Relegated in February? Why Sheff Wed are on brink of historyImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, Long-serving Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan (left) joined Millwall in January to end a decade with the club in JanuaryByIan WoodcockBBC Sport, YorkshirePublished48 minutes agoBarring a highly unlikely series of results, administration-hit Sheffield Wednesday will become the first team in English Football League history to be relegated in February at some point in the next week.The foundations for this relegation were set last summer when former owner Dejphon Chansiri’s chaotic tenure came to a head with numerous missed wage payments.
A large number of the senior squad and manager Danny Rohl left in the summer before the Owls were eventually placed into administration in October.
Two separate points deductions – totalling 18 points – followed, and it has always been a case of when, not if they went down from the Championship this season.
A preferred bidder for the club was selected in December but the Owls remain in administration and are operating under tight restrictions, leaving them with a threadbare squad ill-equipped to compete at this level.
However, few would have thought relegation could come quite as early as this and, to make matters worse, it could in fact now be verified at bitter cross-city rivals Sheffield United on Sunday.
