Sheffield Wednesday supporters may be forgiven for being concerned about their club’s future recently.
Wednesday made tremendous improvement on the pitch last season, finishing 12th in the Championship, but the South Yorkshire club has fallen into disarray following a disastrous summer.
Dejphon Chansiri has finally pushed the club into administration, and a new era is on the horizon for one of English football’s most powerful clubs.
Chaotic Sheffield Wednesday summer is the latest chapter in the club’s history.
It is fair to say that Wednesday has had an eventful decade under Chansiri’s ownership, and after coming agonisingly close to promotion to the Premier League early on, they were relegated to League One in 2021 after receiving a six-point deduction for breaking spending rules.
Sheffield Wednesday’s league finishes under Dejphon Chansiri.
Season
Division
Position
2014-15
Championship
13th
2015-16
Championship
6th
2016-17
Championship
4th
2017-18
Championship
15th
2018-19
Championship
12th
2019-20
Championship
16th
2020-21
Championship
24th (relegated).
2021-22
League One
4th
2022-23
League One
Third (promoted).
2023-24
Championship
20th
2024-25
Championship
12th
Following their historic play-off semi-final comeback against Peterborough United and last-gasp victory over Barnsley in the final, the Owls secured their return to the Championship in dramatic fashion in 2023, and it appeared that they had established themselves in the division, but relegation back to the third tier next season appears inevitable after the events of the summer.
Wednesday have been out of the Premier League for 25 years, having been relegated in 2000, and while they are currently experiencing another challenging phase, they have had plenty of success during their rich and historic history.
The Owls have four First Division titles and five Second Division titles, as well as three FA Cups and one EFL Cup, and they could have added more silverware to their trophy cabinet when they reached the finals of both competitions in the 1992-93 season, but they were defeated twice at Wembley Stadium by Arsenal.
As Wednesday continue their quest for former glory, we asked AI where they rank among the UK’s top 50 football clubs.
Where AI ranks Sheffield Wednesday among the UK’s biggest football clubs
According to ChatGPT, Wednesday is ranked 17th out of the top 50 football clubs in the UK.
AI feels that the Owls’ extensive trophy collection, as well as the size of their Hillsborough stadium and regularly high attendance figures, qualify them for the top 20, and that they are one of Yorkshire’s most powerful clubs.
ChatGPT ranked Premier League champions Liverpool, who recently won their 20th title, as the biggest club in the UK, with Arsenal and Chelsea in second and third place, respectively, while Celtic, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Aston Villa, Leeds United, and Newcastle United round out the top ten.
Aside from Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Crystal Palace, and Fulham, every current Premier League club is higher on the list than the Owls, with only newly relegated Leicester City ranking higher among Championship sides.
Despite Sheffield United’s recent claim to local bragging rights, AI believes Wednesday are a bigger club than their Steel City rivals, despite the fact that the Blades are only one position lower, in 18th.
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