{"id":230489,"date":"2025-07-01T23:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/230489\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:07:15","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-fans-finally-have-something-to-cheer-about-as-they-react-to-great-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/230489\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday fans finally have something to cheer about as they react to &#8216;great news&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sheffield Wednesday fans have had a lot of negativity thrown their way over the last several months, but they have one thing to get excited about now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After failing to pay wages, <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/tag\/sheffield-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> were hit with a <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/sheffield-wednesday-hit-with-inevitable-transfer-window-punishment-amid-failed-payment-fiasco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-window transfer ban<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/sheffield-wednesday-woes-take-scandalous-turn-as-owls-hit-by-double-efl-embargo-amid-staff-wages-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Owls were then hit with a double embargo<\/a>\u00a0by the EFL, meaning that the Yorkshire outfit must \u2018settle up with the Owls squad, as well as HMRC, before the embargo is lifted\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>To add further fuel to the fire, <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/danny-rohl-takes-significant-action-as-sheffield-wednesday-saga-edges-closer-to-conclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Rohl has told players he will leave<\/a>\u00a0the club this summer.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that some <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/dejphon-chansiri-facing-possible-strike-action-as-sheffield-wednesday-stars-consider-contract-termination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday players could terminate their contracts<\/a> as a result of the ongoing financial problems, while a number of players became free agents on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>But news coming out of Hillsborough this week has finally given supporters something to cheer about.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1494350667-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"Sheffield Wednesday fans celebrate following the Sky Bet League One Play-Off Final between Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday.\" class=\"wp-image-17852\" \/>Photo by Richard Heathcote\/Getty ImagesSheffield Wednesday fans react to Will Grainger news<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Joe Crann is now reporting that Will Grainger has put pen to paper on an Owls scholarship. <\/p>\n<p>It comes after concerns regarding his future amid interest from elsewhere, and Sheffield Wednesday supporters have been reacting to the news on social media.<\/p>\n<p>One wrote: \u201cGreat news. He will be in [the] first team soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great news, He will be in first team soon<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Dickinson (@dicko19814eva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dicko19814eva\/status\/1939975041950659032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>A second Sheffield Wednesday supporter added: \u201cBrilliant news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll be starting in August,\u201d another fan predicted.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth echoed: \u201cHope he\u2019s ready to play Championship football, if we can actually start the season, he will be in the first 11.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hope he\u2019s ready to play champ football, if we can actually start the season he will be in the first 11<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tommy (@BigOwl0934) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigOwl0934\/status\/1939998433286275491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>A fifth demanded: \u201cGet him in first team we are going to need him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a sixth stated: \u201cHe will be in the first team next season!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will Grainger Sheffield Wednesday stats<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old was promoted up to the Owls\u2019 U21 side back in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>A natural centre-forward, Grainger has been impressing at youth level with Wales for some time.<\/p>\n<p>He made his U15 debut back in 2023 and has since gone on to score five in eight for his country\u2019s U17 team.<\/p>\n<p>For Sheffield Wednesday, meanwhile, the teenager scored 14 times in the Professional Development League this past term.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Blair1867\/status\/1939995197435158613\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jay_Blogs\/status\/1939967170852610199\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dicko19814eva\/status\/1939975041950659032\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday fans have had a lot of negativity thrown their way over the last several months, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-230489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114780493858510122","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}