Vardy, Grainger and ongoing Hillsborough upgrades - The latest updates from Sheffield Wednesday

Join Joe Crann on this week's edition of The Wednesday Word Show where he talks about Jamie Vardy, Will Grainger and Henrik Pedersen, as well as the behind-the-scenes work that's going on at Hillsborough as David Storch and his Arise consortium look to get the old girl ready for the 2026/27 campaign.

We're also joined by Tom Burton AKA Calling Mr Meadows for a little announcement, with the shirt extraordinaire also speaking about the impending return to Umbro for the Owls.

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SPEAKER_02 0:00

Could Jamie Vardy make a sensational return to Chef for Wednesday? Where are things at with Will Granger's contract? What's happening with Henrik Pederson and his future? Let's chat about that. Hello and welcome to another edition of the Wednesday Word Show. Thank you very much, as always, for joining me. We've got loads to talk about because that's what happens at Sheffield Wednesday. We have got a little bit of a chat later on with uh a certain Tom Burton, Mr. Meadows, as you might know him by talking about a little something special we've got planned and you know, just some of the things that he he's been working on and a little bit of a chat about Umbro and kits and all that kind of thing. Um but yeah, for now I thought we'd start with some of the big news this week. Um, I think the biggest story we had on the Wednesday Word this week was uh was all about Jamie Varde, uh Sheffield lad through and through. Everyone knows his affiliation to Sheffield Wednesday as a football club. We've seen his celebrations against Sheffield United. We've heard his stories about you know how he wanted to be David Hurst growing up and his time sitting watching Wednesday at Hillsborough. So yeah, the the story there, um, and I think before anybody gets too carried away, the story that we did on the Wednesday Word was the fact that Wednesday have uh his name has been discussed by the higher-ups at Wednesday. One of many, it has to be said, you know, he's a he's a player with incredible uh history and heritage, uh a player that with a very recognisable surname, especially around our parts. And I think from a you know, take away his quality on the football field. We've we've seen he's still you know scoring goals in in Syria um with Cromanese. And I think you take away that, and just the marketing element of Jamie Vardy at Sheffield Wednesday would be incredible. Like you might imagine the March shirts being sold with Vardy nine on the back, because I imagine he would be getting number nine if it was to happen. Um yeah, like I say, marketing opportunity would be would be massive. I'm not sure how likely it is, if I'm honest. I think you know he's uh he's a player that um has you know he's he's he's done a fair bit, you know, he's he's won the Premier League, he's been a top scorer in the Premier League season as well. Um I don't know if financially if it's if it's viable. Uh all I know is that like I say, at this point it is. Uh he's a he's a name that has been discussed, and you can understand why. Uh I think that you know, with with his history as a Wednesday, with Wednesday's new era, new dawn, um, and and some new American money, they they will absolutely understand the the marketing benefit of a Jamie Varde. You know, he's his documentaries just come out, all that kind of stuff. But it's definitely one to watch this space. I wouldn't get too, like I say, I wouldn't get too carried away. I think there's there's um there's a lot to be done yet. Wednesday, uh I've not even got a spotting director in yet. We're and I think with with Simon Wilson from Stockport County, I would imagine obviously they've got you know their playoffs to go. I'd imagine that we'll uh we'll probably hear a little bit more on that after um after Stockport County have you know after it's been decided what division they're gonna be in. Uh but yeah, all seems to be going well. We heard from David Bruce. Um he was saying that they they think they've got their man, they're they're very impressed with him. Um obviously didn't mention Simon Wilson by name, but we uh we expect that to get done in the in the very near future. And once that happens, I think we'll start to see a bit more of a an uptick in terms of uh in terms of transfer movement. Next up, a little bit on Will Granger. It's a it's a you know, he's he's caught the eye uh over the last couple of games of the season, especially. He's a player that we've been talking about for for quite a while at Wednesday. He's uh you know, he's a special little talent, still 17 years old. Um you know, he he's they've been trying and talking over a first pro deal since you know, ever since he turned 17. But with everything that was happening at Wednesday, it became very difficult. Now, my understanding is that talks have intensified a little bit. They're trying to get an improved deal on the table that'll you know tie him down on a little bit. Well, obviously a scholarship is is there, so he still has a scholarship for another year. But to be honest, it's not really worth the paper it's written on, given the fact that the way the youth system works, you know, as we saw with um as we as we've seen with other players in the past, anyone can come in, pay the compensation, and take them off your hands, and you don't really have to, you know, you don't have any any say in the matter. So that all changes if he's on a pro deal. So that's the the hope with with Will is that they can get that done. And by all accounts, you know, all parties want to get it done. Will Will wants to stay, Wednesday want to keep him. So hopefully, now that things are moving at Sheffield Wendy, the takeover's done, that is one of the you know the many contracts that they can they can get wrapped up in the in the near future. Um, another story we had on this morning was was about Henrik Pederson and his future. Henrik is um we've spoken before about it on the show. He's he's a person that has, you know, he's a he's attracted um, well, admirers, shall I say, given the way that he's handled the Sheffield Wednesday situation, you know. I think uh obviously amongst the fan base, there's he's maybe split opinion a little bit. Some people may be thinking that he he could have done, maybe got a few more results along the way. But you know, from the from from talking to people in football circles, they've been they've been very, very impressed with with what they've seen from Henrik. Um, I think the leadership he's shown, the the way he's he's he's held the ship together, um, kept Wednesday competitive in a very, very tough period. Um, did a story today on Blackburn Rovers, uh, sort of him being discussed uh amongst their management conversations as as Michael O'Neill leaves. Um, and and there's obviously some some interest in Henrik on the continent as well, which I don't think is is any surprise. You know, I I'm not under any impression that Henrik has got intentions to leave at all. Um, you know, the the new owners have been um have been very complimentary about about Henrik and what they've heard from him so far. Henrik loves Sheffield, he loves the place, he loves this the team, the city. So yeah, I think you know that that is something that would something would drastic would have to change in order for for Henrik not to be leading Wednesday into next season, but you know, this is this is football, and it'd be interesting to see what happened if if any official approaches actually you know did did come in. Um and then just a little bit away from the football side of things, uh, I did a piece uh yesterday on on the work that's going on, and there's a fair bit of it. Uh Sheffield Wednesday are a club that that needs a little bit of tender, loving care. I think TLC is a is an understatement for what that football club and as a you know as a team, we know where they're at football-wise, but as a football club, the stadium, the training ground, everything about it just needs needs so much work. Um so in terms of the Hillswood upgrades, we know there's a lot of work going on on the north stand. That is uh the priority given the the safety issues that that we you know we've we've heard so much about um the the way it was sort of left to rack and ruin by the last donor. Um so that is you know first and foremost what they're working on. But there's there's a lots, a lot of different things happening at the ground. Um, some of it seen, some of it unseen. I think one of the big the big things they're working on now is the signage. They've worked uh worked closely with with local brand agency Peter and Paul, and they've obviously got the the tweet logo, they've got the new um font that's going to be put up, I think, all around the stadium. We've seen them removing the the signage at Hillsborough, and I think that that will be replaced, like I say, stadium-wide. That's a big thing that they're they're working on. Um and and then I think with the Peter and Paul element, that just to lead on from it is that they're trying to keep it local. That's just one element of locality that the that the rise and David Storch and David Bruce that they want to get involved in in the club. Um, you know, I suppose bringing the bringing the football club back to this community that that was so so I suppose so often overlooked by by Chancellor. You know, I know food operators and local businesses have been contacted to see what can be done in terms of partnerships. And that's all really exciting because that that brings the football club back into the community again. And it does feel like there's been a bit of a uh a break, um, a bit of a fractured relationship there that hopefully can can now be um started to they can now start to fix that. Um other work at the stadium, they're you know, desperately trying to improve the match day experience. He's he's spoken about hot water and Wi-Fi, and and they're two of the things, but you know, I mentioned unseen work that was going on, you know, the hot water element, the the they're trying to do stuff on the food and beverage side, they're trying to get a situation where even something as as as basic as pint pouring, they they want to improve that experience, they want to make sure that if you're trying to get a drink at half-time, you're not having to miss 15 minutes of the first half and 15 minutes the second half in order to do so. They're trying to improve the infrastructure around the the entire stadium. Um, like I say, the unseen stuff, the the seen stuff, and and the plan is uh well the hope is to have a lot of that implemented by the time plans return for the first game of the season, um, whenever that may be. Uh so yeah, it's uh there's like I say, there's a lot going on at the at the stadium. I think we will, you know, we we probably get some some updates along the along the way from the club on on that front. There's also work going on at the training ground. That's been dug up already and and and replanted or relaid, shall I say? Um, Lee Jackson obviously did a phenomenal job last season. I don't think I've ever seen Hillsburg's pitch looking that good in sort of March, April, May, maybe ever. Um, so yeah, that that that's been done. There's also obviously exploratory things going on at the training ground in terms of other ways that they can they can improve it. You know, expansion is difficult because of where it is, but there's a lot going on, like I say, in that sense, trying to trying to fix that up. Um and then just going back to the the sort of fan going experience, they're also trying to improve the premium offering as well. It's not just the the general match going fan, they they they want to to improve the the premium element as well. I think if you look back to to David Bruce's time at Sunsland, he brought in um a guy called Tommy Banks, who's a Michelin starred uh Sunderland supporter who came in to help with their you know their restaurant that's part of the premium thing, the premium experience at Stadium of Light. Be interesting to see if he goes down a similar route with trying to find someone in Sheffield. You know, like I said, they are keen on on locality and keeping it within the Wednesday fan base, which is which is really nice to see. Um, and look, they're targeting 21,000 tickets um in terms of season tickets for for the new season. And you know, I understand there's about 13,000 gone already, which is you know a remarkable effort dropping down into League One. Wednesday fans doing what Wednesday fans do, I suppose. Uh, but yeah, I don't think that 21,000, which would be a club record, I don't think that is um unachievable. I think it's definitely something that that Wednesday can do. You know, I think every passing uh every passing point in the roadmap will help, you know, when a when the new kit comes out, when the first signing gets made, all these sort of help in the in the process of of getting people you know bums on seats, season tickets. And um, yeah, I I think it could be it could be a really, really exciting season ahead for Sheffield Wednesday. I I think you know, watching what was said at the AGM, listening to people like David Storch, David Bruce, um just sounds really positive, really exciting. I think it was also really nice to see the amount of people getting recognition at last night's event as well, because there are a lot of people that have contributed to Sheffield Wednesday fans getting their club back, which the people to trust, um, people like Clive Betts, the you know, obviously the the guys at Arise, you know, the guys at Arise mentioned a guy called Asher Simons who um was also a massive part of this. So yeah, there were a lot of people who've been who've been getting credit um over the last little while. But I think you know, specifically at the AGM last night, it was just really nice to see it in, you know, when you compare it to some of the fans' forums we've we've seen over the years. It was just really, really lovely to see uh the club connected and and together again, and you know, long may that continue. I think that's it from that side of things today. But uh I do have a little interview for you, uh, like I said, with uh with Tom Burton. He is uh you might have seen him on Twitter uh or or Instagram or wherever you find your your socials, uh call him Mr. Meadows. He's an absolute whiz with um with football shirts, fixing him, creating him. He does all sorts, and uh yeah, this is what Tom had to say. You're right, Tom, how are you doing? Or should I say Mr. Meadows? Before we start, I need to know what on earth is going on there.

SPEAKER_00 13:10

So, I mean, for those of a certain vintage, um mid-90s, Hillsborough they used to put a security announcement out that went uh you know, over the tango. I'm not gonna do the tanoy, but bing bong bing. Um, Mr. Meadows please report to stadium control. And it used to get the big you know, when football crowds give an ironic cheer. And and it happened every week. It happened every week. So so throw back to the 90s, really, and you know, over the tanoy, mr. Mr. Meadows, Mr. Meadows, please report to stadium control. The Wednesday crowd used to go, as you can imagine, the Wednesday crowds do, and it happened every week, happened every week. So, um, yeah, so that so when I was sort of putting this together, I thought, well, that that was funny. Mr. He used to be calling Mr. Meadows, calling Mr. Meadows. So, uh, yeah, does anybody get it?

SPEAKER_02 13:59

Like, is it like unprompted? Do people understand where it's coming from?

SPEAKER_00 14:03

Um, as I say, fans of a certain vintage, mid forties, you know, type of yeah, type of fans onwards, kind of go, I I remember that, I remember that. Um, and that's how it came about, really. But everybody thinks I'm called Mr. Meadows, which is hilarious when you're talking to people online. They're like, Oh, Mr. Meadows, can I get a shirt? And they're like, Nah, just call me Tom and it's talking about it.

SPEAKER_02 14:25

Uh my name's Tom, mate. Uh exactly that.

SPEAKER_00 14:28

Um, I mean the the my my sort of icon, um, you can see it on the light behind me. The the guy in the icon is loosely based on my dad from like mid-70s. He had he had this great after and a pair of sunglasses, and uh Lee Wild Goose did me a cracking job on my logo, and it's kind of based on him. So there's a bit of family connection to the logo, but yeah, definitely not called Mr. Meadows.

SPEAKER_02 14:52

Nah, that's great. That no, to be honest, like what one of the things I want to do with with the with the word is I want to sort of tell the stories of of football fans, you know. The because Wednesday's got Wednesday got a really interesting fan base, you know, there's some really interesting people in there doing some really interesting things. Yeah, so like I I want to sort of shine a light on on all the cool stuff that's going off as as sort of amongst the the Wednesdayism. Um before we crack on further, um there is another reason you're here, isn't there? Um we've we've teamed up um as a thank you from from me to all the Wednesdays, the Wednesday word subscriber, subscriber, should I say you've uh you've agreed to give us a little something, something.

SPEAKER_00 15:34

We're gonna do, yeah. I mean, we we you can see the back stuff in the background that I've got hung up. We we get all sorts of shirts, uh well, I get all sorts of shirts over here. And and what we thought, Joe, is that we'd do a bit of a mystery box, a mystery bag. And um when you get to your I think we did we say 5,000 subscriber, did we say that? Yeah, we're gonna go.

SPEAKER_02 15:54

I think we might do 4,000 and we can uh we've got a little bit more.

SPEAKER_00 15:57

Yeah, do it early, do it early. Um we're gonna do a bit of a Mr. Meadows mystery bag, and um we're gonna send out a shirt. All we're gonna need is is the size of the person that that's gets elected and the address, so uh we'll we'll cover the GDPR regs, I'm sure, at some point. Um, but we'll get the the name and then we'll send out a shirt, we'll get some comms to them about what what they've got, what they've won, and we'll get a Mr. Meadows mystery shirt uh to your lucky winner.

SPEAKER_02 16:23

You're an absolute diamond, mate. Um, I did want to chat to you about some of this work that you're doing. First things first, I wanted to chat to you about the um the work you did with with Liam Palmer. So obviously this started as like a little bit of a hobby for you, right? Like, you know, just you doing it for yourself and then you started doing it for other people. How did that did did Liam call you? Like, did you did you speak to Liam personally?

SPEAKER_00 16:48

Yeah, so um as as you say, this this was always a bit of fun for me. Um COVID, we all got bored in COVID, didn't we? And I and I just started fishing my shirts out of the loft, and then you know, you sat there on a night during COVID and you're buying another shirt and another shirt, and and my my good wife said that this is getting a bit ridiculous, you're gonna have to get rid of some shirts. Because I got three and four the same, and all sorts of things. So so I started putting them aligned as game of them, and then I sort of learnt how to put names and numbers on, and then you get people saying, Can I get a sponsor on that? Can I can you fix my sponsor? My Decaneo's fallen off the back of my orange shirt, can you sort it out for me, Tom? So you start uh building up a skill set, and then three years later, um I'm starting surrounded by football shirts constantly in life, which is which is absolutely mad. So then fast forward to to the captain of our great team, um, our great club, sort of saying, It's my 500th game. Um, could we do something to like to to mark it and cre uh uh commemorate it? And and I'm not gonna sort of give sort of the confidences away of of how I got to know Liam, but um we just said, Yeah, he's it's choosing eye, it's gonna be my 500th game. And he'd seen a few photograph numbers. I don't know if anybody's seen them online where we sort of drop in um photos of of people for sure. So we'd done uh we'd done one for Baz, we'd done one for um a few fans had wanted them, we'd done somebody's 40th birthday, we'd done a 60th birthday, and Palms had seen them online on my Instagram and said, um what's the chances? What's the chances of doing a 500 with a load of photos in the back of in the on the back of the shirt? So yeah, so that's how it came up. And um yeah, got it all sorted, got it all designed, he were he were really pleased with it and and got it printed up. So yeah, what started off as uh you know me messing about with football shirts um became printing up uh the captain's 500th commemorative shirt that's people saw the pictures. Um you sat within the dressing room of you know some amazing photos in there, but some really some really great stuff. So I never in my wildest dreams would I think that I'd be playing, I'd be playing about with football shirts, and eventually it leads to printing up the captain's shirt as well, which absolutely amazing.

SPEAKER_02 19:01

You say it very casually there, you know. Oh, we're sorting Baza's shirt out, our palms' shirt. But like it's a bit nuts, innit? Like, I have the same thing as a as a Wednesday night covering the club. I'll there's certain things happen, and I don't really I don't really log it at the time, but then afterwards I'd be like, that that's ridiculous. That like everything that's just happened there is mad.

SPEAKER_00 19:23

It is, it is, and and I mean that the a bit like what you do, Joe, you get to meet some amazing Wednesday nights because we have we have some incredible people in our fan base, absolutely, some really creative ones as well, some but some amazing people, but and and that's great, and I and I'll take that all day long. But then it goes to another level, and you get to start chatting, you know, to Palms and and a few of the others, and you know, uh I think a few of us have commented on my Instagram and and it just becomes this crazy thing. But you've got you you just you don't feel it's quite real, and especially um my daughter who's five, uh who obviously sees Liam Palmer's season ticket with me, and uh she just thinks football has come to my house. Liam's been a few times, um which is mad. So so she sees these players on a Saturday afternoon and she's five, and she's like, Oh, that's two number Liam Palmer number two, and he's then he's rocking up a couple of days later to pick a shirt up. It's uh he just she just thinks footballers, you know, and I know all these footballers, which is madness. But loads of bad points, so that's all I'll take that.

SPEAKER_02 20:26

Yeah, exactly. Take it while you can, mate. Take it while you can. Um I watched at you about the uh the owl change because uh look, I know it's gone down very well with a lot of people, um, but I'm not sure I've ever seen you in a shirt at any point whenever we've bumped into each other or you know, see each other online, whatever it might be. I don't think I've ever seen you in a shirt that doesn't have the old badge in it, so you must be very pleased.

SPEAKER_00 20:49

Uh wait me up. I'm gonna I'm dreaming, I'm sure I am. Uh we'll get onto the kit manufacturing a bit, but um, I'm dreaming, yeah. I I don't know, I'm I'm uh born in 1983, so the Wednesday stylized owl, then into sort of this owl that's like 86 through to 96. That's the era that's that my era, you know. I went to LA, saw the Waddles, the you know, the Hearst, the Sheridan. So you so you've always craved for that owl back, um but but done in a certain way. Um because we've had it in the shield, we've had the sort of stylized owl in the shield, sort of late 90s, early 2000s, and then we sort of then jump into 2016 onwards and we go back to the sort of sixties crest, which you know synonymous with the previous owner, but not I don't I weren't averse to it, but for me, when you talk about you know I just think back to when I was a kid and I still do it now. If somebody said to draw the Sheffield Wednesday badge, what are you drawing? Well, you're drawing a version that looks like this. So you know, the minute that it goes on. Up on the screen, and um the dimension of it are spot on. I do like the new font. I know that came for some criticism, but that owl, yeah, it uh it chimes for me, as they say.

SPEAKER_02 22:12

Yeah, I've I've got um a particular thank you to the to the group because I got that owl as a tattoo in I think 2015 and it and it went the year afterwards. So literally I got added done as a tattoo, and then it was like, Oh, yeah, we don't have that anymore. Great, cheers. So, yeah, um, thanks, David Storch and Co for uh just for saving my skin, yeah. Literally relevant again. Um, we we are gonna wrap up soon, Tom, because we haven't got too long, but just a very, very quick one. Uh, you you mentioned there about the the the new technical sponsor, it's gonna be cool having Umbro back in it.

SPEAKER_00 22:44

Oh mate. Um, literally with the badge, um, and I and I think I said at Christmas when we're talking about what what would you what would I want if I'm picking a kit manufacturer, who would I want? And all the kids want Adidas, or the kids want Jordan, or you know, they want a Nike, you know, even sort of K-store and muted. Oh my god, God forbid. Um, but then it will just be like printing money for that commercial team. You have no idea how much I'm sat in a in a reproduction Umbro t-shirt here. You have no idea how much people ask me for Umbro stuff, and I'm a a tiny percentage of what this fan base does from around merchandise. Um you know, they get the look and the feel right because the 90s vibe is very much in drill tops, track tops, sweat tops. Um, you know, they go they get the license to reproduce re reproduce not only the vintage shirts and retro shirts from early 90s, late 80s, but if they go anywhere near the sort of vintage reproduction track tops, the 9091, they'll be queuing up you know, up to door and toppling, you know, to get to get this stuff. So, you know, it's a master stroke, it's a master stroke, and um, I just I just hope, and I'm sure they will. Umbro, a great manufacturer, they go back you know to the 60s, 50s with Wednesday in terms of timeline, and they'll do us justice. I've no doubt they'll do us justice. Um, they've got a quick the my only sort of asterisk caveat is they've got a very tight turnaround.

SPEAKER_02 24:18

Yeah, well it's it's easy, just take the butterfly shirt that they've made for them, stick some blue and white on it, stick an owl on it. Bingo! Lovely stuff exactly.

SPEAKER_00 24:26

So, so I will say people need to give it a little bit of patience, don't run to say when you know the shirts might sell because they're gonna sell out. Um, give it a little bit of patience because they've had a short lead time, and normally my kit manufacturers are doing designs November, you know.

SPEAKER_02 24:41

I was gonna say, like, I mean, I remember speaking to guys at the the club before when it was elevate and when it was obviously um who was it now? Just literally, it's it's literally on the shirt currently, macro. Um but yeah, like they're they're they're doing kits the season before, you know. Like the planning process is beginning the season before. This has all happened so fast, you know. I I think there's there probably does need to be a bit of grace, right? In terms of the the process of it, the timing of it, even even the the amount of shirts available, you know.

SPEAKER_00 25:13

Like if if you don't get your shirt, don't don't be jumping to Twitter and everybody because they've had about four weeks. Yeah, that's nowhere near any kind of time.

SPEAKER_02 25:23

Yeah, no, absolutely. And just lastly, before uh before I let you go, when's the uh um going through this this new dawn? I've having been there to see the good times and the not so good times and the really quiet shit times. Um, how excited are you now for for what's ahead?

SPEAKER_00 25:42

If a scale of one to ten, about a million. Um the uh and and I keep having to just try and like temper my expectations, but every day there's something new coming out. We've just had a a video from the CEO, haven't we?

SPEAKER_02 25:55

And you know, so every day sort of by the way. Yeah, it comes across well. I had a chance to meet him, meet him very briefly, and he's a very, very impressive man.

SPEAKER_00 26:05

Yeah, it's gonna be great, it's gonna be great. And I think and and and what it gives you is we it it gives a confidence that we're gonna do this pragmatically. The last thing I want is to repeat what happened in 2016, 17, 18, where the kitchen sink got thrown at this to try and make the promised land. Let's let's just not try and do that. Let's have a bit of patience, a bit of pragmatism, build it right, fix the stadium, sort Middlewood Road out, give us some infrastructure, give me some hot water on the top corner, please. Um, you know, or at least a queue that's not a mile long for a bit. I just want some some normality that football fans get every day. I just want normal. Um, yeah, I think pragmatism is what I'm man, I'm excited. Man, I can't wait.

SPEAKER_02 26:54

That's been the sort of the general consensus, and it is like I think in in when it when football teams get taken over, so many fans elsewhere are like, right, well, now we can push on for promotion and we can push on for this. And Wednesday's like, can we just be normal for a bit? Like, can we just normal? You know, can can the match day experience just be quite nice? And can our players not get injured all the time because they train on like a bad training ground? And yeah, like can can I actually get a pint at half-time for a change? Do you know what I mean? All these little things that have been virtually impossible for Wednesday for so long. Um, it just feels like there is a a change in the tide coming. And like I say, you know, with the the P you look at what what David Bruce has done at um at Sunderland, um, and and sort of the the things that that David Storch and the rest of the rise guys have been saying, it just seems to get it. And I think that you know, obviously, very wary of jumping too far ahead because you know the proof is in the pudding, but it it does feel like they're saying all the right things, doesn't it?

SPEAKER_00 27:54

And I think we just as Wednesday, we just want a club that we're proud of. Give us a little bit of hope, give us a little bit of reach, but just give us a club that we're proud of because even in the darkest of times this season when it's been absolutely awful, we've still been proud, we've still loved it. And I'm stealing Henrik's quote here, aren't we? Proud, but we've still we have we've we've we love our club dearly. Just just give us that bit of hope and and the thing will go, you know, the thing will go, won't it? So yeah, it's it's gonna be incredible.

SPEAKER_02 28:27

Absolutely, from your mouth to God's ears, mate. Um, Tom, it's been an absolute pleasure. Thank you very much for joining, mate. And if anyone is tuning in, if you're a subscriber over at the Wednesday Word, uh keep an eye on your emails once we hit 4,000, uh, because you could be a very lucky winner of something from uh Mr. Meadows mystery box. Cheers. So that was Tom Burton, uh calling Mr. Meadows. Thank you very much for joining us this week. As always, if you've got any questions, if you've got any articles you'd like me to start working on, leave them in the comments, stick them on Substack, send me a message on Twitter, whatever you want to do, get in touch and I'll uh I'll I'll see what I can do in terms of working on that. Lots of lots of news to come, I'm sure, at Sheffield Wednesday in the next coming days, weeks, months. But it looks like Cheffy Wednesday fans have their club back, and that's just very, very exciting. Thanks for joining.