Weekend Edition: Inside Sheffield Wednesday's crisis & who's next? - The Sports Agents

The News Agents

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Championship kicks off this weekend but Sheffield Wednesday players and staff are still waiting to be paid. For the inside story of how the club fell apart, Mark is joined by Chris Powell, the assistant coach who left a few weeks ago. And it's not just Sheffield who are struggling - so who's next and how do we keep finding ourselves here? (02:00)

Plus, we look back at this week's shows where we asked... Is Isak to Liverpool the last transfer saga? And should cricket ditch The Hundred? (18:30)

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0:32.7	This is a global player original podcast.
0:36.2	As the championship kicks off this weekend,
0:38.6	Sheffield Wednesday players and staff are still waiting to be paid.
0:42.0	The club is in a desperate position.
0:43.7	There's a transfer ban in place,
0:45.6	and the north stand has been closed at Hillsborough.
0:48.6	All summer long, families haven't known when the money's coming in.
0:51.6	Some season ticket holders don't know if they've got a seat.
0:54.8	But at the moment, the owner, Dave on Chancery, isn't selling. Our guest today is Chris Powell.
1:01.4	He's just left his role as assistant coach at Sheffield Wednesday. He'll tell us what it's
1:05.9	really been like for the people on the inside and the fans. And of course, it's not just
1:10.0	Sheffield Wednesday, Morecambe on the brink as well and the fans. And of course it's not just Sheffield Wednesday,
1:11.3	Morecambe on the brink as well in the National League. Reading almost went under, very famously
1:16.8	did in 2019. How much worse can it get before a sale happens? And with PSR and the new
1:24.9	independent regulator coming in into force very soon,
1:30.3	how on earth do we keep finding ourselves here?
1:32.5	Welcome to the Sports Agents. Helloby Logan and Mark Chapman.
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