Sheffield Wednesday’s changing league status in recent years has meant there’s been a high turnover of players at the club.
Many of these players proved to be bad investments for the team, and they were never able to achieve success while they were with the Owls.
Nevertheless, Sheffield Wednesday did manage to make some impressive business despite operating on a tight budget, and signing goalkeeper Keiren Westwood in 2014 has got to be one of their best recent decisions.
Although his acquisition at the time may have gone unnoticed, the goalkeeper ended up being a fantastic addition to the Yorkshire team.
Given that Westwood’s tenure with the Black Cats wasn’t particularly successful, Sheffield Wednesday took a small chance when they elected to sign him on a free transfer after he left Sunderland.
But if you look past his time at the Stadium of Light, Westwood was a very good player at Carlisle United and Coventry City.
The goalie had an outstanding clean sheet record in addition to playing in over 100 games for each club.
However, considering Westwood’s tenure at Sunderland, some might have been wary of his Hillsborough transfer. But Wednesday made the choice so that she would remember this day with relief and joy.
Westwood made an immediate impression as Wednesday’s best goalkeeper, appearing in 44 games during the 2024–15 Championship campaign.
Actually, he had perhaps his best Sheffield Wednesday season during that time. According to Transfermarkt, he only missed two league games and recorded an amazing 17 clean sheets.
The seasons that followed weren’t all that bad either. He played 34 games the next season, recording 14 clean sheets, and 43 games in the 2016–17 campaign, recording 15 clean sheets.
Westwood’s Hillsborough transfer, though, may have alarmed some given his time at Sunderland. However, Wednesday made the decision so that she could look back on this day with happiness and relief.
As Wednesday’s best goalkeeper from the start, Westwood played in 44 games during the 2024–15 Championship season.
In fact, that was probably the best Sheffield Wednesday season he ever had. He only missed two league games and amassed an incredible 17 clean sheets, according to Transfermarkt.
Nor were the seasons that followed all that bad. In the following season, he participated in 34 games and kept 14 clean sheets.In the 2016–17 campaign, he played in 43 games and kept 15 clean sheets.
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