Parkin double leaves centurian Sturrock in trouble

Paul Sturrock this week put pen to paper on a new five year contract - the live televised trip north to struggling Hull City was the Scot's 100th game in charge for the Owls. But the good news ends here. The bad news is all too familiar reading. Wednesday continued their struggle despite this being their first away defeat of the campaign.

Lady luck was shining Wednesday's way early on when referee Salisbury incorrectly awarded the visitors a fourth minute penalty. Deon Burton tucked away his first of the season from the spot-kick, perhaps still blushing from the fact that it was he who handled from a Burton O'Brien corner, not Hull debutant defender Danny Mills.

The Tigers then went on to punish a woeful looking Wednesday side that needed a serious talking to at half-time by Sturrock. Striker Jon Parkin fired City level in the 11th minute after beating Madjid Bougherra to the ball from a Craig Fagan delivery. Six minutes later Parkin had his second of the match, his fifth of the season, as the Owls backline went completely a.w.o.l.

The second half didn't get much better for Wednesday and they were probably lucky not to have lost by one than just one. The win lifted the home side off the bottom and now level on points with the Owls, who have just one win from eight in the league this season.

Sturrock verdict: -