Sheffield Wednesday and Portsmouth fought out a 1-1 draw at Hillsborough in a game which had no bearing on the Championship table.

The home side took an early lead through Callum Paterson before Harvey Blair levelled for Pompey, who had secured survival on Easter Monday.

The game was played against a backdrop of discontent among the home supporters, with protests aimed at owner Dejphon Chansiri taking place outside the stadium before kick-off.

As the players walked out, yellow balloons with the printed message ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ were launched from the stands.

After Wednesday’s Yan Valery put a header off target from Barry Bannan’s cross, Paterson opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a shot from eight yards which went in off the underside of the bar after receiving the ball from Stuart Armstrong.

Connor Ogilvie went close to equalising with a near-post header from Josh Murphy’s cross which went just wide.

The visitors did draw level midway through the half when Blair produced a close-range finish following Murphy’s ball into the area for his first senior goal.

Armstrong then put a near-post shot wide in the closing stages of the half.

Both sides made a change for the start of the second half with Wednesday’s Djeidi Gassama replaced by Anthony Musaba while Regan Poole took over from Conor Shaughnessy for the visitors.

Musaba was soon involved, firing in a low shot from distance which was turned wide by goalkeeper Ben Killip.

Musaba had another chance when Bannan slipped the ball through to him on the left-hand side of the area but he put his angled effort wide.

As the lively Musaba threatened to race on to a ball played into the area, Killip had to be alert to cut out the danger.

Wednesday boss Danny Rohl made a double substitution with around 15 minutes remaining, sending on Liam Palmer and Nathaniel Chalobah in place of Valery and Michael Smith.

Chalobah soon fired in a low shot which failed to test Killip while Rob Atkinson went close for the visitors, heading narrowly wide from Murphy’s free-kick.

Long-serving players like Bannan and Palmer, who may have made their farewell appearances at Hillsborough, were applauded by the Wednesday supporters at the end of the match.

Further anti-ownership chants were sung by the home supporters after the final whistle.