Takeover deal draws sell-out crowd to Hillsborough
Despite finishing the season on zero points, more than 33,750 fans celebrated at Hillsborough.
Rob and Nikki Brookes say the atmosphere was "unbelievable" [BBC/Nicola Rees] Sheffield Wednesday have had a record breaking season - for all the wrong reasons. The first team in English League history to go a whole year without a home win. The first team to be relegated with a zero points tally.
The earliest relegation in the history of the English Football League. The list goes on. Yet news of the takeover by David Storch's Arise Capital Partners to take the club out of administration saw 33,750 fans turn out to watch the final match of the season - ironically setting the record for the highest Championship attendance of the season.
And Wednesday's new era under Storch got off to a flying start with a 2-1 victory against West Bromwich Albion , only their second victory of the season. Sisters Lucy Finney and Cara Stepney say fans are "dead chuffed" [BBC] Outside the ground, supporters - many sporting Hawaiian shirts and floral garlands - gave their reaction to the takeover. Rob Brookes said it was "unbelievable".
"We've got our club back," he said. "It was emotional at times, but the new chairman spoke really well and it sounds like a good future for us. "Thirty-four thousand and relegated, and you've got that kind of atmosphere?
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