By Mark Heys
July 30 2005

The confirmed team news for Bolton Wanderers friendly against Hull City in this afternoon's match at the KC Stadium is as follows. First team quintet Ricardo Gardner, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Henrik Pedersen, Bruno N'Gotty and Nicky Hunt all start today's friendly against Peter Taylor's ambitious Hull City team.

It will be the first time that the Wanderers have visited the Kingston Communications Stadium since it opened a couple of years ago, and they will be hoping to win in order to keep up their unbeaten close season record.

Former Liverpool, Everton and England star Nick Barmby is in the starting line up for Hull. Other names of note include the ex-Manchester United trainee Mark Lynch, Roland Edge once of Gillingham and Kevin Ellison, once on the books of Stockport and Leicester.

Bolton Wanderers: Chris Howarth, Nicky Hunt, Ricardo Gardner, Jarostaw Fojut, Bruno N'Gotty, Dale Whitehead, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Joey O'Brien, Ricardo Vaz-Te, James Sinclair, Henrik Pedersen

Subs from: Johann Smith, Sam Ashton, Bedi Buval, Wolfe, Thompson, Robert Sissons, Scott Jamieson, Mark Charlesworth, Bradley Hill, Rhys Powell.

Hull City: Boaz Myhill, Mark Lynch, Danny Coles, Damien Delaney, Andy Dawson, Ryan France, Keith Andrews, Stuart Green, Kevin Ellison, Nick Barmby, Craig Fagan

Subs from: Matt Duke, Ian Ashbee, Stuart Elliott, Ben Burgess, Stephen McPhee, Curtis Woodhouse, Roland Edge, Jason Price, Russell Fry, Scott Wiseman, Leon Cort