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Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bolton Wanderers: Player Ratings - Gaizka Larrazabal and Thierry Gale impress as Xavier Simons has a game to forget

09.08.26, 09:00 Updated 09.08.26, 22:07 4 Minute Read

Matt Bottomley

Matt Bottomley

Bolton Wanderers fell at the first hurdle in the Carabao Cup, losing 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday. Unlike most years, the cup tie serves as the season opener this time around, with the Whites starting a number of new signings as they gear up for their Championship return.

From the good, the bad and the ugly, here's our player ratings for Wanderers opener.

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Matt Bottomley

Matt Bottomley A lifelong Bolton Wanderers fan, this club is the reason I began my journalism career. Since sitting in the stands as a kid over 20 years ago, I have gone on to work for the likes of the BBC and The Telegraph before everything led me back to here, to the football club I love.

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