wednesday said they had appointed insolvency firm Begbies Traynor as administrators, with Dejphon Chansiri’s controversial ownership of the club now over.

The club said appointing administrators had followed “significant efforts to agree a sale to a credible future custodian in recent weeks which unfortunately could not be concluded and amid rising pressure from creditors”.

Joint administrator Kris Wigfield said: “Like many football clubs, (Sheffield Wednesday) have been trading at a significant loss for several years, with those losses historically funded by the former owner Mr Chansiri.