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SECOND-HALF ‘BELIEF’ PAYS OFF AS BALDWIN DISPATCHES OWLS

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 August 2026

By Nick Johnson

SHEFFIELD W 0 BRADFORD C 1
Baldwin 47
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: Lumley 7, Valery 6, Otegbayo 6 (Santos BRADFORD: McCracken 7, Pennington 7, Baldwin 9, Gillesphey 81, 6) Cooper 7 (Swinkels 68, 6), M Lowe 7, Bannan 7, Mitchell 7, Neufville 7, Sarcevic 7, Connolly 7 (Cartwright 90+3), Touray 6 (Burstow 68, 6), Gray 6, Slattery 7, Barry 6 (Morrison 68, 6), J 7, Jackson 6 (Phillips 63, 6), Pointon 7 (Swan 63, 6), Beesley 7 Lowe 6. Subs not used: Trueman, Palmer, Thornton.
(Powell 78, 6). Subs not used: Dawson, Welch, Lapslie. Att: 33,138 Rating: ★★★&...

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