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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T13:56:38.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nSheffield Wednesday have made unwanted English Football League history on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first club ever to be relegated in February.\n\nThe Owls travelled across the city to face bitter rivals Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, where they suffered a dramatic 2-1 defeat, with two players being shown red.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOnly three points would have prevented their fate from being sealed this weekend.\n\nWednesday currently sit on minus seven points following two separate deductions totalling 18 points after entering administration.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe club's downfall stems from the turbulent final months of Dejphon Chansiri's ownership, culminating in multiple wage payment failures last summer.\n\nThis chaos prompted a significant exodus, with much of the senior playing squad departing, including manager Danny Rohl, before the season began.\n\nAdministration followed in October, triggering the devastating points penalties that have left Wednesday in an impossible position.\n\nAlthough a preferred buyer was identified in December, the takeover remains incomplete and the club continues operating under severe financial constraints.\n\nThese restrictions have left Pedersen with a skeleton squad simply incapable of competing at the Championship level.\n\nThe club has managed just a single victory since August, that coming away at Portsmouth in September.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTheir loss today is their 10th successive league match defeat, matching a Championship-era record set by Rotherham in the 2016-17 season.\n\nIt also worsens a damning record against their local rivals.\n\nThe Owls did, however, break a run of six games without finding the net against Sheffield United, a run that stretches back several seasons.\n\nWednesday's sanctions are the third-largest points deduction ever imposed during a single Football League campaign.\n\nOnly two clubs have faced harsher penalties in English football history.\n\nDerby County received a 21-point sanction during the 2021-22 season, yet managed to sustain their Championship survival battle until April, and Luton Town endured an even more severe 30-point reduction in 2008-09 but still accumulated a respectable 26 points despite dropping out of League Two.\n\n### LATEST SPORT NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * Cristiano Ronaldo wears traditional Arab cloak as Portuguese star breaks silence on his future\n  * EFL clash delayed due to embarrassing reason as both clubs issue statements\n  * Benfica star 'admits calling Vinicius Jr homophobic slur' amid Uefa investigation over racism row\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Owls now face the prospect of rewriting the record books for all the wrong reasons.\n\nWith 13 fixtures still to play, Wednesday risk becoming the first club in Football League history to conclude a campaign with a negative points total.\n\nThe South Yorkshire side have accumulated just 11 points from their opening 32 matches this term, meaning to avoid finishing below zero, they must secure at least seven points from their final 13 games.\n\nThe lowest points haul in a 46-game season belongs to Doncaster Rovers, who managed only 20 during their 1997-98 campaign.\n\nGoing further back, Loughborough collected a mere nine points in 1899-1900, whilst Derby County's Premier League relegation in 2007-08 yielded just 11.\n\nThe club have already lost 23 of their 32 league fixtures, leaving them perilously close to another unwanted defeat record milestone.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nDoncaster Rovers hold the record for the most losses in a 46-game campaign, having suffered 34 defeats during the 1997-98 season.\n\nShould Wednesday lose 12 of their remaining 13 matches, they would surpass that mark.\n\nWednesday's solitary victory this season came on the road, placing them just six home fixtures away from an unprecedented achievement in English football as no team has ever completed a Football League season without winning a single match at their own ground.\n\nThe Owls currently sit 41 points adrift of West Bromwich Albion in 21st place, the final position above the relegation zone.\n\nThat gap already exceeds the previous record for finishing furthest from safety, set by Stoke City in 1984-85 when they ended the top-flight season 33 points behind.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Championship club make unwanted English Football League history becoming first side relegated in February"
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