Aden Flint, a key member of Sheffield Wednesday’s Miracle of Hillsborough, will be a free agent again this summer.

The 35-year-old made history at S6 when he nodded the ball back across goal in front of the Leppings Lane end for Liam Palmer to prod home against Peterborough United, earning one of the club’s most famous assists in modern history.

Aden Flint, a key member of Sheffield Wednesday’s Miracle of Hillsborough, will be a free agent again this summer.

The 35-year-old made history at S6 when he nodded the ball back across goal in front of the Leppings Lane end for Liam Palmer to prod home against Peterborough United, earning one of the club’s most famous assists in modern history.

Flint, who had two loan spells with the Owls, became a free agent after assisting Darren Moore’s side to promotion in 2023. He went on to join Mansfield Town on a two-year contract and earned a second consecutive promotion as they climbed out of League Two and into League One. He played all 54 games in all competitions.

Aden Flint will become a free agent.

Flint, a former Cardiff City player, will leave the Stags at the end of the 2024/25 season as his contract expires in June. He’ll leave Mansfield having made nearly 100 appearances and scored three goals.

Meanwhile, another popular former Owl, Lee Gregory, is in contract talks with the club to extend his stay at the One Call Stadium, having scored 10 goals in his first season back in Nottinghamshire. Since leaving Hillsborough, he has averaged one goal every other game in League One, and he will be eager to add to his career tally in yellow and blue next season.

Nigel Clough also released Hiram Boateng, Alfie Kilgour, Calum Macdonald, Tom Nichols, Christy Pym, Ben Quinn, Stephen Quinn, and George Williams.

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