The Three Lions squad for the matches against Republic of Ireland & Brazil  May/June 2013
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Baines, Leighton J.	11 December 1984	28	D	Everton FC	12	3	15	1	0	None
Cahill, Gary J.	19 December 1985	27	D	Chelsea FC	11	2	13	2	0	None
Carrick, Michael	28 July 1981	31	M	Manchester United FC	17	10	27	0	0	None
Carroll, Andrew T.	6 January 1989	23	F	West Ham United FC, on loan from Liverpool FC	5	4	9	2	0	None
	Andy Carroll withdrew from the squad on 21 May due to a heel injury.
Cleverley, Thomas W.	12 August 1989	23	M	Manchester United FC	9	0	9	0	0	None
	Tom Cleverley withdrew from the squad on 26 May due to a calf injury.
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	32	D	Chelsea FC	101	0	101	0	0	13
Defoe, Jermain C.	7 October 1982	30	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21	32	53	19	0	1
Foster, Ben A.	3 April 1983	30	G	West Bromwich Albion FC	4	1	5	4ᵍᵃ	0	1
Hart, C. Joseph J.	19 April 1987	26	G	Manchester City FC	27	3	30	22ᵍᵃ	0	None
Jagielka, Philip N.	17 August 1982	30	D	Everton FC	12	4	16	1 1	0	None
Johnson, Glen M.	23 August 1984	28	D	Liverpool FC	41	5	46	1 1	0	9
Jones, Philip A.	21 February 1992	21	D	Manchester United FC	4	1	5	0	0	None
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	34	M	Chelsea FC	81	14	95	27	4	3
Lescott, Joleon P.	16 August 1982	30	D	Manchester City FC	20	6	26	1	0	1
McCarthy, Alex S.	3 December 1989	23	G	Reading FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ	0	None
Milner, James P.	4 January 1986	27	M	Manchester City FC	23	13	36	1	0	8
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexander M.D.	15 August 1993	19	M	Arsenal FC	6	4	10	2	0	1
Rodwell, Jack C.	11 March 1991	22	M	Manchester City FC	1	1	2	0	0	None
	Jack Rodwell was called into the squad on 20 May as cover for Tom Cleverley
Rooney, Wayne M.	24 October 1985	27	F	Manchester United FC	76	5	81	35	2	2 10
Sturridge, Daniel A.	1 September 1989	23	F	Liverpool FC	0	5	5	1	0	None
Walcott, Theo J.	16 March 1989	24	M	Arsenal FC	21	10	31	4	0	None
Walker, Kyle A.	28 May 1990	22	D	Tottenham Hotspur FC	4	1	5	0	0	None
	Kyle Walker withdrew from the squad on 27 May due to an injury.
Welbeck, Daniel N.T.M.	26 November 1990	22	F	Manchester United FC	10	6	16	5	0	1

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the ninth of the 2012-13 season, against Montenegro on 26 March 2013.

Diary

Monday, 10 September 2012 - The Republic of Ireland will play England at Wembley next May as part of the English FA's 150 year anniversary celebrations. The long-awaited friendly will be the first meeting between the two nations since their clash in Dublin's Lansdowne Road was postponed due to rioting England fans. The FAI have been trying to arrange a meeting with England since Lansdowne Road was re-built and renamed the Aviva Stadium two years ago.

Thursday, 16 May 2013 - Roy Hodgson has named his England squad for the upcoming double-header with Republic of Ireland and Brazil and has called up Reading's Alex McCarthy for the first time.  The Royals stopper, who has previous international experience at Under-21s level, comes in after impressive displays at the Madejski Stadium. He joins other 'keepers Joe Hart and Ben Foster on the 22-man list.  Liverpool's in-form striker Daniel Sturridge is included in the squad, too, alongside the Reds' on-loan forward Andy Carroll. 
Frank Lampard, Gary Cahill and Ashley Cole, fresh from Europa League success with Chelsea, are also in Hodgson's line-up for the games at Wembley on 29 May and in Rio on 2 June.

Monday, 20 May 2013 - Manchester City midfielder Jack Rodwell has been called into the England squad. The 22-year-old has endured an injury-plagued debut campaign with City, but returned for the last month of the season and scored both goals in the Blues 3-2 defeat by Norwich on Sunday.

Tuesday, 21 May 2013 - Andy Carroll has withdrawn from the England squad.  No-one will be drafted in to replace the 24-year-old who has been ruled out because of a heel injury.  England's squad are expected to meet at St George's Park on Sunday.

Sunday, 26 May 2013 - Tom Cleverley has withdrawn from the England squad after not recovering from the calf-injury sustained in Manchester United's final game of the season.

Monday, 27 May 2013 - Kyle Walker has withdrawn from the squad.  Walker reported to St. George's Park with an injury yesterday which was assessed by the Club England medical staff.  The Tottenham Hotspur defender will be unavailable for the two upcoming matches and has returned to his club. There will be no replacement at this time.

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 - Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole will captain England for the friendly with the Republic of Ireland as a tribute for reaching 100 appearances. Roy Hodgson had told the news conference Cole would lead the team out, but Frank Lampard would be captain in Steven Gerrard's absence. But the England camp later insisted Cole was skipper. "He has been a fantastic servant, not just for Arsenal and Chelsea but for England as well."

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