Steel City derby symbolic scene for Sheffield Wednesday’s fall from grace

When crisis intrudes into everyday lives, personal worlds shrink and important events are reduced to near irrelevance. Sheffield Wednesday supporters have endured so much misery that Sunday’s potential relegation-sealing Steel City derby has lost some of its old significance.

“If you win it’ll be like kicking a cat,” Dan Fudge tells Nick Wylie on this week’s podcast. “We’ve got bigger things to worry about than bragging rights.” On the pitch, form has been dire. A recent podcast title summed it up: “We scored a goal,” referring to Wednesday’s first goal in 11 games, scored in a 2-1 defeat at Millwall that was their 10th consecutive loss.

Their last Championship point came on 29 December in a goalless draw with Blackburn; the season’s only league win was 2-0 at Portsmouth in September. Off the field, the club were docked 12 points for entering administration after Dejphon Chansiri agreed to sell in October and a further six points in December for late wage payments, leaving them bottom of the Championship on minus seven points.

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