It’s back to league action on Tuesday as the Latics are on the road with a trip to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday.
We have met the Owls on 13 occasions previously with none of those fixtures goalless or producing a draw, 5 wins and 8 defeats for the Latics.
Our first two meetings both came in the FA cup and the Latics were a Northern Premier League club at the time, in December 1975 we went down 2-0 at Hillsborough a 2nd round tie in front of 12,436 spectators.
Two years later in ‘77 we met again at the same stage of the competition, this time at Springfield Park, a goal from local lad Maurice Whittle settled the game in Latics favour 1-0, a healthy attendance of 13,873 saw us progress past Jackie Charlton’s Wednesday onto the 3rd round where we came up against Birmingham City managed by Sir Alf Ramsey, that cup run went a long way to securing favour amongst the Full Member clubs of the Football League on our way to election in the following June.
Standout Game Sheffield Wednesday 0:3 Latics
On the 11th February 2014 the Latics played a rearranged game at Hillsborough, the original fixture had been abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch with the Latics winning by a James McClean goal.
The match came in the middle of an incredible 23 game run which the Latics recorded just two defeats and fifteen wins, we’d lost the previous game at Huddersfield and questions were asked, but this was the first of eight straight victories.
Two goals from Nicky Maynard and a Marc-Antoine Fortune effort were enough to give us our first and only win away at Hillsborough.
Latics – Al Habsi; Perch, Barnett, Boyce, Beausejour; McCann, McArthur, Watson, McClean; Waghorn; Maynard
Subs – Nicholls, Espinoza, Crainey, Kiernan, Gomez, McManaman, Fortune
Former Latics keeper, Chris Kirkland was in goal for Wednesday that night.
Highlights - Sheffield Wednesday 0:3 Latics
Sheffield Wednesday Current Form
The Owls are currently 7th with 49pts from 29 games, recent form over their last five league matches is an impressive, WLWWW, their last win was on Saturday away at Burton Albion, goals from George Byers (32) and Sylla Sow (81) enough to give them a 0:2 victory.
Player To Watch – Barry Bannan
32 year old midfielder, often cited as ‘too good for League One’ signed from Crystal Palace in August 2015, scored three goals and has six assists so far this season.
27 caps for Scotland and a wealth of experience with over 400 appearances spread over the Premier League and the Championship.
Full Record v Sheffield Wednesday
Played – 13
Won – 5
Drawn – 0
Lost – 8
Last Six Meetings
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Date |
Competition |
Result |
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28 Sep 2021 |
League One |
Latics 1:2 Sheff Weds |
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28 Jan 2020 |
Championship |
Latics 2:1 Sheff Weds |
|
05 Oct 2019 |
Championship |
Sheff Weds 1:0 Latics |
|
19 Jan 2019 |
Championship |
Sheff Weds 1:0 Latics |
|
04 Aug 2018 |
Championship |
Latics 3:2 Sheff Weds |
|
03 Feb 2017 |
Championship |
Latics 0:1 Sheff Weds |
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