Barring a highly unlikely series of results, administration-hit Sheffield Wednesday will become the first team in English Football League history to be relegated in February at some point in the next week. The foundations for this relegation were set last summer when former owner Dejphon Chansiri's chaotic tenure came to a head with numerous missed wage payments. A large number of the senior squad and manager Danny Rohl left in the summer before the Owls were eventually placed into administration in October. Two separate points deductions - totalling 18 points - followed, and it has always been a case of when, not if they went down from the Championship this season. However, few would have thought relegation could come quite as early as this and, to make matters worse, it could in fact now be confirmed at bitter cross-city rivals Sheffield United on Sunday.

Source: BBC February 20, 2026 19:31 UTC