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Owls: Sheffield Wednesday Through the Modern Era Paperback – 1 Nov. 2016
by
Tom Whitworth
(Author)
Bad football. Boardroom unrest. Financial turmoil. Long-suffering fans. Owls: Sheffield Wednesday Through the Modern Era is the story of a football club struggling to find its way in an ever-changing game. Almost two decades on from dropping out of the Premier League, and over 25 years after the horrors of the Hillsborough disaster, author Tom Whitworth combines revealing interviews from key players, managers and board members with challenging new insight and perspective, to piece together a compelling account of Wednesday's recent, often turbulent, history. From the almost-glory days of the early 1990s and the team of Chris Waddle, John Sheridan and David Hirst; to Paolo Di Canio's pushing over of a referee, terrible transfer dealings, relegations and a life in the lower league wilderness. That is followed by League One play-off success, moves by the club to sue its own fans, winding-up orders and High Court appearances; before club-saving takeovers followed by a well-funded, entertaining and long-awaited revival which at last has given the club's fans something to smile about.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPitch Publishing Ltd
- Publication date1 Nov. 2016
- Dimensions13.97 x 2.29 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-101785312197
- ISBN-13978-1785312199
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"Change, disruption, stagnation. Entertaining, informed and informative on Sheffield Wednesday's modern era." --Programme Monthly
"Real strength of feeling. Particularly powerful. Remarkably clinical and non-judgmental in his analysis. Well written, thorough and accurate. Great feeling and perception. Underlying it all is a supporter's love for his club." --Alan Biggs, Sheffield Telegraph
"A well-written, comprehensive account of a turbulent period in Sheffield Wednesday's colourful history. A forensic account of the highs and lows of one of English football's great clubs. Owls fan Tom tracked down some of the key personnel for interviews, including Trevor Francis, Paul Jewell, David Pleat, Dave Allen, Howard Wilkinson and Lee Strafford." --Dom Howson, Sheffield Star
"Excellent new book about Sheffield Wednesday by Tom Whitworth." --Football writer David Conn
"Heady and at times dizzying - a chronicle of our Wednesday lives - salt, sour and just occasionally sweet for the committed and the believers. A balance between the factual and the emotional. A ton of hard work gone into getting the detail right . A must-have. I would recommend it for every Wednesdayite's Christmas stocking. An excellent piece of work. --WarofTheMonsterTrucks.com
"What came next would go down in the Hillsborough club's footballing folklore and is one of the many intriguing chapters covered in Tom Whitworth's new book. The book covers everything blue and white over the last two decades, and the author has interviews with Sturrock, MacLean and Brunt on that memorable day in Cardiff." --Yorkshire Post
"Real strength of feeling. Particularly powerful. Remarkably clinical and non-judgmental in his analysis. Well written, thorough and accurate. Great feeling and perception. Underlying it all is a supporter's love for his club." --Alan Biggs, Sheffield Telegraph
"A well-written, comprehensive account of a turbulent period in Sheffield Wednesday's colourful history. A forensic account of the highs and lows of one of English football's great clubs. Owls fan Tom tracked down some of the key personnel for interviews, including Trevor Francis, Paul Jewell, David Pleat, Dave Allen, Howard Wilkinson and Lee Strafford." --Dom Howson, Sheffield Star
"Excellent new book about Sheffield Wednesday by Tom Whitworth." --Football writer David Conn
"Heady and at times dizzying - a chronicle of our Wednesday lives - salt, sour and just occasionally sweet for the committed and the believers. A balance between the factual and the emotional. A ton of hard work gone into getting the detail right . A must-have. I would recommend it for every Wednesdayite's Christmas stocking. An excellent piece of work. --WarofTheMonsterTrucks.com
"What came next would go down in the Hillsborough club's footballing folklore and is one of the many intriguing chapters covered in Tom Whitworth's new book. The book covers everything blue and white over the last two decades, and the author has interviews with Sturrock, MacLean and Brunt on that memorable day in Cardiff." --Yorkshire Post
About the Author
Tom Whitworth's work has appeared in, among other publications, When Saturday Comes and FC Business. A lifelong Sheffield Wednesday fan, he lives in Sheffield, up one of its many hills.
Product details
- Publisher : Pitch Publishing Ltd; First Edition (1 Nov. 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1785312197
- ISBN-13 : 978-1785312199
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 2.29 x 21.59 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 385,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2023
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2016
For me this is quite simply the most splendid book. I am not an avid reader of books - this book made me an avid reader.
The author has provided a comprehensive and lucid narrative of a major football club, focussed primarily on the last twenty-five years, As a result of much research, interviews with key personnel, it provides the most insightful perspective of the "inner workings", "behind the scenes" view that most supporters are not exposed to or confronted with.
The book highlights the roles played by senior figures at the club during times of great uncertainty and turbulence - some come out of it well, including amongst others Milan Mandaric, Lee Strafford, Howard Wilkinson, Dejphon Chansiri. Some of the others ? - it is singularly worth reading the book to form your own judgement about the role they played.
For me this book is a must for anyone interested in Sheffield Wednesday, but it is much more than that - for anyone interested in football, indeed interested in contemporary history, it shines a bright and informative light on its subject and the context of the times.
It is a compelling read.
The author has provided a comprehensive and lucid narrative of a major football club, focussed primarily on the last twenty-five years, As a result of much research, interviews with key personnel, it provides the most insightful perspective of the "inner workings", "behind the scenes" view that most supporters are not exposed to or confronted with.
The book highlights the roles played by senior figures at the club during times of great uncertainty and turbulence - some come out of it well, including amongst others Milan Mandaric, Lee Strafford, Howard Wilkinson, Dejphon Chansiri. Some of the others ? - it is singularly worth reading the book to form your own judgement about the role they played.
For me this book is a must for anyone interested in Sheffield Wednesday, but it is much more than that - for anyone interested in football, indeed interested in contemporary history, it shines a bright and informative light on its subject and the context of the times.
It is a compelling read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2017
Half-glass full is how I would describe being a Sheffield Wednesday supporter.
We live in the past. We have had some great days and endured many bad. However we still go back for more like an addictive drug.
This book describes in detail the modern history of Sheffield Wednesday football club. An often depressing story!
However we are on our way back.
The author knows it too. Great read for an Owl.
We live in the past. We have had some great days and endured many bad. However we still go back for more like an addictive drug.
This book describes in detail the modern history of Sheffield Wednesday football club. An often depressing story!
However we are on our way back.
The author knows it too. Great read for an Owl.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2019
It's written in a way that's knowedgable but not no it all, informative but not boring and telling info that's sensational but not sensationalist - like the club taking it's fans to court.
Even as someone who's not a Wednesday fan, but it was a turn pager.
Loved the bit about the dutch (or belgian?) players and was happy that it wasn't full of match reports (it kept a great balance of tales of action off the pitch vs on the pitch)
And it was quick delivery as well.
Five stars.
Even as someone who's not a Wednesday fan, but it was a turn pager.
Loved the bit about the dutch (or belgian?) players and was happy that it wasn't full of match reports (it kept a great balance of tales of action off the pitch vs on the pitch)
And it was quick delivery as well.
Five stars.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2021
Would highly recommend for any football fan with an interest. Very well written from a knowledgeable writer, who often goes beyond simply what happened at the club, to give you a wider contextual picture of Sheffield over the years.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017
A thoroughly well researched and comprehensive book on the modern history of SWFC. The author has managed to convey something which I imagine would be very difficult to achieve - he displays a lot of passion for his club whilst remaining detached enough to analyse all factors that led to the demise and rise of this great and historic football club. The modern history of the club is controversial, though the account here is balanced whilst remaining compelling. Buy it.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2017
just what my son wanted
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 March 2017
excellent book well written and researched..lifelong SWFC fan the club still makes me laugh.how did people get away with what they did..wednesday worst manager?.this book changed my mind from david pleat to danny wilson