Sheffield Wednesday boss reacts to 'amazing' day at Hillsborough as Owls hit zero
Sheffield Wednesday reached zero points on Saturday afternoon as they beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Hillsborough.
Nathaniel Chalobah and Liam Palmer got the goals on what will go down in history as a famous afternoon at S6, with Karlan Grant getting the consolation goal as the Owls avoided going a full season without winning on home soil.
Henrik Pedersen, who made no secret of his plans to enjoy a beer or two this evening, spoke of his pride after the final whistle - saying how pleased he was to see a reaction from his squad.
“To reach zero points in the bigger picture means nothing,” he told The Wednesday Word. “But it means a lot to us, because it showed our culture - that we never give up, and that we keep on fighting until the end. It makes me so proud.
“The Oxford, maybe we needed it with a poor performance, because it tested that culture in the team. It showed that we could come back. Three weeks ago I spoke about a poor training, then we had a good training and performance. This was our last chance to have a poor game, and bounce back. We had a test to come back from Oxford and show how we wanted to be.
“It made me really proud to do this today - the atmosphere was amazing.”
Pedersen reacts points deduction news
Meanwhile, on the topic of starting next season on zero points, the Owls boss told The Star, “I met him in the tunnel, three metres in, and David told me there is no point prediction, well, it was crazy. Because we all know how much this means for the new season.
“I know how much effort they have done to get to this result. And this is something that makes me proud, and makes me happy that we have new owners. They have been owners maybe for 20 or 21 hours, but before this I didn’t have so much feeling, so much heart from the top for our club.
“It just makes me so happy that this is the fundamentals that they will conduct this football club. The lads are happy to start a season fresh, so we can be competitive in a fair way again.”