54andcounting 0 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Sheffield Wednesday are to play Scottish giant Rangers in a showpiece pre-season friendly at Hillsborough. The match will take place on Wednesday, July 24, kick-off 7.45pm, and will be the Owlsâ?? sole home warm=up for the new season. Wednesday are set to confirm the date officially after previously announcing friendlies against Hull, Chesterfield and Scunthorpe. The Owls expect a following of thousands from Scotland, and it will be a special affair for midfield player Rhys McCabe. Not only are Rangers the club that he left to join Wednesday amid some controversy but also the game will fall on his 21st birthday. â??Good timing on my birthday,â? he has said on Twitter. McCabe will also be hoping to use the pre-season programme to force his way into the side for the Championship kick-off on August 3. He missed out on a full pre-season last year because of the formalities surrounding his move. He opted not to transfer his Ibrox contract to the new Rangers company and signed for Wednesday instead. The clubs later agreed on a compensation deal. McCabe tasted Championship action earlier than Dave Jones had expected, when the midfield department was hit by injury. Athough he did not hold down a regular place the young Scot is confident of progress next season. Rangers began life in the Scottish Third Division after their financial crisis and rebirth. They won the title last season by a margin of 24 points and with an average attendance of 45,744. http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-owls-to-play-rangers-1-5721459 Great to see the football side of things are being taken care of what with the recent signings and now this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Sheff Wed are sleeping giants. This would / will be a great day out for Bears. Sheffield totty:blokes ratio is supposed to be 4:1. If going by what Nottingham is then its right. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,279 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 When I was in Britain in 1998, there was a neat advert for a Woverhampton vs Sheffield Wednesday game on Sky, all about night and predators and Owls and Wolves. They sure know/knew how to do this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 When I was in Britain in 1998, there was a neat advert for a Woverhampton vs Sheffield Wednesday game on Sky, all about night and predators and Owls and Wolves. They sure know/knew how to do this. You'll know who's playing who here 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 He's blue he's white...... The last time the two sides met was at the home of the Gers back in 1998 when goals from Italian strike duo, Benito Carbone and Paolo Di Canio had put Wednesday into a two goal lead before Iain Durrant and Jorg Albertz netted to share the spoils in what was Iain Durrant's testimonial and final appearance for the Glasgow club. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Some stick for McCabe I hope. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE 0 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 There will be mate, there will be. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 60 mile round trip for me instead of the usual 600 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1872 4 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Owlstalk.co.uk@Owlstalk17mRangers sold out all their tickets in just two days - give em more let em come 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledbear 16 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Have there been any tickets on sale to the general public, or has it just been to ST holders? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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