The Three Lions squad for the match against Scotland  August 2013
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Baines, Leighton J.	11 December 1984	28	D	Everton FC	13	4	17	1	0	None
Cahill, Gary J.	19 December 1985	27	D	Chelsea FC	13	2	15	2	0	None
Carrick, Michael	28 July 1981	32	M	Manchester United FC	19	10	29	0	0	None
	Michael Carrick withdrew from the squad on the morning of the match due to an eye infection.
Cleverley, Thomas W.	12 August 1989	23	M	Manchester United FC	9	0	9	0	0	None
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	32	D	Chelsea FC	102	1	103	0	1	13
Defoe, Jermain C.	7 October 1982	30	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21	33	54	19	0	1
Foster, Ben A.	3 April 1983	30	G	West Bromwich Albion FC	4	2	6	4ᵍᵃ	0	1
Gerrard, Steven G.	30 May 1980	33	M	Liverpool FC	99	3	102	19	27	1 12
Hart, C. Joseph J.	19 April 1987	26	G	Manchester City FC	29	3	32	25ᵍᵃ	0	None
Jagielka, Philip N.	17 August 1982	30	D	Everton FC	14	4	18	1 1	0	None
Johnson, Glen M.	23 August 1984	28	D	Liverpool FC	43	5	48	1 1	0	9
Jones, Philip A.	21 February 1992	21	D	Manchester United FC	5	2	7	0	0	1
Lambert, Ricky L.	16 February 1982	31	F	Southampton FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	35	M	Chelsea FC	83	14	97	28	5	3
Milner, James P.	4 January 1986	27	M	Manchester City FC	24	14	38	1	0	8
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexander M.D.	15 August 1993	19	M	Arsenal FC	7	5	12	3	0	1
Rooney, Wayne M.	24 October 1985	27	F	Manchester United FC	78	5	83	35	2	2   10
Ruddy, John T.G.	24 October 1986	26	G	Norwich City FC	0	1	1	0ᵍᵃ	0	None
Smalling, Christopher L.	22 November 1989	23	D	Manchester United FC	6	0	6	0	0	None
Walcott, Theo J.	16 March 1989	24	M	Arsenal FC	23	10	33	4	0	None
Walker, Kyle A.	28 May 1990	23	D	Tottenham Hotspur FC	4	1	5	0	0	None
Welbeck, Daniel N.T.M.	26 November 1990	22	F	Manchester United FC	10	6	16	5	0	1
Wilshere, Jack A.G.	1 January 1992	21	M	Arsenal FC	5	2	7	0	0	2
Young, Ashley S.	9 July 1985	28	M	Manchester United FC	17	12	29	7	0	2
	Ashley Young withdrew from the squad on 11 August due to an ankle injury.
Zaha, D. Wilfried A.	10 November 1992 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	20	F	Manchester United FC	0	1	1	0	0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the eleventh of the 2012-13 season, against Brazil on 2 June 2013.

Diary

Sunday, 17 June 2012 - The Football Association have confirmed that England confirm that they will play Scotland as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations.

Thursday, 8 August 2013 - Roy Hodgson has named his England squad. Southampton striker Rickie Lambert has been called up for the first time. Wayne Rooney is also included in the squad for the game on Wednesday, 14 August despite missing most of pre-season because of injury problems. Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha has been promoted from the Under-21s.

Friday, 9 August 2013 - England are the only nation to have provided four World Cup final (or final game) referees: George Reader in Brazil 1950, William Ling in Switzerland 1954, Jack Taylor in West Germany 1974 and Howard Webb in South Africa in 2010.
The FA has appointed officials from those nations: Brazil (assistant referee Alessandro Rocha Matos), Switzerland (fourth official Alain Bieri), Germany (Brych) and South Africa (assistant referee Enock Molefe).

Sunday, 11 August 2013 - Manchester United winger Ashley Young has withdrawn from the England squad through injury. The 28-year-old has been suffering with an ankle problem and missed today's Community Shield win over Wigan Athletic. A Football Association statement  said there had been discussions between England medical staff and their counterparts at Manchester United. No replacement has been called up and Young has returned to his club.
Wayne Rooney also missed his side's win at Wembley due to his shoulder injury, but may take some part in the Wembley friendly.
Both the England seniors and Under-21s are training at St George's Park and are being managed by Roy Hodgson for their respective games against Scotland this week.

Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - On the morning of the match, Michael Carrick withdraws from the squad due to an eye infection.

Thursday, 15 August 2013 - Discussions regarding a return match between England and Scotland at Hampden Park have taken place between the respective football associations.  However, the date for any match is dependent on the qualifying draw for Euro 2016, which takes place in February next year.

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