The Steel City Revival 2016 till Forever




February




League cup success in a dominating win against the Toon Army
Abysmal result at the Etihad where we let in 4 goals in the first 20 minutes and it wasnt even our worst performance of the month
We saved that for Burnley where we never killed the game after a early goal and despite having 20 minutes to find a winner our attack was toothless in doing so.


Fixtures


Sheff Wed 4-0 Newcastle
Belchior
Junior 2
Oswald


Sheff Wed 1-0 Arsenal
Salakory


Burnley 1-1 Sheff Wed
Junior


Man City 4-1 Sheff Wed
Junior




Premiership
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Both played 27 but the gaps now down to 4 points after we lost the 6 pointer. Man Citys cause has been helped by buying the top league scorer apart from Junior in the January window.




Player of the Month
Lincoln
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I really struggle to spell his name right, Lincon as he's often referred to has proven to be the bargain buy of the century, In March he was the first Wednesday player to be classed by the coaching team as (World Class)




League Cup Final
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Sheff Wed 4-0 Newcastle
Lincoln
Bentancur 2
Belchior
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We beat them by the same scoreline in the League and thankfully we overcame the horrific performance against Man City to pull off another 4 goal win and finally lift our first Cup in the save.



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March & April


Two months of wins lead us to our 2nd league title
We were helped along the way by Man City with 3 defeats and a draw.


Fixtures

Sheff Wed 4-0 QPR
Bentancur 2
Depay 2


Everton 0-3 Sheff Wed
Victor
Oswald
Kupriy


Sheff Wed 3-0 Tottenham
Depay 2
Bentancur


Swansea 0-2 Sheff Wed
Junior
Bentancur


Sheff Wed 5-1 Stoke
Junior 3
Belchior
Popov
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Here's the only goal we conceded over the two months


Watford 0-3 Sheff Wed
Cubas
Bentancur
Schenkel


Southampton 0-2 Sheff Wed
Lincoln
Depay




Premiership
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So the top 3 should finish where they are. Liverpool lead Chelsea & WEst brom in the race for Champions League. Arsenal & Man Utd look too far back. Battle for relegation is the most interesting fight. From 12th placed Leicester to Stoke in 20th there's only 4 points in it.


Player of the Month
Olexiy Kupriy
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In his first season he's locked down the left wing role and at 20 he has some future ahead of him.



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May




Fixtures


Sheff Wed 1-0 Tottenham
Propper


Man Utd 4-0 Sheff Wed


Sheff Wed 0-0 Chelsea


Liverpool 1-3 Sheff Wed
Kupriy
Chiwunga
Propper




Premiership
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We tied Chelsea's record of 95 points. The top 3 stayed the same as expected. Liverpool won the race to 4th. Leicester & Watford who were hardly in the bottom 3 all season go down with Stoke who were always in danger.




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Season 2020/21 Review


Our 2nd League title in 3 seasons was a fantastic recovery from the players that struggled to a 10th place finish and not only winning the league but by 12 points and with a record equaling points total.
Man City finished 7 points down on last seasons total but still comfortably 2nd. Tottenham consolidate there top 4 status and are joined by Liverpool who return to the champions league in Steve Mclaren's 1st season.
All 3 relegated team sack there managers as did Arsenal who sacked Pako Ayestaran after 2 seasons, First time anyone has managed 2 seasons since Wenger retired in 2016. Hull & Brentford were clear at the top and are joined by 6th place Bournemouth,
Poor Newcastle were runner ups in the FA Cup as they lost to Tottenham on Penalty securing Man Utd's spot in the Europa League
Didnt all go Tottenhams way though as PSG beat them in the Champions League final
Tim Horn won the Golden glove with 18, worst score in 3 seasons
The U19s 2 yer unbeaten run in there Champions League ended in the final against Man Utd


Sheff Weds 2020/21
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So many players made there mark this season. With all our players due back from loans and the 7-10 U18s due to be promoted much work to do with the squad size.






Premiership - Winners
FA Cup - 4th Round
League Cup - Winners






Key Players

Rodrigo Bentancur
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He's been in this section every season and is still only 23 years old! Wonder how many teams will be in for him this season? Will anyone beat Barcelona's £26m insult, i mean offer last year?


Memphis Depay
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The Dutchman did his usual scored important game changing or game winning goals. Wasnt his best season but still a superstar we'll be hanging onto despite the usual interest.


Junior
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The Brazilian international went crazy this season. In the League 32 games and 27 goals means he'll continue to hold off any of the talented u19 forwards we have in the wings.






Season Awards






League Player of the year
Memphis Depay
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Young Player of the year
Lincoln
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Top Scorer
Junior - 27 Goals
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Manager of the year
Darran Donald
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Sheffield Review






Sheffield United
United were 70 minutes away from a return to the Premiership but threw away a lead at Wembley to Bournemouth who beat them to the final Premiership spot.






Sheffield FC
????
This is where i give up on these guys. Will check in on them at the end of season in case they get up but the board ended our feeder program so seemed like just the right time to finish it off


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Season 2021/22 Preview


Most of the team decided they were happy to stay with us now were winning stuff. Only player That MAY be on the waqy out is Timo Horn. He wouldnt sign a new deal so i bought his replacement from Porto in Andre Ribeiro. Along with a few kids.




Season 5 Targets


Premiership - Top 4 Finish
Champions League - Last 16
FA & League Cups - Try and win a cup


Time to cement our domestic place in the top 4 and the money that comes with Champions League money. We really need to challenge for a FA Cup but will be hard with Champions League action if we get that far. In Europe we still have to grow there but we should get to the last 16.






Starting team 2021
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New keeper at the head of the team. That aside its a very similar looking team from last year.






Summer signings
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Sheffield Wednesday
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GK - Andre RibeiroView attachment 179822




The other 4 signings were all for the youth team.
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Out
Volume wise its our biggest sales so far. Long time wing back Jon Flanagan was sold off. Played 18 times last season but the youth coming through deserves its chance and he's off to Bournemouth. Not sure where they have got all there money from but they also bid for our winger Henry Henriquez who had just got his Spainish citizenship but never played for us once. Other youth projects that havent worked are Jorginho, Antonio Perez, Leon Friar, Shane Harrop & Zdravko Popov




Community Shield
Tottenham 1-1 Sheff Wed
Depay
Tottenham 4-3 Sheff Wed - PENS
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August


Perfect start to our title defense with 4 wins including away to Arsenal
Tough but winable group in the Champions League
No futher transfer activity


Fixtures

Arsenal 0-1 Sheff Wed
Cubas


Sheff Wed 2-0 Southampton
Junior
Chiwunga


West Ham 1-3 Sheff Wed
Lincoln 2
Depay


Sheff Wed 6-1 Burnley
Davies
Depay 3
Lincoln
Garcia
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A rare thumping win for Wednesday. Dont usually get more than 4




Premiership
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Familiar look at the top with the two Manchester sides ourselves and Tottenham leading the way. At the other end Liverpool have not won a game yet and have only 1 point to show from there first 4 games.




Champions League Draw
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A tough looking group considering we were top seeds. Porto & Shakhtar are both worthy of being 2nd seeds while 4th seeds Celtic have a great record at home to English teams.




Full Transfer Window
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September


Suffer our 1st defeat of the season at Stamford Bridge
Perfect start in the Champions league with a 7-1 against Celtic
Carling Cup defense begins with a 3-0 win at Anfield


Fixtures

Bournemouth 2-3 Sheff Wed
Richaud
Junior 2


Champions League Match 1
Sheff Wed 7-1 Celtic
Junior 3
Lincoln 2
O'G 2

Celtic do themselves no favors with 2 own goals on top of this rowt.


Sheff Wed 2-0 Norwich
Junior
victor


Carling Cup 3rd Round
Liverpool 0-3 Sheff Wed
Garia 2
Bentancur


Chelsea 1-0 Sheff Wed
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Despite playing a Very strong team, only 2 from a perfect line up but Chelsea were just the better team.


Champions League Match 2
Porto 0-1 Sheff Wed
Garcia
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Table has ourselves & Shakhtar tie at the top with 2 wins out of 2. The two back to back games will decide the group.




Premiership
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Our defeat to Chelsea sets up a perfect top of the table clash with Man City in the 1st game of October. Behind us Chelsea, Tottenham & Man Utd are all close enough to strike. At the other end 7 games in and Liverpool & Arsenal are sinking way back on 5 points and in 16th & 17th position just ahead of relegation favorites Burnley, Brentford & Norwich.


Player of the Month
Jean Allain & Olexiy Kupriy
The Wingbacks
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Both our starting wing backs are only 20 and are Premier League quality wing backs. If we choose to stay they could have another 15 seasons in this team. Could you imagine.



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October


We play our both of our biggest League rivals Man City & Tottenham but loose to them both
Sweet revenge against Man City in the League Cup
Record breaking score against Shakhtar sets us up for league success.

Fixtures


Sheff Wed 0-2 Man City


Everton 0-3 Sheff Wed
Belchior 2
Cubas


Champions League Match 3
Sheff Wed 8-3 Shakhtar
Junior 4
Belchior 3
Lincoln
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Firmly puts us in pole position to win the group. 16 goals in our first 3 games. This competition hasnt seen anything like us before.


Sheff Wed 2-0 West Brom
Lincoln
Junior


Carling Cup 4th Round
Sheff Wed 2-0 Man City
Junior 2


Tottenham 2-1 Sheff Wed
Salakory
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Another close game but we just cant seem to get it done against our title rivals.




Premiership
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Despite beating us Man City had there share of slip ups that makes for a very interesting chasing pack with 4th place Man Utd tied on 20 points with Chelsea, Southampton & Newcastle


Player of the Month
Holding Midfielder
Andres Cubas
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Now 25 Andres was one of my first signings in my first summer at the club. 213 League appearances for us later and he's already having his best goal scoring season hitting 2 goals for the first time. Youngsters O'Leary & Gould will be fighting him for his spot in the side as they develop into 1st team players. The Argentinian has also led to an argument with his national boss who has yet to give him a cap.



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November


Top Spot & Last 16 secured in the Champions League
Perfect form in the League puts the heat on Man City at the top.


Fixtures

Champions League Match 4
Shakhtar 0-2 Sheff Wed
Lincoln
Junior


Sheff Wed 3-1 Newcastle
Junior
Lincoln
Depay


Hull 0-3 Sheff Wed
Junior 2
Garcia


Champions League Match 5
Celtic 2-4 Sheff Wed
Belchior
Davies
Richaud
Chiwunga
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8 Points clear at the top. back ups beat Celtic can they do the same to Porto?


Sheff Wed 2-1 Swansea
Lincoln
Chiwunga
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Not bad by Swansea to have grabbed a goal despite having no shots on target.




Premiership
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Man City stay 1 point ahead at the top with Spurs only 2 behind with the chasing pack falling behind to such an extent Arsenal are up to 8th and only 4 points from the top 4. Liverpools improvement is less successful and even worse off are Everton who drop into the bottom 3.


Player of the Month
Center Midfield
Anil Salakory & Luke O'Leary
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Salakory has not progressed over the past 2 seasons but is still the best in the middle. The next best is Luke O'Leary who is starting for England but not for Wednesday. Yet



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December


Another month of Winning takes us to the top of the table
6/6 in the Champions League earns us one of the toughest draws we could have got.
West Brom could stop our League cup defense as we reach the Semi Finals


Fixtures

Carling Cup Q/F
West Brom 2-4 Sheff Wed
Junior
Lincoln
Oswald 2
Newcastle await in the January Semi finals


Sheff Wed 3-0 Brentford
Lincoln
Kupriy
Oswald


Champions League Match 6
Sheff Wed 2-0 Porto
O'Leary
Lincoln
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Shakhtar join us in the last 16 and guess who got the better draw??


QPR 1-3 Sheff Wed
Chiwunga
Depay
O'G


Sheff Wed 1-0 Man Utd
Junior


Liverpool 1-5 Sheff Wed
Junior 2
Depay 3
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Nothing better than beating Liverpool when there down!


Sheff Wed 2-0 Aston Villa
Junior 2


Sheff Wed 2-1 Arsenal
Lincoln 2




Premiership
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Another 6 wins and man City were going toe to toe with us till the last round of December games they drew with Norwich. Starting too look like a 2 horse race as Spurs fall 8 points back. Still a mess for 4th while at the other end Burnley on 6 points look down already as West Ham & Norwich with Brentford are the main candadates for the other spots.


Champions League Draw
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Well neither of the Group F teams got a good draw. We got Barcelona, Shakhtar get PSG. Man City & Tottenham have better draws while Liverpool finished bottom of Group B and are out of Europe altogether.



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January

4/4 Wins in the cup including two close fought games with Newcastle where for a change it was our defense rather than our attack to take us to our 2nd final in a row.
Southampton take 2 points off us but we still lead the way
A Few youngster join in the window


Fixtures

Sheff Wed 5-0 West Ham
Belchior
Junior
Kupriy
Garcia
Oswald


Carling Cup Semi 1st leg
Newcastle 0-1 Sheff Wed
Depay
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Late late show from Memphis against a very tough to break down Newcastle team


FA Cup 3rd Round
Sheff Wed 3-1 Macclesfield
Propper
Davies 2


Southampton 0-0 Sheff Wed


Burnley 0-3 Sheff Wed
Salakory 2
Oswald


Sheff Wed 3-0 Bournemouth
Lincoln
Junior
Garcia


Carling Cup Semi 2nd leg
Sheff Wed 0-0 Newcastle
Agg Sheff Wed 1-0 Newcastle


FA Cup 4th Round
Fulham 1-3 Sheff Wed
Chiwunga 2
Belchior




Premiership
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The gaps down to 1 point with City playing a game more in January. Swansea & QPR come from nowhere to Jump Man Utd & Chelsea in the top 4 race. At the other end West Ham are starting to look in big trouble 6 points off safty but not as bad as Burnley still on 9 points from 24 games.


Transfer Window
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Sheffield Wednesday
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3 Youngsters come in while Long serving No1 Timo Horn leaves after refusing to sign a new contract while back up center back Aurelian Sitaru joins Real Madrid for £23m just as he was starting to force his way into the 1st team.




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February

Another unbeaten month but it came close to going wrong a few times
We retain the Carling Cup or whatever its called these days
A draw with Barcelona at the Nou Camp, beat Burnley in the League Cup and kept up the league form leaving a dream of a quadruple on!


Fixtures

Sheff Wed 2-0 Chelsea
Junior 2


Man City 0-2 Sheff Wed
Junior 2
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Two games against Champions League rival and all the goals from the Brazilian superman


West Brom 0-2 Sheff Wed
Lincoln
Chiwunga


Champions League Last 16 1st leg
Barcelona 1-1 Sheff Wed
Belchior
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Barcelona dominated the game. How they didnt score more in the 2nd half is a mystery but the stoppage time Belchior goal keeps the dream alive.


FA Cup 5th Round
Burnley 1-4 Sheff Wed
Victor
Buelvas
Junior
Chiwunga


Norwich 0-0 Sheff Wed




Carling Cup Final
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Southampton 0-4 Sheff Wed
Kupriy
Belchior 2
Junior
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Sadly this was over as a contest as soon as Carlos Carbonero was sent of in the 39th minute




Premiership
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Good month for us as we pull 4 points clear at the top. Man City & Tottenham stay the same. QPR & Swansea lead Man Utd, Arsenal & Chelsea in the race for 4th and Bournemouth are not out of it yet. At the other end Burnley are into double figures but are 17 points from safety and waiting to be relegated. Brentford & West Ham have work to do if they are to survive.



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March

Fight for 4 trophys is still on after beating Arsenal & Barcelona
Won both our Premiership games despite Newcastle's best efforts


Fixtures


Sheff Wed 4-1 Everton
Cubas
Schenkel
Bentancur
Junior


Champions League Last 16 2nd leg
Sheff Wed 2-1 Barcelon AET Agg SW3-2B
Chiwunga
Depay
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Barcelona looked beat until Neymar pegged back a very late goal to force extra time. However come of the hour come of Depay the man who scores all the important goals for club & country added Barcelona to the teams he's scalped


Defending champions PSG are knocked out by Shakhtar. Other big teams going out are Juventus & Bayern.
We have Real Madrid in the Quarter Finals
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FA Cup Quarter Final
Sheff Wed 4-1 Arsenal
Belchior
Junior
Salakory
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Considering most of these guys are just 3 days removed from playing 120 minutes against Barcelona we then played one of our best games since i took over. The semi final draw was not kind as we got our domestic rival Man City


Newcastle 2-3 Sheff Wed
Cubas
O'Leary
Davies




Premiership
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8 games left and were 7 points clear of Man City. Were both fighting on 3 fronts so potential for slip ups are there. Tottenham are still hanging around in 3rd still to look secure in the top 4 with the battle for 4th place tighter than ever. QPR on 53 with Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal & Swansea all tied on 50 points with Bournemouth only 2 points further back and Newcastle on 44 still dreaming too


Player of the Month
Wingers
Memphis Depay & Rodrigo Bentancur
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Memphis was my first big money signing in 2018 after winning the world cup for Holland but not good enough for Man Utd we got him off the transfer list for £22m. With a lowest season rating of 7.34 shows how good a signing he has been.
Rodrigo is one of the two "originals" signed in the first season down in the Championship and is now approaching his 200th league appearance.



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April

Month Quickly turns in Wednesday vs Man City for all the marbles
We win the first battle by winning the league despite a slip up to Swansea City lost back to back games to Arsenal & QPR to hand the title to us on a plate
In Europe Real Madrid nabbed a draw from the 1st leg but we saw them off in the 2nd leg and guess who we got in the Semi Finals
FA Cup Semi Final with of course Man City up next




Fixtures


Champions League Quarter Finals 1st leg
Real Madrid 1-1 Sheff Wed
Salakory


Swansea 2-1 Sheff Wed
Victor


Champions League Quarter Finals 2nd leg
Sheff Wed 3-0 Real Madrid
Junior
Salakory
O'Leary
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Brentford 1-3 Sheff Wed
Belchior 2
Mayasi


Sheff Wed 5-2 Tottenham
Junior 4
Bentacur
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A sign of Champions. 2 goals down after 23 minutes until we roared into the lead with Junior going goal crazy


Sheff Wed 4-0 Hull
Junior
O'G
Belchior
Bentancur


Sheff Wed 3-0 QPR
Oswald 2
Propper




Premiership
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Title secured, Man City look good for 2nd. Tottenham are putting a top 4 spot at risk as Chelsea, Arsenal, QPR & Man Utd give chase




Attack
The boys from Brazil
Lincoln & Junior
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Lincoln has arguably had a even better 2nd season at the club despite missing the past 2 months and probably the rest of the season with a torn hamstring. Best free signing i've ever had in FM's ever i would say
Junior 43 games 41 goals 10 assists still only 22 it will take a miracle to keep him away from Real Madrid this summer.



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Holy ****, that is one fantastic regen! Vertically challenged to say the least, but talented!
 


End of season run in


Fixtures


FA Cup S/F
Sheff Wed 4-1 Man City
Bentancur 2
Junior
Depay
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What started out as the first of a great 3 game war turned into a farce. Two red cards for City ended there dreams at the FA Cup and sets us up for a final with West Ham


Champions League S/F 1st leg
Sheff Wed 4-1 Man City
Junior 2
Depay
Garcia


Man Utd 0-0 Sheff Wed


Champions League S/F 2nd leg
Man City 3-1 Sheff Wed
Salakory
Thank god we played a blinder in the first leg as we never got out of 1st gear at the Etihad
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Sheff Wed 2-1 Liverpool
Chiwunga
Oswald


Aston Villa 2-2 Sheff Wed
Chiwunga
Belchior




Premiership
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Tottenham rallied to secure 3rd spot and Chelsea did enough to reach the top 4 ahead of Arsenal & QPR. West Ham & Brentford join Burnley in returning to the Championship.


FA Cup & Champions League finals to follow. Quadruple to follow?



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