Bolton stun West Brom as Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough held on opening day
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ByEurosport
Updated 04/08/2018 at 16:52 GMT
Pre-season promotion favourites Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough both made faltering starts to their English Championship (second tier) campaigns on Saturday, needing to come from behind to salvage draws.
Bolton stun West Brom as Forest and Middlesbrough held on opening day.
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Forest, who have spent heavily in the off-season, drew 1-1 at Bristol City with Daryl Murphy equalising just after halftime.
West Bromwich Albion, back in the second tier after being relegated from the Premier League last season, made a poor start as they went down 2-1 at home to Bolton Wanderers.
Middlesbrough, beaten in the playoffs last season, looked set for defeat at Millwall but scored twice late on to draw 2-2.
Martin Braithwaite halved the deficit in the 87th minute and George Friend struck an equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time to spark wild celebrations from the away fans.
Brentford were the day's big winners, thumping promoted Rotherham 5-1.
Former England coach Steve McClaren's Queen's Park Rangers lost 1-0 at Preston North End.
Wigan Athletic celebrated their return to the second tier with a 3-2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.
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