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Sheffield Wednesday fans fly plane banner during Leicester City game as part of mass protest

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Sheffield Wednesday fans continued their mass protest against controversial owner Dejphon Chansiri during their game against Leicester City.

Wednesday fans have planned the protest for some time as they continue to urge Chansiri to sell the club.

They were thankfully able to register Barry Bannan to play the Foxes but it’s a small cloud in an endless list of problems.

Chansiri’s reputation hasn’t improved either, with Chris Powell listing several ‘bizarre’ decisions he made while he worked with the Owls.

As the game kicked off, supporters’ feelings were made very clear.

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Sheffield Wednesday away end protest against Dejphon Chansiri

As well as leaving the away end deserted in the opening stages of the game, a plane banner was also spotted flying above the King Power Stadium.

On the banner read a message that said: “Dejphon Chansiri out”, as the few who were in the away end displayed plenty of banners also against the ownership.

Leicester City fans show support for Sheffield Wednesday in classy act

Plenty of fans across the Football League have also pledged to help back the Owls in their ongoing protests throughout the season and Leicester supporters also made sure to join in.

Every Leicester fan stood up to applaud the 3,300 supporters who travelled from Yorkshire in a great show of solidarity between the two supporters.

Wednesday fans immediately began showing their appreciation before showing their support for Henrik Pedersen and co.