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Overseas fans in Britain now at 800k

The number of fans visiting Britain from abroad to watch football rises to 800,000, bringing in almost Â£700m, according to research.

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Man Utd's Wilson to go out on loan

Manchester United striker James Wilson will be sent on loan to a Championship club to aid his development.

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Six Matildas break ranks over pay dispute and cancelled US tour â report

Lisa De Vanna wants to fly to US for two games against world champions Impasse over collective bargaining agreement persists Six players have reportedly broken ranks after the Professional Football Association announced the Matildasâ two-match tour of the United States would be scrapped. The PFAâ

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Papers: Messi hails Rooney

A round-up of some of the biggest stories making the back pages of Thursday's papers, including praise for Wayne Rooney from Lionel Messi.

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Premier League not a 'pantomime villain' to blame for England failure, says FA chief

The Football Associationâs new chief executive has said England is perceived as arrogant within the global game, with a national team which is not admired, and should not play the role of âhelpless victimâ because of the lack of homegrown players in the Premier League.

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2 points for a win
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

Original team names during this season:
Chester City were known as Chester
England Division Three (old)	Home		Away
1	Shrewsbury Town	46	+20	61	D0-0	D2-2
2	Watford	46	+31	60	L2-3	L0-1
3	Swansea City	46	+22	60	D0-0	L2-4
4	Gillingham	46	+23	59	W2-1	D0-0
5	Swindon Town	46	+22	57	W2-1	L0-3
6	Carlisle United	46	+11	52	D0-0	D0-0
7	Colchester United	46	+5	51	D0-0	L0-1
8	Hull City	46	+5	49	L2-3	D1-1
9	Exeter City	46	+5	49	W2-1	D2-2
10	Brentford	46	+4	47	W1-0	L1-2
11	Oxford United	46	-6	46	D1-1	D1-1
12	Blackpool	46	+2	45	W2-0	W1-0
13	Southend United	46	+2	45	W3-2	L1-2
14	Sheffield Wednesday	46	0	45
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	-1	44	L2-3	L0-2
16	Chester City	46	-4	44	D0-0	D2-2
17	Rotherham United	46	-6	44	W2-1	W1-0
18	Mansfield Town	46	-1	43	L1-2	D1-1
19	Bury	46	-6	42	D0-0	D0-0
20	Chesterfield	46	-14	40	W4-0	D3-3
21	Peterborough United	46	-19	36	W3-0	L0-2
22	Walsall	46	-15	32	L0-2	W2-0
23	Tranmere Rovers	46	-33	28	L1-2	D1-1
24	Lincoln City	46	-47	25	D0-0	W2-1

2 points for a win
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

Original team names during this season:
Chester City were known as Chester

England Division Three (old)

Home

Away

Res

+20

+31

+22

+23

+22

+11

-6

-1

-4

-6

-1

-6

-14

-19

-15

-33

-47

	Sheffield Wednesday
League Record
Rank	14th	17th	7th
Played	46	23	23
Won	13	9	4
Drawn	19	8	11
Lost	14	6	8
Form (6 games)
Rank	9th	17th	15th
Record (W-D-L)	3-1-2	3-0-3	0-4-2
Goals (F-A)	10-8	11-10	5-7
Attack
Rank	14th	17th	10th
Goals scored	53	30	23
Failed to score	16	8	8
Since failing to score	5	7	0
Defence
Rank	10th	13th	9th
Goals conceded	53	22	31
Clean sheets	17	11	6
Current clean sheets	0	0	1
Goal Difference
Rank	13th	15th	7th
Goal difference	0	+8	-8
Goal Total
Rank	17th	18th	16th
Goal total	106	52	54
Over 2.5 goals	21	12	9
Under 2.5 goals	25	11	14
Sequence Summary
Full	lost last game
Home	lost last game
Away	drew last 3, w/o win in last 7
Season Longest Sequences
W-D-L	3-3-2	3-3-2	1-3-2
w/o Loss-w/o Win	8-10	6-4	4-7
Score Distribution
Most common	D0-0	D0-0	D1-1
Occurence	10	7	4
	Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday

Full

Home

Away

League Record

Rank

14th

17th

7th

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Form (6 games)

Rank

9th

17th

15th

Record (W-D-L)

3-1-2

3-0-3

0-4-2

Goals (F-A)

10-8

11-10

5-7

Attack

Rank

14th

17th

10th

Goals scored

Failed to score

Since failing to score

Defence

Rank

10th

13th

9th

Goals conceded

Clean sheets

Current clean sheets

Goal Difference

Rank

13th

15th

7th

Goal difference

-8

Goal Total

Rank

17th

18th

16th

Goal total

106

Over 2.5 goals

Under 2.5 goals

Sequence Summary

Full

lost last game

Home

lost last game

Away

drew last 3,
w/o win in last 7

Season Longest Sequences

W-D-L

3-3-2

1-3-2

w/o Loss-w/o Win

8-10

6-4

4-7

Score Distribution

Most common

D0-0

D1-1

Occurence

Sheffield Wednesday


English Division Three (old)	14th	46	13	19	14	17	16	53	53	0	.489
English FA Cup	Third Round	9	2	6	1	2	1	14	11	+3	.556
English League Cup	Second Round	4	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	.500
	TOTAL	59	17	25	17	21	19	69	66	+3	.500

Competition

Position / Round

FtS

Pct

English Division Three (old)

14th

.489

English FA Cup

Third Round

.556

English League Cup

Second Round