Probably the worst summer endured by a Championship club. - Manager refuses to return, eventually leaves along with his coaching staff. - Training ground facilities not ready for the first two weeks of pre-season. - players sent home to train on their own. - No public pre-season friendlies. - 3 separate club embargos. - 3 window embargo, no fee transfer or fee loan signings until Jan 2027. - players not paid on time in 4 of the past 5 months. - 17 players leave over the summer. - All the clubs main goal-scorers leave. Windass and Smith walk out of contracts after handing notices in. - Players like Gassama and Musaba leave for cut price deals to repay debt / some wages. - clubs top young academy prospects leave for premier league clubs. - players taking strike action over unpaid wages. - no new signings. - just 11 players left in the squad over the age of 21. - North stand at Hillsborough closed due to safety concerns, despite selling 7/8,000 season tickets in it. No communication as to what’s happening to those fans. - no communication from the owner. - takeover falls through. - expected to be relegated First game away from home, live on Sky, 4:30 kick off on a Sunday. Against Leicester City. - 3,300+ fans still turning up. 👏🏻 #SWFC