Sheffield Wednesday fans boycott EFL Cup match

As protests against the club’s ownership continued, thousands of Sheffield Wednesday fans canceled their attendance for Hillsborough’s match against Leeds United on Tuesday.

Since the start of the season, Owls supporters have been vocal about their dissatisfaction with Dejphon Chansiri as owner.

The EFL has imposed a number of sanctions on the club after making third consecutive payments of wages.

A banner emblazoned in their opening Championship game against Leicester was displayed, and fans recently staged a mock funeral procession with a coffin, which they claimed represented “the death of the football club.”

On their website, the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Trust urged fans to boycott the game and instead donate the tickets to Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity.

BBC Radio 5 live commentator Alistair Bruce-Ball, who was covering the game at Hillsborough, said, “I can’t imagine many Sheffield Wednesday against Leeds games that have ever been played in a Hillsborough stadium like this.”

“It was because I didn’t go to this game,” the protester said.

“I’m pretty sure that the home support may far outnumber the Leeds fans, who are about 3, 000 of them.”

Many fans have been “torn” by the protest, according to Rob Staton, a reporter for BBC Radio Sheffield.

Fans can’t attend the away games if they don’t come, he said, and that’s where the bigger protests are taking place, he continued.