It's winner takes all at Hillsborough on Sunday
We don’t do things by halves do we?
Not for Wednesday the easy way…we don’t like to ‘get the job done’ we like to suffer a bit, we like to dwell on the hardship and bask in the disappointment…not for us the path of fortune and glory…Ours is the bridleway to hurt and pain…
When we give ourselves breathing space and climb above teams, it’s not enough, we feel the need to sink back down….to take in some more pain…and when we’re presented with another chance to put the misery behind us, we ignore it…against Bristol we allow them one shot…one single solitary shot on goal in the whole of the second half…and they take it…we travel to Middlesbrough and we are equal to them in every department…except where it matters…and they score one goal…albeit deflected…we put in a good performance in Wales…we haven’t been able to score to save our lives but here we score not once but twice…and STILL it’s not enough…
 | When it’s out of our own hands we sit and watch Palace try and do what
we couldn’t…save THEMSELVES… Wednesday fans watched with shredded nerves and bitten fingernails…and our team wasn't even fookin playing….every single Wednesday fan was suddenly all behind the Albion and when in those dieing seconds it looked as though Palace were sure to score, they must score…thousands of invisible Wednesday feet twitched as one, traveling through the ether to that goaline at Selhurst Park to keep the ball out, and when the whistle finally blew, both Wednesday and Palace fan knew their fate… |
We’ve both done our best to make sure all season that we DO take that last spot in the drop zone, trying hand over fist to make the place our own…Other teams have managed to claw their way upwards and away….but not us two…it’s crunch time…
NOW there’s no way out of it…one of us HAS to go…that final League 1 berth has one of our names on it...as the song says...
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
PLAY THAT STIRRING MUSIC….
(Before reading the rest, start the background music)
You Wednesday players, listen up…
| We’ve traveled all over this country
to support you, we’ve given our all, every bit of energy we have, it’s
been for you….we’ve not faltered, we’ve stuck by you through the
humdrum, the mediocrity and the shit and in return you’ve given us
nothing, absolutely nowt…no reason whatsover to return game after game.
No reason to keep coming, to hand over our hard earned money and even less reason to hand over our hearts…we’ve sung, we’ve clapped, we’ve cheered, we’ve laughed and we’ve cried…in desperation we’ve cried… |  |
We’ve stood dumbstruck as goal after goal has gone in against us and gazed open mouthed as our own shots have gone high, gone wide and looked anything but handsome…we’ve watched as we’ve got nowhere near some very average teams and we’ve never looked like scoring as those average teams trampled all over us…we’ve made many long journeys where we set off full of vim and vigour, full of vitality, of hope and full of heart and we’ve left with hearts broken, hopes dashed and our vitality washed away with despair…facing long journeys home with very little to comfort us, we’ve found ourselves stretched to our limits, on our footballing knees, our Wednesday souls in tatters…
IT STOPS NOW!
This is YOUR time…this is OUR TIME!
This is your chance…your last chance to say sorry.
This is your last chance to hold your hands up and say ‘we got it wrong this season’.
We haven’t been good enough FOR YOU, but here, on this hallowed turf at Hillsborough we WILL make a stand, we WILL put the entire season behind us and finally when the Wednesday fans need us the most we WILL step up to the plate, we WILL answer your call and we WILL give you back some pride and show you WE ARE PROUD TO WEAR THE SHIRT OF SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
 | In
this cauldron, this bear pit and in front of the biggest crowd at
Hillsbrough in decades, in the most meaningful game at Hillsbroough for
decades we WILL come through. When you come out of that tunnel… I know you’ll have butterflies, you’ll be anxious, nervous, adreniline pumping like Billy O…but you are not alone…you are not a team of 11, take a moment…actually take that moment to look and listen… The colour, the noise… 3 sides Blue and White, 30 thousand hearts, minds and souls on your side... We’re behind you, supporting you, WE ARE WITH YOU…. WE are the team, not just you..US! ALL OF US! |
Leave the gloves at home, roll up your sleeves and get the fuck stuck in…we’ll do our bit, we’ll sing, we’ll cheer, and we’ll be behind you, we’ll be with you, alongside you…when you kick we kick…when you tackle we tackle and when you run we run…we’re in this together.
We’ll stretch, we’ll head, we’ll jujmp, we’ll twist and we’ll turn and we will NEVER give in…feel the Wednesday energy around you…use it.
Ask no quarter, give no quarter…
When a Palace player has the ball don’t give him a minute, never let it be easy for them.
When a Palace players runs for a loose ball…BEAT HIM! Be there first, make it yours, MAKE IT OURS!
When you make a run into the box and you feel your legs getting tired, ignore it, we’re with you, take our strength.
When you run down the wing and you’re gasping for air, ignore it, take ours, we will give you our last breath.
When there’s minutes to go…seconds to go…even if it seems as though all hope has gone, when you’re finally about to collapse and you’ve given your all…dig deep, search hard and keep on searching until you find one more ounce of strength, one more run…one last gasp…one more fuckin last scrap of energy, sieze that moment, make that moment the moment to lift the Wednesday hearts, make THAT YOUR moment and become one with all those around you and tie together the final loose ends of this horrible season and make your mark in the incredible history of this club
The time for bravado is over…the chest beating stops here…now is the time for action…for substance…
At the end of it, when you’ve finally run your last and you have no more to give, make sure you can look yourself in the eye…your team mates in the eye and that you can walk over to the Wednesday fans and stand and face them proudly. The season may not have been great but at least you had your moment…finally we all had our moment…when you were truly, desperately needed, when you were called upon one last time, you came through, you delivered at the last…
Be all you can be…have no regrets and leave nothing behind.
We can ask no more.
 | This is the ultimate TWAT day…Sunday must be Total Wednesday Adulation Time |
Steve:Beastie
Owls Alive
