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"Tough, tough night": Friday nights loss to Middlesbrough won't be the last for Steven Schumacher's team, but sometimes you just have to hold your hands up in the Championship

Bolton Wanderers were well beaten by Middlesbrough on Friday night. The Premier League promotion chasing side displayed a shear gulf in quality that the Whites simply could not handle. Steven Schumacher knew the outcome was a possibility, admitting that sometimes, even perfection wouldn't have been enough.

26.10.26, 07:00 Updated 28.10.26, 08:54 4 Minute Read

On Friday night, Bolton Wanderers found themselves on the wrong end of promotion chasing Middlesbrough, being well beaten by their opponents at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.

To put thing's simply, there was gulf in quality between the two teams. Boro were able to flex their muscles, with Will Lankshear, Tommy Conway and Amario Cozier-Duberry putting on a show, displaying just why Kim Hellberg's side feel destined for the Premier League.

Steven Schumacher's side tried to play the game their way and take the game to Middlesbrough. The blueprint has allowed Bolton to be in almost every game this season, even if the result hadn't gone their way in the end.

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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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