ADAM Boyd was passed fit to start for Hartlepool United as they took on Sheffield Wedensday at Victoria Park.

After being dogged by knee problems all season, the striker took his place in the side – which remained unchanged for the fifth successive game.

Fabian Yantorno starts on the bench after recovering from a back spasm.

Former Pools favourite Tommy Miller is among the Wednesday subs.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Haslam, Collins, Liddle, Horwood; Gamble, Sweeney, Murray; Brown, Boyd, Monkhouse; Subs: Rafferty (gk), McSweeney, Behan, Yantorno, Fredriksen, Larkin, Hartley.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: Weaver; Spurr, Buxton, Purse, Tudgay, Coke, Potter, Beevers, Teale, Sedgwick, Mellor. Subs: Miller, Heffernan, Jones, O'Connor, Jameson, Morrison, Ostembor.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Preston)