S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City | 3pm, Saturday 30th August | The EFL Championship | Hillsborough Stadium

[jackharris]

 

[Swansea93]

Good effort on us selling out the away end allocation.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

This isn't going to be the walkover we expected last month. They're playing very well at the moment, and have a real rod up their back - fair enough. Beat Leeds in the cup last night, drew away at Wrexham at the weekend, and were unfortunate to not get a point away at Leicester on opening day.

They still have a very small squad full of young players, but this will absolutely not be our easiest game of the season.

 

[jackharris]

Good effort on us selling out the away end allocation.

This is another thing that I can’t get my head around. We received 644 tickets originally from Wednesday. They sold out quite quickly. So we then received just 100 more tickets. Which have also sold out, I’m assuming. Now I know we didn’t take many there last year because it was mid week and we had also played Blackburn Rovers away on the Saturday before the match.

However, the match on Saturday is only our 2nd away match of the season, not as far as Boro and it’s just before the International break. So why in the world have we just been given or requested a grand total of 744 tickets so far in the upper tier? Stoke City requested the full 2,412. We didn’t need that many, but surely 400 more would have been a better idea, instead of just 100?

 

[jackharris]

Sheffield Wednesday used to offer pay on the day for away fans, but their website currently states there is No Pay On The Day. I hope we have requested more tickets or we are going to have 744 fans in a stand that holds 3,700 (it used to be nearly 5,000 before they had health and safety issues). Not requesting enough tickets to satisfy demand is bonkers.