Sheffield Wednesday’s season has plunged into deeper turmoil after the English Football League issued the club another six-point deduction.
The penalty comes on the back of repeated failures to pay players in March, May and June, along with other missed obligations involving staff and HMRC.
The Owls were already reeling from a 12-point deduction handed down on October 24 after they entered administration. This latest hit drags them to -10 points, cementing their place at the foot of the Championship table as the survival battle becomes even steeper.
The fallout has reached beyond the pitch. Former owner Dejphon Chansiri, who severed ties with the club after pushing it into administration, has been banned from owning or directing any EFL club for the next three years.
“Sheffield Wednesday FC are to be deducted six points with immediate effect for multiple breaches of EFL regulations relating to payment obligations, with the club’s former owner, Mr Dejphon Chansiri, prohibited from being an owner or director of any EFL club for a period of three years,” an EFL statement confirmed the punishment.
The league added that both sanctions were finalised after an agreement between the parties, which was later ratified by the independent disciplinary commission’s chair.
Wednesday now face a mountain to climb. With points slipping away off the pitch and morale tested on it, the fight to stay in the Championship already feels like a sprint uphill.
Sheffield Wednesday suffer another six-point deduction for repeated payment failures, dropping to -10 points in the Championship as former owner Dejphon Chansiri receives a three-year EFL ban.
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