Sheffield Wednesday Football Club News

• Nickname:The Owls
• Founded:1867
• Manager:Dave Jones

• Ground:Hillsborough
• Capacity:39,859

Owls transfer-list Jeffers

26 Aug 2009 - 12:36:26

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Sheffield Wednesday have placed Francis Jeffers on the transfer list after the former Everton and Arsenal star was sent off in Tuesday's Carling Cup defeat at Port Vale.

Jeffers head-butted Vale captain Tommy Fraser and, after watching a DVD of the incident, Owls manager Brian Laws admitted that the forward's behaviour had been totally unacceptable.

He has also been fined two weeks' wages.

Laws said: "His conduct last night was totally unacceptable and something that this football club will not tolerate from any player.

"We have therefore enforced the heaviest punishment available to the club with immediate effect and transfer-listed the player.

"The kind of behaviour enacted on Tuesday night is completely unacceptable and does not represent what Sheffield Wednesday stands for and clearly sets a bad example for the game of football.

"I would like to apologise to our fans and especially the fans that attended the game last night, some of whom face major sacrifices to attend games, and deserve to be proud of our players - they have obviously have been let down by this incident."