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Wednesday James Beadle, Yan Valery, Max Lowe, Jamal Lowe and Svante Ingelsson.
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🦉 Here's how we line-up for our @SkyBetChamp opener!
XI: Beadle, Valery, Iorfa, Bernard, M. Lowe, Ingelsson, Bannan (c), Gassama, Musaba, Windass, J. Lowe
SUBS: Charles, Palmer, Valentin, Diaby, Ihiekwe, Johnson, Kobacki, Smith, McNeill@SpreadexSport | #SHWPLY pic.twitter.com/PLlxqWfo2x
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🗞️ Opening day team news!#pafc pic.twitter.com/K7vpx1tDPH
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Kick off 4pm
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7 min “Rooney’s appointment in the summer was announced the same week as Kompany’s hiring by Bayern Munich, and both appointments were widely discussed as cases of ‘failing upward’,” says Phil Podolsky. “Which I suppose tells us that everything is relative. Personally speaking, I’d rather take a nice job in the West Country than having to answer to the kind of types who sit in the executive seats at the Allianz Arena. Whenever Bayern lose, the camera always zooms in on the facial reactions of former players who you’d rather admire from afar than have as your boss.”
5 min The corner is cleared, but Wednesday come again. They’ve made a superb start.
4 min Max Lowe cuts a sharp cross back towards Windass, whose blocked shot leads to Wednesday’s first corner.
2 min Wednesday have started well. Gassama appeals unsuccessfully for a penalty after going down near the byline. Gibson was up his backside but there’s no immediate evidence of a foul.
1 min Peep peep! Plymouth kick off from left to right as we watch.
A reminder of the teams, who are about to take the field on a lovely summer’s afternoon in Sheffield.
Sheffield Wednesday (possible 4-2-3-1) Beadle; Valery, Iorfa, Bernard, M Lowe; Ingelsson, Bannan; Gassama, Windass, Musaba; J Lowe.
Substitutes: Charles, Palmer, Valentin, Diaby, Ihiekwe, Johnson, Kobacki, Smith, McNeill.
Plymouth (possible 4-2-3-1) Hazard; Palsson, Gibson, Galloway, Ogbeta; Forshaw, Gyabi; Whittaker, Bundu, Cissoko; Tijani.
Substitutes: Cooper, Mumba, Pleguezelo, Szucs, Edwards, Hardie, Wright, Randell, Issaka.
Referee Lewis Smith.
Read Matt Hughes’ preview
Team news
Both teams include five summer signings in the starting XI: four new, one returning for a second loan spell (Beadle and Gyabi).
Wednesday James Beadle, Yan Valery, Max Lowe, Jamal Lowe and Svante Ingelsson.
Plymouth Nathanael Ogbeta, Victor Palsson, Darko Gyabi, Muhamed Tijani, Ibrahim Cissoko.
🦉 Here's how we line-up for our @SkyBetChamp opener!
XI: Beadle, Valery, Iorfa, Bernard, M. Lowe, Ingelsson, Bannan (c), Gassama, Musaba, Windass, J. Lowe
SUBS: Charles, Palmer, Valentin, Diaby, Ihiekwe, Johnson, Kobacki, Smith, McNeill@SpreadexSport | #SHWPLY pic.twitter.com/PLlxqWfo2x
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) August 11, 2024
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🦉 Here’s how we line-up for our @SkyBetChamp opener!
XI: Beadle, Valery, Iorfa, Bernard, M. Lowe, Ingelsson, Bannan (c), Gassama, Musaba, Windass, J. Lowe
SUBS: Charles, Palmer, Valentin, Diaby, Ihiekwe, Johnson, Kobacki, Smith, McNeill@SpreadexSport | #SHWPLY pic.twitter.com/PLlxqWfo2x
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) August 11, 2024
🗞️ Opening day team news!#pafc pic.twitter.com/K7vpx1tDPH
— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) August 11, 2024
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Preamble
The big man is back in town. Wayne Rooney’s first competitive game as Plymouth manager is a trip to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday. These teams finished 20th and 21st last season, though that only tells part of the story.
Sheffield Wednesday had a brilliant second half of the season under Danny Rohl; Plymouth got most of their points before Stephen Schumacher left for Stoke in December. His replacement Ian Foster struggled and was sacked in April, which is why Rooney has a new job.
Kick off 4pm