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6-3-GAME, SET AND MATCH: Alan Smith recalls how his first Sheffield Wednesday game in 1954 sealed his fate

Alan Smith recalls how his first Sheffield Wednesday game in 1954 sealed his fate…

Alan Smith recalls how his first Sheffield Wednesday game in 1954 sealed his fate...

Now that administration has brought hope to Wednesdayites that new owners are on the way to end the gloom, I can’t help but wonder how I got into this.
It was 1954 when I first saw a Wednesday match. I was seven years old.
At school, we had divided ourselves up into Wednesday or United, going along with our dads or brothers, a family thing.
My family was split. Uncle Bill and Uncle Harry were United, but their sister, Aunty Bec, was Wednesday. My dad wasn’t bothered either way.
Stunned
It might have been my...

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