The 2021–22 season is Sheffield Wednesday's first season in League One since the 2011–12 season, following their relegation from the Championship. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Season overview July On 6 July 2021, the club published their annual accounts for the year ending 31 July 2020.
On 9 July, the club were hit with a suspended 6 point penalty, which will take effect if they fail to pay their players wages on time before June 30, 2022. If the penalty hasn't been breached before 31 December 2021, the penalty would be reduced to a suspended 3 points.
On 14 July, the club introduced their new first team scholars for the 2021–22; Pierce Charles, Jack Hall, Kamil Maciag, Tafadzwa Tapudzai, Cian Flannery, Bailey Cadamarteri, Josh Chapman, Danai Rhule, Rio Shipston, Mackenzie Maltby, Sean Fusire, Joey Phuthi and Jake Bradford.
On 20 July, manager Darren Moore confirmed that first-team coach Paul Williams had left the club for personal reasons.
On 23 July, the club unveiled their new kits for the 2021–22 season.
On 31 July, the club announced their first-team squad numbers for the 2021–22 season.
August On 6 August, Darren Moore bolstered his coaching staff with the appointment of Simon Ireland as a first team coach.
On 7 August, Darren Moore said that his old assistant manager Wayne Jacobs was currently helping out at the club in a coaching capacity, but it was not an appointment.
On 13 August, Guiseley announced a loan move for goalkeeper Luke Jackson, but the deal would be cancelled the same day due to the keeper picking up an injury.
On 27 August, the game against Sunderland was postponed due to the Black Cats having hit the criteria for players on international duty.
October On 8 October, Darren Moore confirmed that the club had appointed Rob Lee to his backroom staff.
November On 2 November, Darren Moore confirmed that Nathaniel Mendez-Laing was currently training with the squad.
December On 16 December, their upcoming game against Accrington Stanley was postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the club.
On 22 December, their boxing day tie against Burton Albion was also postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak both teams squads.
January On 7 January, U23 coach Lee Bullen was appointed manager of Scottish Championship side Ayr United.
On 13 January, Neil Thompson was appointed the new manager of the U23 side.
February On 1 February, Darren Moore was absent from the game against Morecambe after testing positive for COVID-19.
On 16 February, the rearranged match against Accrington Stanley was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
On 21 February, their match against Fleetwood Town was postponed following storm damage.
March On 3 March, Darren Moore confirmed that Wayne Jacobs had joined the club as an assistant manager.
April On 4 April, Barry Bannan was awarded the Owls’ Community Player of the Year award.
On 8 April, the club announced BLU Steel energy drinks as a new back of shirt sponsor.
On 20 April, Liam Palmer was awarded the Wise Old Owls Player of the Season award.
May On 3 May, the club published its annual accounts for the year ending July 2021.
Pre-season As of 27 May, Wednesday announced one pre-season friendly against Celtic. On 2 July 2021, the remainder of their pre-season was announced, with games against, Chester, Alfreton Town, Barnsley, West Bromwich Albion, Wrexham and Port Vale all confirmed. On 16 July, they announced two more friendlies for a Sheffield Wednesday XI side against, Ossett United and Stocksbridge Park Steels.
Competitions League One
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On Thursday, 24 June 2021, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.
Play-offs
Sheffield Wednesday finished 4th in the regular 2021–22 EFL League One season, so were drawn against 5th placed Sunderland in the Play-off Semi Final. The first leg took place at the Stadium of Light and the second leg took place at Hillsborough.
FA Cup
Sheffield Wednesday were drawn at home to Plymouth Argyle in the first round. Either Sheffield Wednesday or Plymouth were drawn against Rochdale or Notts County in the second round draw, made on 8 November.
EFL Cup
The first round draw was made on 24 June, live on Sky Sports, by Andy Cole and Danny Mills.
EFL Trophy
Sheffield Wednesday were drawn into Northern Group H alongside Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and Newcastle United U21. They were drawn against Hartlepool United in the second round.
Transfers and contracts Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2021 CB David Agbontohoma Southampton Free transfer 10 July 2021 CM Dennis Adeniran Everton Free transfer 14 July 2021 LB Jaden Brown Huddersfield Town Free transfer 22 July 2021 RB Jack Hunt Bristol City Free transfer 3 August 2021 CM George Byers Swansea City Undisclosed 5 August 2021 LW Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough Free transfer 5 August 2021 CF Lee Gregory Stoke City Undisclosed 10 August 2021 RW Sylla Sow RKC Waalwijk Free transfer 31 August 2021 CF Saido Berahino Zulte Waregem Undisclosed 22 November 2021 RW Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Middlesbrough Free transfer 6 December 2021 AM Jayden Onen Reading Free transfer 10 December 2021 RB Kwame Boateng The New Saints Free transfer
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2021 DF Luke Cox Redditch United Released 1 July 2021 RB Charlie Curtis Lander Bearcats Released 1 July 2021 CB Corey Glaves Staveley Miners Welfare Released 1 July 2021 MF Luke Hall Sheffield Released 1 July 2021 GK Alex Hare Alfreton Town Released 1 July 2021 RW Kadeem Harris Metalist Kharkiv Released 1 July 2021 RM Ben Hughes Marine Released 1 July 2021 LW Calum Huxley Caernarfon Town Released 1 July 2021 FW Elias Kachunga Bolton Wanderers Released 1 July 2021 CB Tom Lees Huddersfield Town Released 1 July 2021 LB Matt Penney Ipswich Town Released 1 July 2021 RB Moses Odubajo Queens Park Rangers Released 1 July 2021 CM Joey Pelupessy Giresunspor Released 1 July 2021 LW Adam Reach West Bromwich Albion Released 1 July 2021 MF Charlie Reaney Sheffield Released 1 July 2021 FW Jordan Rhodes Huddersfield Town Released 1 July 2021 CB Isaac Rice Newark Released 1 July 2021 CM Liam Shaw Celtic Undisclosed 1 July 2021 RB Osaze Urhoghide Celtic Undisclosed 1 July 2021 CB Joost van Aken Zulte Waregem Released 1 July 2021 GK Keiren Westwood Queens Park Rangers Released 1 July 2021 LB Luke Yates Free agent Released 2 August 2021 CB Julian Börner Hannover 96 Undisclosed 19 August 2021 LW Andre Green Slovan Bratislava Undisclosed 1 February 2022 FW Korede Adedoyin Accrington Stanley Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 11 July 2021 LW Olamide Shodipo Queens Park Rangers End of season 27 July 2021 GK Bailey Peacock-Farrell Burnley End of season 27 July 2021 AM Lewis Wing Middlesbrough 31 January 2022 30 July 2021 CF Florian Kamberi St. Gallen End of season 2 August 2021 FW Theo Corbeanu Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 January 2022 7 August 2021 CB Lewis Gibson Everton End of season 19 January 2022 CB Jordan Storey Preston North End End of season 25 January 2022 FW Tyreece John-Jules Arsenal End of season 26 January 2022 CB Harlee Dean Birmingham City End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 29 July 2021 GK Cameron Dawson Exeter City End of season 12 August 2021 CM Alex Hunt Grimsby Town 3 January 2022 13 August 2021 LB Ryan Galvin Gloucester City 2 January 2022 7 September 2021 CM Liam Waldock Gainsborough Trinity 1 November 2021 9 September 2021 RW Charles Hagan Hampton & Richmond 5 January 2022 16 September 2021 GK Luke Jackson Guisley 16 November 2021 22 September 2021 CB Ciaran Brennan Notts County 8 November 2021 16 October 2021 RB Josh Dawodu Stalybridge Celtic 10 January 2022 22 October 2021 AM Lewis Farmer Redditch United 22 November 2021 23 October 2021 GK Joshua Render Grantham Town 8 November 2021 17 January 2022 CM Alex Hunt Oldham Athletic End of season
New contracts Date Position Nationality Name Length Expiry Ref. 1 July 2021 RB Leojo Davidson — — 6 August 2021 GK Luke Jackson — — 10 August 2021 FW Josh Windass 2 years June 2023 23 August 2021 CB Dominic Iorfa 2 years June 2023 13 September 2021 LB Ryan Galvin 2 years June 2023 14 October 2021 GK Jack Hall — — 11 November 2021 RB Liam Palmer 2 years June 2023 14 January 2022 CM Alex Hunt years June 2023 18 January 2022 CB Ciaran Brennan years June 2024 21 May 2022 LM Marvin Johnson — —
Squad statistics Appearances
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Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerLeague OnePlayoffsFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1FW9Lee Gregory161000172MF10Barry Bannan900009FW24Saido Berahino8000193MF14George Byers6000174FW13Callum Paterson6000065FW20Florian Kamberi4000156FW11Josh Windass400004FW40Sylla Sow2000247MF8Dennis Adeniran300003MF18Marvin Johnson2000138DF2Liam Palmer100012DF22Chey Dunkley200002FW23Theo Corbeanu200002DF32Jack Hunt200002DF38Jordan Storey200002MF41Nathaniel Mendez-Laing2000029DF5Sam Hutchinson100001MF7Olamide Shodipo100001FW15Korede Adedoyin000011MF17Fisayo Dele-Bashiru100001MF21Massimo Luongo100001MF26Lewis Wing000011Own goals 3 0 0 0 02Total 78 1 0 0 988
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name League One Playoffs FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total 21 MF Massimo Luongo 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 13 FW Callum Paterson 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 5 DF Sam Hutchinson 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 MF Barry Bannan 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 14 MF George Byers 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 32 DF Jack Hunt 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 2 DF Liam Palmer 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18 MF Marvin Johnson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22 DF Chey Dunkley 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 DF Jaden Brown 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 6 DF Dominic Iorfa 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 MF Dennis Adeniran 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 9 FW Lee Gregory 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 DF Harlee Dean 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 GK Bailey Peacock-Farrell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 MF Olamide Shodipo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 MF Lewis Wing 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 38 DF Jordan Storey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 MF Fisayo Dele-Bashiru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23 FW Theo Corbeanu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 GK Joe Wildsmith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 FW Sylla Sow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Clean sheets
No.Nat.PlayerMatches playedClean sheet %League OnePlayoffsFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTOTAL 1 Bailey Peacock-Farrell 47 36.17% 15 0 1 1 0 17 28 Joe Wildsmith 8 37.5% 1 0 0 0 2 3
Awards Club Player of the Month Player of the Month awards for the 2021–22 season.
Month Player % Ref.August Bailey Peacock-Farrell55%September Dennis Adeniran47%October Fisayo Dele-Bashiru52%November Chey Dunkley72%December Bailey Peacock-Farrell24%January Massimo Luongo39%February George Byers55%March Barry Bannan34%
Club Player of the Season Player % Ref. Barry Bannan70%
Sky Bet League One Player of the Month MonthPlayer Ref.August Bailey Peacock-FarrellNominationFebruary Barry BannanNominationMarch Barry BannanWinnerApril Lee GregoryWinner
Sky Bet League One Manager of the Month MonthManager Ref.November Darren MooreNominationFebruary Darren MooreNominationApril Darren MooreNomination
Sky Bet League One Player of the Season Player Ref. Barry BannanNomination
EFL Goal of the Season PlayerGoal Barry Bannan30' vs Milton Keynes Dons, 16 AprilWinner
References