Many Sheffield Wednesday fans have flocked to Twitter to share the view that Owls owner Dejphon Chansiri’s investment in the Hillsborough pitch is the best thing that he has done for the club.
Wednesday-focused Twitter account @VitalWednesday recently posted a tweet that asked Owls supporters to name “the best thing Chansiri has done for the club”. This tweet has prompted many Wednesday fans to respond with their view that his investment in the playing surface is the most positive contribution that the owner has made during his time at the club.
Read the posts from some Owls supporters in the tweets below.
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In his time at the home of #swfc what is the BEST thing Chansiri has done for the club?
— Vital Wednesday (@VitalWednesday) March 31, 2020
The pitch
— Brett Oldfield (@brett_oldfield) March 31, 2020
New Pitch
— Robert Bonser (@RobertEBonser) March 31, 2020
Pitch
— Ben H ??? (@Benj1030) March 31, 2020
Pitch
— Kat (@kmowl44) March 31, 2020
Pitch
— Prawn Sandwich Owl (@PRAWNSANDOWl) March 31, 2020
The Pitch
— Kevin (@keviniparfitt) March 31, 2020
Pitch or Scoreboard
— Lee van Gelder (@DutchMcLovin) March 31, 2020
What do we think?
Chansiri’s Thai Union Frozen Group completed its takeover of Sheffield Wednesday in January 2015.
Speaking with The Independent in March 2015, Stuart Gray, the club’s manager at the time, claimed that Chansiri “is willing to invest in a new pitch” for the club. With the club’s manager having publicly revealed Chansiri’s intention to invest in a new pitch for the club just over a month after his takeover was confirmed, it appears as though improving the team’s pitch may have been one of the owner’s immediate objectives at Wednesday.
Wednesday’s official website subsequently confirmed that “the foundations” of what they described as a “brand new state-of-the-art” pitch were being laid in June 2015. It appears as though some Owls supporters may have appreciated Chansiri for beginning the process of improving the club’s pitch within his first six months as owner of the club, with some supporters recently claiming that this is still the best thing he has done for the club during his tenure.