A tweet featuring footage of all 31 of Gary Hooper’s Sheffield Wednesday goals recently caught the attention of many Owls fans on Twitter.
A lot of the Wednesday fans who have been responding to this tweet have taken the opportunity to reminisce over the 32-year-old attacker’s time at Hillsborough, with many sharing some positive memories of the forward, whose 31 Wednesday goals came in a total of 89 appearances for the Owls.
Read the positive posts from some of the Wednesday fans who have been discussing Hooper on social media lately in the tweets below.
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May I present Gary Hoopers 31 #swfc goals for your viewing pleasure ? pic.twitter.com/oPXQdgsCIh
— ?O?? ?I????O?O?G?? (@L0RD_H) April 28, 2020
He was actually so good! Wow forgot how good he was comparing to what we have now!
— Ben ? (@_benshep) April 29, 2020
Quality player.
— Josh (@woolleyswfc) April 29, 2020
Injuries… If he had been injury free he would play in the Premier League and not for us, but he was probably the best striker we have had since hirst /bright /dicanio times. Great player
— Sergej Odström (@SergejOdstrom) April 29, 2020
Do you miss seeing Gary Hooper at Hillsborough?YES, I MISS HOOPER
NO, I DON'T MISS HIM
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He definitely know where the goal was shame he got injured alot, good player tho ??
— Darrol (@Darrol33615503) April 29, 2020
Absolute quality. If only we’d had him earlier ?
— Steve ? (@SteveSavOwl) April 28, 2020
Missing quality like this
— owl (@owlwawaw) April 28, 2020
Absolutely class.. so unlucky with injury problems.. his link up play and finishing was unreal. Gutted when we released him
— Sando (@psanderson5880) April 28, 2020
@Garyhoops Oh how we miss him
— JEFF 1867 (@brynandben) April 28, 2020
The best striker we’ve had since Hirst.. We miss him massively
— Mark Hunnaball (@Mhball74) April 28, 2020
What do we think?
Only one Wednesday player has scored more than five goals thus far in the 2019/20 Championship season. Hooper scored more goals than that in three of his four Championship campaigns at Hillsborough, only scoring fewer goals than that in his final season as a Wednesday player, the 2018/19 campaign. However, the attacker made only six league appearances that term, as he “seemed to struggle constantly with injuries” towards the end of his time with the club, as per Yorkshire Live.
With all of that in mind, it may be understandable why some Wednesday fans remember Hooper’s time at the club fondly. Furthermore, it might also be understandable why some Owls fans have declared that their club misses the forward and his goalscoring ability in response to this tweet.