{"id":35350,"date":"2026-04-25T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35350"},"modified":"2026-04-25T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:40:11","slug":"wednesday-fans-stop-in-abingdon-on-way-to-oxford-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=35350","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Fans Stop in Abingdon on Way to Oxford Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026042501.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA party bus carrying supporters of Sheffield Wednesday made a stop in Abingdon today on their way to the match against Oxford United.<\/p>\n<p>These Wednesday fans have stopped here on the last three meetings between the sides, and Abingdon is becoming a familiar break in the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s visit came on a sobering day. Both clubs face relegation this season \u2014 though for Oxford, confirmation came only shortly before kick-off. For Wednesday, the campaign began with an 18-point deduction, leaving them among a few sides in English football history to finish on zero or a negative points total.<\/p>\n<p>Yet you wouldn\u2019t have guessed that from the group in town. The Wednesday supporters were colourful, polite, and in full voice, chanting as they gathered. They travel long distances, take up their club\u2019s ticket allocations, and keep singing throughout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A party bus carrying supporters of Sheffield Wednesday made a stop in Abingdon today on their way to the match against Oxford United. These Wednesday fans have stopped here on the last three meetings between the sides, and Abingdon is becoming a familiar break in the journey. Today\u2019s visit came on a sobering day. Both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}