England v AndorraUEFA European Championship Qualifier
5pm, Saturday 2 September 2006
Old Trafford, Manchester United FC
Live on
The BBC &
BBC Radio 5Steve McClaren has named his 24 man
3 lions England squad to face
Andorra and
Macedonia in the Euro Championship qualifiers.
England DefenseGary Neville (right back) is out injured. Either Charlton defender Luke Young or Man Utd's Wes Brown are likely to deputise. Rio Ferdinand, John Terry and Ashley Cole are all fit. Goalkeeper Robinson will play also.
England MidfieldJoe Cole (left wing) is the main casualty in midfield, Downing provides the cover. Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard will all play. Gerrard will most likely be at right wing again. Lampard and Hargreaves will play in the centre of the midfield four.
England AttackAndy Johnson has earned a recall. I doubt McClaren will copy Sven by playing Johnson at right wing. If Johnson plays, it will be up front, not out wide. Rooney is still suspended. That means Peter Crouch and Jermaine Defoe will probably start for England up front.
England Squad
Goalkeepers
♠ Paul Robinson - Tottenham Hotspur
Chris Kirkland - Wigan Athletic (loanee)
Ben Foster - Watford (loanee)
Defenders
♠ Wes Brown - Manchester United
♠ Rio Ferdinand - Manchester United
♠ John Terry - Chelsea
♠ Ashley Cole - Arsenal
Luke Young - Charlton Athletic
Michael Dawson - Tottenham Hotspur
Wayne Bridge - Chelsea
Phil Neville - Everton
Midfielders
♠ Steven Gerrard - Liverpool
♠ Owen Hargreaves - Bayern Munich
♠ Frank Lampard - Chelsea
♠ Stewart Downing - Middlesbrough
Michael Carrick - Manchester United
Aaron Lennon - Tottenham Hotspur
Shaun Wright-Phillips - Chelsea
Jermaine Jenas - Tottenham Hotspur
Kieran Richardson - Manchester United
Strikers
♠ Jermaine Defoe - Tottenham Hotspur
♠ Peter Crouch - Liverpool
Darren Bent - Charlton Athletic
Andrew Johnson - Everton
Come on England!
Posted at 8:34 AM, Saturday, August 26, 2006
1 Comments
I don't like these games against teams like Andorra....
Crouch will play and score 4 and people will start talking about bobby charltons scoring record as he is only young....
Johnson deserves a chance, we are going to beat andorra so it is a great chance for a player like johnson to play 90 minutes and really see what he can do playing with the likes of gerrard and lampard. If crouch can score anyone can...