BBC News, South Yorkshire
BBCEmotional Sheffield Wednesday’s supporters have organized a mock funeral procession with a coffin to symbolize the “death of the football club”.
Protesters with banners, whistles and flarers had first injured their way against Stoke ahead of Oval’s match through Hillsboro Park.
Fans want the owner Deson Chanceri to sell the club after a turbulent time and talk of “destroying the soul”, talking about their “sadness” and “heart pain”.
Mr. Chancery and Sheffield Wednesday FC have been contacted for comment.
Protests occurred a few days after Sheffield Council Pick up a prohibition notice At the North Stand of Hillsboro. The council closed the stand at the end of last month due to concerns about its structural integrity.
If it follows the months of dispute, where the club was placed under several registration and Manager danny Rohal Left with mutual consent.
In June, the EFL charged the club and owner Chansiri to pay the players and other members of the staff to pay, PFA Chief Executive Officer Maheta Molango told the BBC Sport that the situation was “shocking”.
Wednesday supporter Recently protested Against the status of Thai businessman in the first league game of the season in Lester City.
SWFC supporters Trust President Ian Bennett is Wednesday for 60 years.
He said: “The symbolism of the coffin is the death of the club and we have dates on the coffin of 1867 when the club was built for the first time and for 2025. We are hoping that people are seeing what it is doing for Sri Chancery Club.
“My grandfather and father were Wednesday and my daughters and grandchildren. This is my life and it is a perfectly soul that is happening.”
“Wednesday’s community is fantastic, everyone knows each other, and we want to maintain pressure on the president and try to leave it.”
The 47 -year -old Miranda Woolhouse was 25 -year -old from her daughter Annabel.
He said: “I have been a fan for almost 36 years and this is the most sad time I remember, really sad. It seems that we are being drawn separately from the piece.
“Football is our release in life. We work hard and we have football as a break and to see our friends and family. It is really a special thing for us to see on Wednesday and to think that a man can pull it apart, it’s heartbreaking.”
His daughter Annabel said: “We are a football family and fans are very close to each other, it just seems that it is tearing everyone.”
Peter Chan said: “I am not going to buy her in any way, any goods, any food or drink under the ground or drinker. I am a careful, I have to take care of my mother because she has got dementia, so football is a release and migration, but it is no longer more pleasant and it is really difficult.”
Rob Brooks were recently appointed to the trustee board in the supporters Trust.
He said: “I bought my first season ticket in FA Cup Year and World Cup year in 1966, and had gone mad since Wednesday. I don’t think the club has been in a worse position at any time.”
Yan Brooks-Wang, Kerry Misskeli and Carroll Hiking came to protest together.
Ms. Brooks-Wang said: “I feel angry and depressed where our club is. I just want anyone, any organization that can help us, pressurize Chancery to get out of the club.”
Kerry Misskeli has been a fan since the 1980s. “My father is a fan of Wednesday, so it is only with me and the heart is going to shock to see the situation of the club.
“I think I feel like crying, I really do. It makes me so sad. It is basically destroying our club. I don’t know where it is going to meet and I am scared.”
Carroll Hiking said: “There will be no person in any commercial business, it will have a board of directors who knows how to run a business.
“I feel sad today because this is our first domestic game. We should not do this, we should shout and sing there. We will be together as supporters of Wednesday because we love this club.”
A new football governance bill will set up an independent football regulator and introduce new rules to protect clubs and empower fans.
Sheffield South East MP Clive Bates Was pushed for regulator And spoke in protest.
“I have spent a lot of my life on Wednesday and it is being systematically torn and destroyed by a owner who does not really care.
“I spoke to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports last week and she wants to get a regulator as soon as possible. Lisa Nandi is a Vigan supporter and recognizes whether she is not able to do the regulatory work, and there is a serious problem on Wednesday, it is not only acceptable.”
