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Not good enough – Schumacher

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The LeaguePaper Team
11 October 2026

ByTrevorBaxter

BOLTON W 1
Bair 90+2

STOKE CITY 2
Cisse 45+4, Wilmot 62

BIG BEN: Stoke defender Ben Wilmot celebrates doubling their lead
PICTURES: ALAMY

FRUSTRATED Bolton boss Steven Schumacher watched his former club Stoke City take their latest three points and admitted: “It wasn’t good enough.”
The Potters played a man down for 70 minutes after Ukrainian defender Maksym Talovierov was sent off for fouling Kyliane Dong.
But Stoke responded with first goals of the season from Lamine Cisse and Ben Wilmot to win in Bolton for the first time in 36 years.
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