Bolger to travel as Rosler reveals a squad of 22

Fleetwood centre-half Cian Bolger will be in the travelling party for tonight's play-off semi-final first leg at Bradford City but Jimmy Ryan will not, having made his first competitive appearance since November for the development squad this week.
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Asked whether Ryan or Bolger, who hobbled off early against Port Vale last Sunday, would be fit enough to feature tonight, Town head coach Uwe Rosler simply passed The Gazette a piece of paper and said: “You want to have the team for tonight? That is my match team. ”

Twenty two names were listed under the heading ‘Squad v Bradford’. Ryan’s name was not included but Bolger’s was. That travelling squad will be cut to 18 tomorrow night.

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Rookie goalkeeper Billy Crellin, Town’s penalty shoot-out hero in Ryan’s comeback game at Blackburn on Tuesday, is also in the 22 with second-choice keeper Chris Neal, who is back after injury to replace Matty Urwin.

Town squad: Cairns, Neal, Crellin, Eastham, Davies, Bolger, Davis, Pond, McLaughlin, Bell, Godswill, Nirennold, Schwabl, Glendon, Woolford, Brannagan, Dempsey, Grant, Burns, Ball, Hunter, Cole.