{"id":1310080,"date":"2023-05-21T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T13:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1310080"},"modified":"2023-05-21T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T14:36:00","slug":"lee-gregory-sheffield-wednesday-mask-found","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/lee-gregory-sheffield-wednesday-mask-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Gregory&#8217;s mask found after social media plea from Sheffield Wednesday following greatest playoff comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A public appeal for the return of Sheffield Wednesday striker Lee Gregory&#8217;s eye mask has been answered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old had it misplaced following their historic League One Play-Off semi-final comeback over Peterborough.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as it became clear of its disappearance the Owls would issue a plea on social media for its return. They needn&#8217;t wait long for the protective wear to show up as one fan informed the promotion-chasers that his father picked it up and he&#8217;d be glad to return it to Gregory before Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes , my dad picked it up after the game! Dm me ill get it to him before monday! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/swfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#swfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmpLNd2jWp\">https:\/\/t.co\/DmpLNd2jWp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5xN5kaSTE\">pic.twitter.com\/u5xN5kaSTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louie Hodkin (@LCHodkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCHodkin\/status\/1660249310267600901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gregory has to wear the mask after sustaining a broken cheekbone during training earlier in the season. Because it&#8217;s custom built and with the League One play-off final scheduled for May 27th it couldn&#8217;t be replaced in time for the Wembley showpiece.<\/p>\n<p>The Owls narrowly missed automatic promotion from English football&#8217;s third tier and finished 19 points above Peterborough in the regular season. Gregory came off the bench to play the final 30 minutes in their semi-final first-leg but was helpless as they suffered a 4-0 loss.<\/p>\n<p>He would start the return game, scoring at both ends in a 5-1 success that led to Darren Moore&#8217;s side winning 5-3 on penalties, and in doing so the Owls pulled off the greatest comeback in Football League playoff history.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield Wednesday now faces Yorkshire rivals Barnsley for a place in next season&#8217;s Championship.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A public appeal for the return of Sheffield Wednesday striker Lee Gregory&#8217;s eye mask has been answered. The 34-year-old had it misplaced following their historic League One Play-Off semi-final comeback over Peterborough. As soon as it became clear of its disappearance the Owls would issue a plea on social media for its return. They needn&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":1310087,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1310080","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lee Gregory&#039;s mask found after social media plea from Sheffield Wednesday following greatest playoff comeback | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/lee-gregory-sheffield-wednesday-mask-found\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lee Gregory&#039;s mask found after social media plea from Sheffield Wednesday following greatest playoff comeback\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A public appeal for the return of Sheffield Wednesday striker Lee Gregory&#8217;s eye mask has been answered. 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