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    Thai-owned Wednesday fall just short



    For 120 minutes and part of a penalty shoot-out, Sheffield Wednesday and Thai owner Dejphon Chansiri were one match away from the Premier League.

    Then Huddersfield Town won the shoot-out and Wednesday's dream of promotion lay in tatters on their own home field.

    The Huddersfield players raced to their supporters as the Owl players and fans faced the disappointment of coming so close, only to fail.

    In two matches, the first scoreless, each team scored a goal in the Champions match. With the score 1-1 after 120 minutes early Thursday Thailand time, the shoot-out started. Wednesday's Sam Hutchison missed the team's very first attempt, and the dream was over. In the end, Huddersfield Town prevailed by 5-4 on aggregate, including penalties.

    Wednesday's chairman is Mr Dejphon, whose family controls Thai Union Group, the world's largest producer of canned tuna.

    Mr Dejphon purchased the team in January, 2015, from Milan Mandaric for £37.5 million - about 1.7 billion baht - and vowed to take the club to the Premier League within two years, a goal now within sight.

    Huddersfield Town now face Reading at Wembley on May 29, with the winner headed for the Premier League.

    Sheffield Wednesday will play another year in the second-tier league, but their future appears bleak. Manager Carlos Carvalhal, brought in by Mr Dejphon to make the Premier League run, has already said he would resign unless the team were promoted.

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    Look on the bright side. Two Steel City derbies next season!

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    Reading FC are Thai-owned also.

    Come on Huddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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    Hope the terriers do it.

    Huddersfield in the prem.

    Hehe.

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    ^Was in the UK last month. Watched the Terriers get thumped 4-1 at home by Fulham, and to be honest they did not look like a PL team.
    If they do get promoted, hopefully someone will pump a bit of cash into the coffers. They will certainly need it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Hope the terriers do it.

    Huddersfield in the prem.

    Hehe.
    I wouldn't have minded seeing a club as big as Wednesday back in the Prem, but I'm pleased for Huddersfield, who also have an impressive history. They've been closest to the top 2 for most of the season and deserve a crack at the big prize after so long in the shadows (1972 was their last time in the top flight, apparently).

    And it will piss Leeds fans off.

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    I'm a west brom fan, so big clubs can stay the fuck down there.

    Newcastle is already one too many.

    Brighton and Huddersfield I can live with.

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    ^ Watford as long as Gomez is on the squad.

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    You'd best explain that 'Sheffield Wednesday' is the name of a soccer team. Some foreigners on here may thinks it's a UK Bank Holiday.

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    Theres a Craig David joke in there somewhere

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    And it will piss Leeds fans off.
    hugely.

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    They'll struggle to hold on to Danny Ward if they don't get promotion..



    May 29th, a note for the diary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmart View Post
    Reading FC are Thai-owned also.

    Come on Huddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yes, that makes me want to cheer on the nawvun mankees too.

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    I see Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilwall are back in Division 2 (in old money).

    On the pitch at the end yesterday, swinging from the crossbar and being shooed off by their manager and players.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I see Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilwall are back in Division 2 (in old money).

    On the pitch at the end yesterday, swinging from the crossbar and being shooed off by their manager and players.
    The sooner that club is a Tesco's the better.

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    Play off final tomorrow. Who do you fancy?

    Despite Stam's United connections I'd like to see Huddersfield in the Prem. I reckon it'll be Reading though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Play off final tomorrow. Who do you fancy?

    Despite Stam's United connections I'd like to see Huddersfield in the Prem. I reckon it'll be Reading though.
    The London clubs would prefer Reading. The nawvun mankees would prefer the other nawvun mankees.

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    Pretty much sums it up.

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    Wow. Farkin Hell!! We did it!!!!!



    First time back in the top tier for 45 years, after another penalty shoot-out.



    Yeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss.

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    I invited the token nawvun mankee to watch it, and he was almost in tears.

    Now I know how to say "rerd" as in "daan the rerd".

    He was so pleased that he actually bought a round for the first time in the 25-odd years that I've known him. I shit you not.

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    I`m absolutely lost for words. First time in my lifetime time, I`ve seen my team in the top flight. Outstanding performance and they thoroughly deserved to win.
    Worth £200 million to the club, so lets hope they make some wise choices and survive a season.
    I aint superstitious, but I know when somethings wrong
    I`ve been dragging my heels with a bitch called hope
    Let the undercurrent drag me along.

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    Quote Originally Posted by astasinim View Post
    I`m absolutely lost for words. First time in my lifetime time, I`ve seen my team in the top flight. Outstanding performance and they thoroughly deserved to win.
    I wouldn't say they deserved to win. I'd say neither side deserved to lose.


    You must have been shitting yourself when they missed the first penalty.

    Jean Luc Picard looked happy at the end.

    I reckon the touts just bought another few thousand season tickets, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by astasinim View Post
    I`m absolutely lost for words. First time in my lifetime time, I`ve seen my team in the top flight. Outstanding performance and they thoroughly deserved to win.
    I wouldn't say they deserved to win. I'd say neither side deserved to lose.
    I thought town had the better game overall, even though they didn`t capitalise on their chances.
    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    You must have been shitting yourself when they missed the first penalty.
    Not arf. Especially when he`s one of our top players.
    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Jean Luc Picard looked happy at the end.

    I reckon the touts just bought another few thousand season tickets, too.
    We`re going to have a full stadium every week next season, seeing as we only have a capacity of around 25000.

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    Haha the bloke I was talking about teaches English to our newly recruited local employees. He just sent me this message.

    My first class ‘enjoyed’ a different reading exercise this morning – the BBC news article on the match; lots of new words for them to learn. I’ll repeat the ‘exercise’ for the next class shortly.

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    Thousands of fans have attended Huddersfield Town's victory parade to celebrate promotion to the Premier League.
    Huddersfield beat Reading 4-3 on penalties after a 0-0 draw at Wembley Stadium in Monday's Championship play-off final.
    It is the first time the Terriers have been in the top division since 1972.
    The parade left the John Smith's Stadium at about 17:40 BST for the short trip to St George's Square.
    As it happened: Huddersfield Town parade







    Dean Hoyle, Huddersfield Town chairman, said: "When I took over in 2009, it has got harder and harder. Every year we are competing with some real big boys.
    "But with an open mind it can be achieved, though I never thought it would be possible. It proves dreams can come true."
    The 2017-18 Premier League season - complete with Huddersfield Town - starts on 12 August.

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