Sheffield Wednesday boss Steve Bruce made his Hillsborough bow on Saturday.
Sheffield Wednesday boss Steve Bruce took charge of the Owls at Hillsborough for the first time on Saturday afternoon, playing out a 0-0 draw with Reading.
Bruce was confirmed as Wednesday boss in early January, but with a one-month delay to him taking the reins as he took some more time out of football.
Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence have been taking charge, but Bruce started work with a win at Ipswich Town last weekend.
On Saturday, Bruce was in the home dugout at Hillsborough for the first time, as his side took on relegation-threatened Reading.
Sadly, the home fans didn’t see any goals as the two sides played out a stalemate, but Bruce was given a superb welcome by Owls fans.
After the game, Bruce took something of a dig at former club Aston Villa, suggesting that the fan reception was much better than it was at his last club, as quoted by the Birmingham Mail.
Bruce bizarrely had a cabbage thrown at him by a Villa fan back in October, just hours before he was sacked, so he was greatly appreciative of fans supporting him once again.
“It was a bit bloody better than the last club I was at!” said Bruce. “We were conceding goals for fun, so that’s a positive and the big positive for the day was the reception I got from the supporters. It was quite remarkable and for each and every one of them to come out and support the team on a day like today just shows that great support that we’ve got,” he added.
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