Wembley fever across South Yorkshire

Wembley fever's hit South Yorkshire - ahead of a huge weekend of football for the county.

Published 26th May 2016

Wembley fever's hit South Yorkshire - ahead of a huge weekend of football for the county.

Both Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday could secure promotion with their respective play-off finals in the capital.

The Owls have completely sold out their allocation of seats at Wembley - with 38,889 fans set to make the trip to London tomorrow.

The team face a challenge though against Hull, who they drew with twice this season.

The city's been getting excited for the match - Chris Beech owns a butchers near Hillsborough and has made a special sausage for the Owls

He's told Hallam the city's so excited:

"I think half of Sheffield's tried to go to Wembley - I know it's a sell-out. There's a big buzz about the play-off final - it's not happened for 20-odd years so it'd be nice for Sheffield Wednesday to in the premiership. It's going to be a good weekend - good for Sheffield, and hopefully even better if they manage it and get in the Premiership. It's a big club Sheffield Wednesday; it needs to be in the Premiership really."

The club's set to benefit from £170 million if they get promoted to the top tier of English football.

Chris says it'll benefit the area too:

"I've read reports about how much money it's going to bring into the city and it'll help Sheffield Wednesday as well. It's just really good for the city and businesses as well."

Barnsley are also hoping to make history this weekend - as they compete in the League 1 Play-Off Final on Sunday.

It's the second final at Wembley in as many months for the Reds - who won the Johnson's Paint Trophy there last month.

This time, the prize is even bigger - a place in the Championship.

Barnsley will have to beat Millwall first though - but there's confidence among fans as the team won in their previous two meetings in League 1.

It's thought over 30,000 fans will make the trip down to Wembley on Sunday.