The Red Dragons Squad for the match against England  March 2011
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Allen, Joseph Michael	14 March 1990	21	M	Swansea City FC	2	0
Bale, Gareth Frank	16 July 1989	21	LM	Tottenham Hotspur FC, England	27	3
	Gareth Bale withdrew from the squad on 24 March due to a hamstring injury
Bellamy, Craig Douglas	13 July 1979	31	F	Cardiff City FC, on loan from Manchester City FC, England	59	18
Blake, Darcy James	13 December 1988	22	DM	Cardiff City FC	1	0
	Darcy Blake was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Brown, Jason Roy	18 May 1982 born in Southwark	28	G	Cardiff City FC, on loan from Blackburn Rovers FC, England	2	0
	Jason Brown was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Church, Simon Richard	12 December 1988 born in Amersham	22	F	Reading FC, England	11	1
Collins, Daniel Lewis	6 August 1980 born in Chester	30	CB	Stoke City FC, England	9	0
				Also has 6 apps with the England C team
Collins, James Michael	23 August 1983	27	CB	Aston Villa FC, England	37	2
Cotterill, David Rhys George Best	4 December 1987	23	RW	Portsmouth FC, England, on loan from Swansea City FC	17	1
	David Cotterill was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Crofts, Andrew Lawrence	29 May 1984 born in Chatham	26	M	Norwich City FC, England	15	0
Dorman, Andrew	1 May 1982 born in Chester	28	AM	Crystal Palace FC, England	1	0
	Andrew Dorman was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Eardley, Neal James	6 November 1988	22	RB	Blackpool FC, England	14	0
Earnshaw, Robert	6 April 1981 born in Zambia	29	F	Nottingham Forest FC, England	50	14
	Rob Earnshaw withdrew from the squad on 20th March following a hamstring tear.
Easter, Jermaine Maurice	15 January 1982	23	F	Crystal Palace FC, England	9	0
	Jermaine Easter was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Eastwood, Freddie	29 October 1983 born in Epsom	27	F	Coventry City FC, England	10	4
Evans, Ched	28 December 1988	22	F	Sheffield United FC, England	12	2
Gabbidon, Daniel Leon	8 August 1979	31	CB	West Ham United FC, England	43	0
Gunter, Christopher Ross	21 July 1989	21	FB	Nottingham Forest FC, England	25	0
Hennessey, Wayne Robert	24 January 1987	24	G	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England	29	0
King, Andrew Philip	29 October 1988 born in Barnstaple	22	M	Leicester City FC, England	6	1
Ledley, Joseph Christopher	23 January 1987	24	LM	The Celtic FC, Scotland	35	3
Morison, Steven William	29 August 1983 born in Enfield	27	F	Millwall FC, England	4	0
				Also has 8 apps with the England C team, 3 goals
Myhill, Glyn Oliver	9 November 1982 born in California, United States	28	G	West Bromwich Albion FC, England	9	0
Nyatanga, Lewin John	18 August 1988 born in Burton-upon-Trent	22	CD	Bristol City FC, England	33	0
Price, Lewis Peter	19 July 1984	26	G	Crystal Palace FC, England	7	0
Ramsey, Aaron James	26 December 1990	20	CM	Arsenal FC, England	11	2
Ribeiro, Christian Michael	14 December 1989	21	D	Bristol City FC, England	2	0
	Christian Ribeiro was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Robson-Kanu, Thomas Henry Alex	21 May 1989 born in Acton	21	F	Reading FC, England	2	0
				Also has two England U19 appearances & one England U20 appearance
Stock, Brian Benjamin	24 December 1981 born in Winchester	29	M	Doncaster Rovers FC, England	3	0
	Brian Stock was placed on the stand-by list on the day of the squad announcement
Taylor, Neil John	7 February 1989	22	D	Swansea City FC	1	0
Vaughan, David Owen	18 February 1983	28	M	Blackpool FC, England	21	1
Vokes, Samuel Michael	21 October 1989 born in Southampton	21	F	Sheffield United FC, England, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England	16	2
	Sam Vokes was initially placed on the stand-by list, but called into the main list on 20 March following Earnshaw's withdrawal.
Williams, Ashley Errol	23 August 1984 born in Wolverhampton	26	CD	Swansea City FC	24	1

Squad details correct up to and including Wales' match against Republic of Ireland on 8 February 2011.
Tallies taken from FAW

Diary

Friday, 18 March 2011 - Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale are in Wales boss Gary Speed's squad to face England.  Midfielder Ramsey has not featured for Wales since suffering a double leg break playing for Arsenal in February 2010.  Bale missed last month's 3-0 Nations Cup defeat to the Republic of Ireland with a back injury but is fit again.  James Collins (calf) and Robert Earnshaw (hamstring) are included.  There are also call-ups for Swansea City trio Ashley Williams, Joe Allen and Neil Taylor - the latter two are new inclusions from the original squad that was due to face Ireland.  Goalkeepers Wayne Hennessey, Boaz Myhill and Lewis Price will battle it out for the number one jersey with Wolves stopper Hennessey preferred in the last outing.  Stoke's Danny Collins and Blackpool's Neal Eardley along with West Ham's Danny Gabbidon, Chris Gunter of Nottingham Forest and Bristol City's Lewin Nyatanga join Williams and Taylor as Speed's defensive options.  James Collins is a doubt though with a calf injury and will miss Aston Villa's home match with Wolves on Saturday but could be fit in time to face England.  The 27-year-old, who is a contender for the Wales captaincy, was disciplined by Villa on Thursday following an incident during a team bonding exercise.  Bolton defender Sam Ricketts is out for the rest of the season after an Achilles operation.

Also available for selection in midfield are Norwich's Andrew Crofts, Leicester's Andy King, Joe Ledley of Celtic and Blackpool's David Vaughan. But West Ham's Jack Collison has yet to return from the knee surgery he had in May 2010 to repair cartilage damage. Wolves midfielder Dave Edwards (back) is also out.  Forest striker Earnshaw has been named by Speed despite being ruled out for three to four weeks with a minor hamstring tear, as he wants him to be part of the squad.  Reading duo Simon Church and Hal Robson-Kanu join Cardiff City striker Craig Bellamy - on loan from Manchester City - Chedans of Sheffield United, Millwall's Steve Morison and Coventry's Freddy Eastwood as the attacking options.  Speed has yet to name his captain, but says he has decided on who it is.

For the first time in five and a half years, the Wales football team have sold out the Millennium Stadium.  The Football Association of Wales has already confirmed all 69,000 tickets for Speed's first home and first competitive game have been sold.

Sunday, 20 March 2011 - James Collins has delayed joining up with Wales' squad. The Aston Villa centre-back and Welsh captaincy candidate has a calf injury and will remain at Villa for treatment.  Gary Speed hopes the 27-year-old trains with Villa and joins his squad on Monday as Collins is key player in the centre of his defence.  Speed has called up on-loan Sheffield United striker Sam Vokes as a hamstring injury forces Rob Earnshaw to miss out.  Collins missed Aston Villa's home defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday because of the problem but Speed hopes his calf injury will ease so he will be fit in time.  Speed has already lost Sam Ricketts for his first home and first competitive game as the Bolton Wanderers full-back is out for the rest of the season after an Achilles operation.  Now Nottingham Forest striker Earnshaw's absence has been confirmed after he suffered a hamstring tear while Swansea midfielder Joe Allen is nursing a shoulder knock - but Allen hopes to be passed fit.

Thursday morning, 24 March 2011 - Gareth Bale is out of Wales' Euro 2012 qualifier against England after suffering a hamstring injury.  The Football Association of Wales says in a statement the injury was suffered before Bale joined the Wales squad.  The 21-year-old Tottenham Hotspur winger did not train on Wednesday. "Due to a hamstring problem, Gareth Bale has had to withdraw from the Wales squad to face England.  He felt tight last week during training with his club. After playing 90 minutes on Saturday he felt some muscle tightness. Initially, this was expected to be muscle soreness after playing his first game. On joining up with the Welsh squad he was kept off his feet in training for two days to recover. As he still felt tight in the warm-up on Tuesday, Gareth was pulled out of the session. He did not train at all on Wednesday and was sent for a scan. The scan revealed that Gareth Bale picked up his injury last week."

Gary Speed has received better news over defender James Collins who has been passed fit to face England.

Thursday afternoon, 24 March 2011 - Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey will captain Wales on Saturday.  The 20-year-old has not played for his country since the 3-0 win over Scotland in November 2009.  But he has been out since suffering an horrific double leg-break playing for Arsenal against Stoke City in February 2010.  "I thought about it a lot.  As I have mentioned before, it is about the future and planning ahead.  There were two or three candidates. I thought about what is best for the team going forward.  I spoke to Aaron before making the decision and told him there were certain responsibilities and duties that would go with it, and to see if he was happy with it. I'm delighted and he was really happy. I made the decision because I thought it was best for the team and the future of the team." said Wales manager Gary Speed.  Aston Villa defender James Collins and Swansea City's Ashley Williams had also been contenders for the Wales captaincy.

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