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Daniel Murphy

Man City duo seal Wembley date as Bolton Wanderers reach Papa John's Trophy final

Manchester City duo Jamie Trafford and Luke Mbete have booked a date at Wembley after Bolton Wanderers clinched a spot in the Papa John's Trophy final.

Bolton will be returning to Wembley for the first time in 12 years on April 2 - as they look to avenge the infamous 5-0 loss to Stoke City - after defeating Accrington Stanley 2-0 in a hotly contested semi-final on Wednesday. Stanley went down to 10 men after just 22 minutes when Sean McConville was dismissed for catching Conor Bradley on his knee with his studs.

City's highly-rated centre-back Mbete started the game as did goalkeeping prodigy Trafford and he had an eventful afternoon. He charged out of his box in a similar fashion to Ederson to challenge for a ball and collided with midfielder Liam Coyle, who had to leave the game on a stretcher.

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