{"id":942526,"date":"2026-05-06T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942526\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:00:20","slug":"sheffield-wednesday-efls-brave-call-to-waive-15-point-penalty-correct-despite-championship-kickback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942526\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Wednesday: EFL\u2019s \u2018brave\u2019 call to waive 15\u2011point penalty correct despite Championship &#8216;kickback&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/David-Storch-Sheffield-Wednesday-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium alongside a circular inset of David Storch\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago\/X)<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20210903_163509-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Ciaran Morrison\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 6 May 2026 17:30, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s new ownership should not be penalised for helping save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/efl-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> club from liquidation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That is the view of former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>, as rival clubs are unhappy at the EFL waiving Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s 15 point deduction.<\/p>\n<p>The Owls were expected to start next season in League One on minus 15 points, but the EFL reversed that decision after a takeover of the club was completed.<\/p>\n<p>A consortium, led by David Storch, confirmed they had taken over Sheffield Wednesday before their final game of the Championship season.<\/p>\n<p>Storch was in attendance at a full Hillsborough as Sheffield Wednesday earned just their second league win of the season against West Brom to round off what was a difficult campaign for the whole club.<\/p>\n<p>EFL given \u2018great kudos\u2019 after Sheffield Wednesday announcement<\/p>\n<p>Everton\u2019s former chief Keith Wyness \u2013 who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 states that Derby are one club unhappy at the EFL\u2019s decision not to impose a point deduction on Sheffield Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the new edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv?si=89bd84059df14189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness thinks the EFL were correct to waive the penalty.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Games<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Won<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Drawn<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Games Lost<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals Scored<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals Conceded<\/td>\n<td>98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s difficult 2025-26 season in numbers, in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2018s Inside Track podcast:\u00a0\u201cI understand the kickback from other clubs, Derby, who had to go through this sort of process and didn\u2019t get the flexibility that they\u2019ve shown Sheffield Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I have been very clear that Dejphon Chansiri, the previous owner, is the one that should be penalised and not the present owners who are trying to do the right thing. It\u2019s money flowing out of the game that they could have spent on the stadium or the squad and improving Sheffield Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that that\u2019s the way it\u2019s got to happen, I think is wrong. The EFL were actually right to waive the 15 points and I give them great kudos for being brave enough to change that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also understand that you\u2019ve got to be consistent with the way that you apply rules. But in this case, I think the rules need to be changed a little bit and given more flexibility to act like they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Sheffield Wednesday owners make first behind-the-scenes hire<\/p>\n<p>One of the first key appointments that Storch has made at Sheffield Wednesday was the appointment of David Bruce as their new chief executive.<\/p>\n<p>Wyness previously told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sheffield-wednesday-consortium-backed-to-make-amazing-behind-the-scenes-hire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce would be a smart appointment by Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> thanks to his background at Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce held the position of Chief Business Officer at the Stadium of Light, and was held in high regard at the club, helping them increase commercial revenue.<\/p>\n<p> \ud83c\udfc6 Championship Insider Access <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 20px 0; color: #ffffff; font-size: 15px; opacity: 0.9;\">Get the full story from across the EFL with our dedicated expert hubs:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #caac5c;\">Updated 24\/7 with expert analysis from across the EFL Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago\/X) Wed 6 May 2026 17:30, UK Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s new ownership should not be penalised for helping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,118044,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-942526","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-keith-wyness","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116530120478182067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942526","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=942526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}