- Wednesday captain rules out strike for opener- Wednesday fans to protest in opening Championship game- Röhl leaves Sheffield Wednesday 12 days before seasonWhy is Sheffield Wednesday's plight such a big story? With Wednesday formed in 1867, only four league clubs -- Notts County, Stoke City, Wrexham and Nottingham Forest -- have been around for longer. The situation is perhaps more comparable with another former Premier League club, Bolton Wanderers. After the July wages failed to arrive last Thursday, Wednesday's players refused to play a behind-closed-doors friendly with Premier League club Burnley at the weekend. Whatever happens, reaching the Premier League again seems light-years away.