Takeover! A Sheffield Wednesday Career Mode(FIFA 15)

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2014-15 Sky Bet Championship
Match Day #25
6 January 2015
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

SWFC 0-0 Wigan Athletic


Owls And Lactics Battle To A Lively 0-0 Stalemate


Wigan GK Ali Al-Habsi makes a crucial late save

A tremendous late double save by GK Chris Kirkland helped 10 man Sheffield Wednesday deny surging Wigan Athletic a stoppage time winner in a 0-0 stalemate here at Hillsborough.

Box Score

Jan 6, - Wigan Athletic vs Sheffield Wednesday
TEAM	1	2	SCORE
Wigan Athletic (12-10-3)	0	0	0
Sheffield Wednesday (8-10-7)	0	0	0

Team Stats Comparison
Wigan Athletic		Sheffield Wednesday
46%	Possession	54%
8	Shots	8
4	Shots on Target	3
19	Tackles	27
4	Fouls	4
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	1
4	Corner Kicks	1
50%	Shot Accuracy	37%
76%	Passing Percentage	67%

Extended Match Highlights

Results From Match Day #25 In The Sky Bet Championship

6 January 2015
Birmingham City 1-0 Fulham
Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Huddersfield Town
Bournemouth 1-1 Leeds United
Brighton & Hove 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Derby County 2-1 Cardiff City
Middlesbrough 2-0 Rotherham United
Millwall 1-1 Ipswich Town
Norwich City 2-1 Reading
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Brentford
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wigan Athletic
Watford 3-1 Blackpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Charlton Athletic

SWFC News & Notes

-The Owls announced today that they have secured a full season loan of 18 year old Bayer Leverkusen winger Julian Brandt.

Transfer News from Around Europe

-FSV Frankfurt striker Chhunly Pagenburg will be heading to Millwall on a free transfer at season's end.

-Bolton Wanderers striker Craig Davies will be moving to Birmingham City on a free transfer at season's end.

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2014-15 FA Cup
Round #3
10 January 2015
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

SWFC 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Scoring Summary
31' Stevie May - SWFC
54' Stevie May(pen) - SWFC
77' Tony Watt - CA

May - Day
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A Stevie May Brace Sees Wednesday Through To Round #4 Of The FA Cup


Stevie May scores the first of his two goals on the night

Despite being drawn against a Charlton Athletic side who've not lost since late November, Sheffield Wednesday still found a way to advance into the fourth round of the FA Cup, defeating the visiting Addicks by the score of 2-1 on the strength of a brace from in form striker Stevie May, who's now run his goal tally to 10 in all competitions.

Box Score

Jan 10, 2015 - Charlton Athletic vs Sheffield Wednesday
TEAM	1	2	SCORE
Charlton Athletic ()	0	1	1
Sheffield Wednesday ()	1	1	2

Team Stats Comparison
Charlton Athletic		Sheffield Wednesday
46%	Possession	54%
11	Shots	9
6	Shots on Target	6
25	Tackles	21
5	Fouls	4
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Corner Kicks	0
54%	Shot Accuracy	66%
82%	Passing Percentage	78%

Extended Match Highlights

Results From Round #3 Of The FA Cup

10 January 2015
Blackpool 2-1 Cheltenham Town
Bradford City 0-2 Shrewsbury Town
Brentford 1-2 Liverpool
Brighton & Hove 0-2 Bournemouth
Burton Albion 0-1 Fulham
Cardiff City 1-1 Watford
Crewe Alexandra 1-1 AFC Wimbledon
Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City
Millwall 1-3 QPR
MK Dons 0-2 West Brom
Newcastle United 4-0 Oxford United
Norwich City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Oldham Athletic 1-2 Peterborough United
Port Vale 1-2 Middlesbrough
Reading 3-1 Rochdale
Rotherham United 2-2 Burnley
Sheffield United 1-1 Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Charlton Athletic
Southampton 5-0 Blackburn Rovers
Sunderland 1-0 Leicester City
Swansea City 2-2 Everton
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Ipswich Town
Walsall 1-1 S****horpe United
West Ham United 1-1 Arsenal
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Aston Villa

11 January 2015
Chelsea 5-1 Leeds United
Derby County 4-1 Hartlepool United
Huddersfield Town 2-2 Nottingham Forest
Hull City 1-0 Stoke City
Manchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
Notts County 1-1 Chesterfield
Wigan Athletic 4-1 Fleetwood Town

***Replays Set For 21 January 2015

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2014-15 Capital One Cup
Semi Finals(Leg One)
13-14 January 2015

Newcastle United 2-1 Sunderland


QPR 2-2 Manchester City

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New Transfer Business Through 23 January 2015

Player Sales

-Manchester City have reluctantly sold star striker Sergio Aguero to Real Madrid for £60.5 million pounds

-Manchester United have sold GK David DeGea to Juventus for £19 million pounds

- Tottenham Hotspur have sold GK Hugo Lloris to Borussia Dortmund for £25.5 million pounds

-Southampton have purchased midfielder Veli Kavlak from Besiktas for £7 million pounds

- Wolfsburg have sold CAM Maximillian Arnold to FC Bayern Munich for £7 million pounds

-CB Nedum Onuoha goes from QPR to Burnley in a £2.2 million pound deal

-Fulham have acquired forward Nikola Storm from Belgian side Club Brugge for 31.9 million pounds

-Middlesbrough have purchased GK Ramazan Özcan from FC Ingolstadt 04 for a reported £1.2 million pounds

- CB Josh Meekings, a target of Sheffield Wednesday, goes from Inverness to Levante in a £1.1 million pound move

-Chelsea have purchased disgruntled GK Fernando Muslera from Galatasaray for £11 million pounds

Blackburn Rovers have purchased 24 year old CAM Matthew Rusike from Kaizer Chiefs for £825,000 pounds

Wolves have purchased 19 year old forward Sam Gallagher from Southampton for £350,000 pounds.

Loan Deals

- Northampton have taken on 20 year old CB Will DeHavilland from Sheffield Wednesday on a season long loan

-Sheffield Wednesday have brought in a pair of highly thought of youngsters in on loan deals, including:
17 year old Andelecht CM Youri Tielemans and 18 year old Ajax striker Richairo Zivkovic

Summer Time Moves(Bosmans)

-Out of contract, star box to box midfielder Sami Khedira goes from Real Madrid to Manchester City on 1 July.

- Continuing their busy winter, Middlesbrough will bring in Lech Poznan GK Maciej Gostomski

-Out of favor winger Jacques Maghoma moves from Sheffield Wednesday to Blackburn Rovers on 1 July

- Leeds United will bring in current Cruz Azul midfielder Mauro Formica on 1 July

- In a fantastic move, Birmingham City will bring in current Konyaspor striker Lukasz Teodorczyk on 1 July.

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2014-15 Sky Bet Championship
Match Day #26
17 January 2015
Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Scoring Summary
56' Troy Deeney - Wat
83' Chris Maguire - SWFC

High Intensity Affair Ends With Honors Even At Vicarage Road


Veteran Chris Maguire celebrates the equalizer

Down a goal but up a man with time running out, Sheffield Wednesday needed a hero, they found two: One in the form of wide man Chris Maguire, who buried a dazzling 83rd minute free kick from 21 yards to draw bring the visitors back on level terms, then with just seconds remaining in stoppage time, defender Tom Lees stopped not one but two certain winners from finding the net, keeping the scores level in what would turn out to be a 1-1 draw with Watford here at Vicarage Road.


Box Score

Jan 17, 2-15 - Sheffield Wednesday vs Watford
TEAM	1	2	SCORE
Sheffield Wednesday (8-11-7)	0	1	1
Watford (10-8-8)	0	1	1

Team Stats Comparison
Sheffield Wednesday		Watford
53%	Possession	47%
8	Shots	13
5	Shots on Target	7
19	Tackles	23
4	Fouls	7
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	1
0	Corner Kicks	1
62%	Shot Accuracy	53%
78%	Passing Percentage	77%

Extended Match Highlights

Results From Match Day #26 In The Sky Bet Championship

17 January 2015
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough
Blackpool 2-3 Birmingham City
Bournemouth 2-1 Derby County
Brentford 2-1 Rotherham United
Brighton & Hove 2-0 Norwich City
Cardiff City 1-1 Fulham
Ipswich Town 1-1 Huddersfield Town
Leeds United 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
Millwall 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Reading 1-2 Charlton Athletic
Watford 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

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2014-15 FA Cup
Round #3 Replays
21 January 2015

21 January 2015
AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Crewe Alexandra
Arsenal 1-1(4-3p) West Ham United
Birmingham City 2-0 Sheffield United
Burnley 1-2 Rotherham United
Chesterfield 2-0 Notts County
Everton 2-0 Swansea City
Ipswich Town 2-0 Tranmere Rovers
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Huddersfield Town
S****horpe United 1-3 Walsall
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Norwich City
Watford 1-0 Cardiff City

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Fresh Takeover Bid For Owls?


SWFC Chairman Milan Mandaric

According to our sources within the club, a group of Thai investors who are locked into negotiations with Sheffield Wednesday are one of several parties who have expressed interest in buying the Championship club in recent months.
Sky Sports understands the club have also had talks with potential investors from China and the United States, however it is the Thai group who are now in advanced negotiations with Owls chairman Milan Mandaric over a reported £30 million pound buyout, although a deal has yet to have been struck.
Mandaric, who is currently away on business in the States, nearly sold the club last summer, but his proposed deal with Azerbaijan businessman Hafiz Mammadov collapsed after contracts had been exchanged. Thw months ago, Mandaric admitted that the club was losing close to £6 million pounds a year and that he was actively seeking a buyer who could invest into the club.

Transfer News

-AC Milan have struck a deal with Borussia Dortmund for the services of CB Neven Subotic who heads to Milan in a £9.5 million pound deal.

- Blackburn Rovers defender Matt Killgallon will be heading to Brighton & Hove come summer following a pre-contract agreement.

- Wycome Wanderers striker Matt McClure will be moving to Birmingham City in the summer after coming to terms with the club on a pre-contract deal

- Sheffield Wednesday have loaned out 19 year old GK Joe Wildsmith to Gillingham for the rest of the campaign

-Werder Bremen have sold striker Franco DiSanto to Ligue 1 side Lyon in a £5.5 million pound deal

- Audax Italiano have sold striker Felipe Mora to RC Lens for £625,000 pounds.

- Striker Nico;as Medina goes from San Marcos to Bolton in a £475,000 pound deal

- Norwich City have sold out of favor GK John Ruddy to FC Schalke for a cool £6.5 million pounds

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2014-15 Sky Bet Championship
Match Day #27
24 January 2015
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

SWFC 0-1 Brighton & Hove

Scoring Summary
78' Andrew Crofts - B&H

Albion Win 7th Straight, Go 4th


Andrew Crofts give Albion the lead and the game

Brighton & Hove Albion gave their automatic promotion hopes a huge boost on Saturday, picking up a narrow 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday on the strength of a 78th minute goal from Andrew Crofts, assisted beautifully by Israeli midfielder Beram Kayal.
The victory is the 7th in succession for Brighton, and their 9th in succession without a defeat.
As for Wednesday, they continue to sputter, unable to build any momentum in their quest to make a run at top 6, and a chance at promotion.

Box Score

Jan 24, 2015 - Brighton & Hove vs Sheffield Wednesday
TEAM	1	2	SCORE
Brighton & Hove (13-6-8)	0	1	1
Sheffield Wednesday (8-11-8)	0	0	0

Team Stats Comparison
Brighton & Hove		Sheffield Wednesday
52%	Possession	48%
10	Shots	10
4	Shots on Target	2
30	Tackles	19
6	Fouls	5
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Corner Kicks	2
40%	Shot Accuracy	20%
82%	Passing Percentage	79%

Extended Match Highlights

Results From Match Day #27 In The Sky Bet Championship

24 January 2015
Birmingham City 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Charlton Athletic 0-2 Cardiff City
Derby County 1-2 Millwall
Fulham 3-1 Brentford
Middlesbrough 3-0 Blackpool
Norwich City 1-0 Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Leeds United
Rotherham United 2-1 Huddersfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Brighton & Hove
Watford 2-2 Ipswich Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Reading

SWFC News & Notes

-In his post game news conference, Owls manager Stuart Gray announced the RM Chris Maguire would be out for the rest of the season with a broken tibia, suffered in the loss to Brighton. Newly acquired loanee Julian Brandt also suffered a knock, and could miss about a week.

-On the transfer front, Gray admitted that the club were in advanced talks with Arsenal concerning 17 year old American midfielder Gedoin Zelalem on a loan to buy deal. Asked about his thoughts on a possible takeover, Gray had no comment citing last summer's botched takeover attempt as a reason for caution.