Selling Sheffield Wednesday - watch the story of the club's desperate fight for survival
Sheffield Wednesday's supporters had accepted their fate some time ago.
Not just relegation from the Championship, but also starting next season in League One on -15 points.
That deduction seemed set in stone because Arise Capital Partners, who on Saturday completed a takeover of the beleaguered South Yorkshire club, were not going to meet obligations to pay unsecured creditors.
The EFL's insolvency policy required those debts to be settled to 25p in the pound, but the offer from Arise had fallen well below that level.
