Championship

Ped positive about future for Owls

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 March 2026

By Nigel Gardner

DERBY COUNTY 2
Brereton Diaz 11, Clarke 45

SHEFFIELD WED 1
Yates 17

STAR MAN
MATT CLARKE
Derby

RISING HIGH: Defender Matt Clarke heads home Derby’s winning goal
PICTURES: Alamy

SHEFFIELD Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen believes the club has a “big future” despite another loss at Derby.
Pedersen was moved by the support of the 3,000 Wednesday fans who sang from the first whistle to the last even though their team suffered a 13th successive league defeat.
Jerry Yates cancelled out Ben Brereton Diaz’s clinical opener, but Matt...

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