Administration evokes uncertainty but Sheffield Wednesday supporters are hopeful it spells brighter days ahead – starting on Saturday now Dejphon Chansiri’s name is literally being removed at Hillsborough.

The owner’s surname is spelled out in the North Stand’s white seats, but they were being replaced on Friday just minutes after Wednesday entered administration and were hit with a 12-point deduction by the EFL.

It prompted more than 14,000 to watch a live stream of this alteration on X, and with James Mappin a season-ticket holder who sits in the white “R” of that stand, he eagerly awaits the sight of a blue seat when Wednesday take on Oxford United in the Championship on Saturday.

“That in itself is quite symbolic,” Mappin tells The i Paper . “It’s felt like an absolute lifetime

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