How many points Sheffield Wednesday have now been docked by the EFL compared to 2021/22 Derby County under Wayne Rooney | OneFootball

We looked at how Sheffield Wednesday's points deductions this season compare to the total Derby County received in the 2021-22 campaign.

Dejphon Chansiri may no longer be the owner of Sheffield Wednesday, but the Owls are still dealing with the consequences of his management.

Chansiri's turbulent decade-long tenure at Hillsborough came to an end in late October when he put the club and the company through which he owned the stadium into administration.

The chaotic final months of Chansiri's reign were filled with off-field issues, financial problems and late wage payments, which led to a host of high-profile departures during the summer transfer window and left Wednesday with a threadbare squad heading into the season.

With that in mind, the Owls' chances of surviving in the Championship were already slim, but the 12-point deduction they received for entering administration all but guaranteed they will be playing League One football next season.

Despite the looming relegation, Chansiri's exit has brought some of the feel-good factor back to Hillsborough, and a number of bids are on the table from credible potential buyers, but while an exciting new era at the club will soon be getting underway, Wednesday are still being punished for the actions of their former owner.

Sheffield Wednesday hit with fresh points deduction as Dejphon Chansiri fallout continues

As the extent of the crisis at Hillsborough was starting to become clear, Wednesday and Chansiri were charged by the EFL in June after failing to pay the wages of players and staff on time on multiple occasions, while the club were also hit with a three-window ban on paying transfer fees, which was later extended to four windows following further breaches.

At the time of Chansiri's exit in October, the Owls had paid the wages of players and staff late in five of the previous seven months, and with the charges against the club still standing despite the Thai businessman no longer being in control, many feared that a potentially hefty points deduction could be on the cards.

That news was confirmed on Monday as the EFL revealed that Wednesday had been hit with a fresh six-point deduction, which took them down to -10 points in the Championship table and left them a staggering 27 points from safety, while Chansiri has been banned from being an owner or director of an EFL club for three years.

With the previous 12-point deduction for entering administration virtually guaranteeing relegation, the latest sanction has not been greeted with too much despair from the Owls fanbase, many of whom had already accepted their fate, and there was some good news in the EFL's announcement.

While there are still some issues to be considered by the independent Club Financial Reporting Unit regarding alleged breaches this season before the club went into administration, the EFL said they are not looking to impose any further points deductions on Wednesday, meaning that they will be able to start from zero in League One next season.

The EFL also stated that the Owls' transfer fee ban, which was set to be in place until the end of the winter 2027 window, is "likely to be resolved as part of the Club’s exit from administration", and according to the BBC, it could be lifted as soon as the end of January, allowing the club's new owners to operate without restrictions in the summer.

Wednesday are now one step closer to moving on from Chansiri, but whoever takes over the club will need to pay him £15.6 million of the £62.5 million he is owed due to EFL regulations that rule that football creditors must be paid 25p in the pound immediately or 35p in the pound over a three-year period.

How Sheffield Wednesday's points deductions compare to Derby County under Wayne Rooney

Unfortunately, Wednesday are not the only EFL club who have fallen into financial difficulty over the years, and while the total of 18 points they have had deducted this season is significant, there is one club who have previously received an even bigger sanction.

Derby County went into administration in September 2021 after months of financial turmoil under then-owner Mel Morris, which resulted in an instant 12-point deduction, and two months later, they were docked a further nine points after admitting breaches of EFL accounting rules, while they were also given a suspended three-point deduction for breaches of the league's profit and sustainability rules.

With a total of 21 points deducted, the Rams were certainly facing an uphill battle to avoid relegation, but Wayne Rooney's side put up a valiant fight in incredibly difficult circumstances, and there were even times during the season where it looked as though they could pull off a miracle and stay in the Championship.

Despite the admirable resilience they showed, Derby's relegation to League One was confirmed with three games remaining, and they eventually finished the season seven points from safety, but had it not been for their points deductions, they would have finished in 17th place on 55 points.

After failed takeover attempts by controversial pair Erik Alonso and Chris Kirchner, the Rams' future was hanging in the balance in the summer of 2022, but they were eventually rescued by local businessman David Clowes, who revealed that the club were just over a week away from extinction before he completed his £55 million takeover.

Clowes has brought stability back to Pride Park over the last three years, and John Eustace's men are currently on the fringes of the play-off places in the Championship, but there could be further changes at boardroom level to come for Derby, with John Textor, Mike Ashley and James Bord, who have all been linked with a takeover of Wednesday, said to be keen to purchase the East Midlands outfit.