The Owls players returned to Middlewood Road on Monday morning to kick off pre-season training for the 2008/09 campaign.

Boss Brian Laws welcomed back a healthy looking squad, boosted, of course, by new arrival James O'Connor.

The Wednesday World cameras secured an exclusive interview with the S6 new boy before training - the full video will be posted onto swfc.co.uk at lunchtime today, so watch out for that.

Later on Monday, we'll bring you more exclusive comments from the training ground following the players' first day back ahead of the new term.