The Three Lions Squad for the match against Spain  February 2001 Sven-Göran Eriksson's first squad
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Ball, Michael J.	2 October 1979	21	D	Everton FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Barmby, Nicholas J.	11 February 1974	27	M	Liverpool FC	9	9	18	3	0	None
Beckham, David R.J.	2 May 1975	25	M	Manchester United FC	34	3	37	1	1	6 1
Brown, Wesley M.	13 October 1979	21	D	Manchester United FC	1	1	2	0	0	None
Butt, Nicholas	21 January 1975	26	M	Manchester United FC	5	4	9	0	0	None
Campbell, Sulzeer J.	18 September 1974	26	D	Arsenal FC	34	3	37	0	2	4
Carragher, James L.D.	28 January 1978	23	M	Liverpool FC	0	2	2	0	0	None
Carrick, Michael	28 July 1981	19	M	West Ham United FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
	Michael Carrick withdrew from the squad.
Cole, Andrew A.	15 October 1971	29	F	Manchester United FC	5	5	10	0	0	2
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	20	D	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Cole, Joseph J.	8 November 1981	19	M	West Ham United FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Dyer, Kieron C.	29 December 1978	22	M	Newcastle United FC	4	4	8	0	0	None
	Keiran Dyer withdrew from the squad.
Ehiogu, Ugochuku	3 November 1972	28	D	Middlesbrough FC	0	1	1	0	0	None
Ferdinand, Rio G.	7 November 1978	22	D	Leeds United AFC	5	5	10	0	0	None
Fowler, Robert B.	9 April 1975	25	F	Liverpool FC	7	8	15	3	0	1
Heskey, Emile W.I.	11 January 1978	23	F	Liverpool FC	3	8	11	1	0	None
James, David B.	1 August 1970	30	G	Aston Villa FC	2	0	2	1 GA	0	None
Lampard, Frank	20 June 1978	22	M	West Ham United FC	1	0	1	0	0	None
Martyn, A. Nigel	11 August 1966	34	G	Leeds United AFC	11	3	14	0	0	None
McCann, Gavin W.	10 January 1978	23	D	Sunderland AFC	0	0	0	0	0	None
McManaman, Steven	11 February 1972	29	M	Real Madrid CF, Spain	23	8	31	3	0	None
	Steve McManaman withdrew from the squad.
Neville, Gary A.	18 February 1975	26	D	Manchester United FC	38	3	41	0	0	2
Neville, Philip A.	21 January 1977	24	D	Manchester United FC	22	8	30	0	0	1
Owen, Michael J.	14 December 1979	21	F	Liverpool FC	15	9	24	8	0	2
Parlour, Raymond	7 March 1973	27	M	Arsenal FC	3	7	10	0	0	None
	Ray Parlour withdrew from the squad.
Phillips, Kevin M.	25 July 1973	27	F	Sunderland AFC	3	3	6	0	0	None
Powell, Christopher G.R.	8 September 1969	31	D	Charlton Athletic FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Scholes, Paul	16 November 1974	26	M	Manchester United FC	28	2	30	10	0	8 1
Seaman, David A.	19 September 1963	37	G	Arsenal FC	58	4	62	35 GA	1	1
Sheringham, Edward P.	2 April 1966	34	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	30	9	39	9	0	2
Wright, Richard I.	5 November 1977	23	G	Ipswich Town FC	1	0	1	1 GA	0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the fourth of the 2000-01 season, against Italy on 15 November 2000.

Diary

Monday, 10 July 2000 - The Football Association announced England will play Spain in a friendly match on Wednesday, 28 February 2001 at a home venue yet to be determined.

Wednesday, 16 August 2000 - The FA have announced that England's friendly match against Spain will be played at Villa Park in Birmingham, 42 years after the last England international was staged there.  Villa Park has hosted six England matches, all in the British Championship, the last the 2-2 draw with Wales on 26 November 1958.

Tuesday, 5 December 2000 - SS Lazio, managed by England manager-elect, lie at the bottom of Champions League Group D after a 1-0 defeat in Rome to Leeds United.

Monday, 17 December 2000 - SS Lazio lose at home in the Rome derby to bitter rivals AS Roma 1-0. Roma currently head Serie A.

Wednesday, 20 December 2000 - The Football Association set a deadline of January for Lazio to decide whether to release Eriksson to England's World Cup campaign for the rest of the season. "We will sit down with president Sergio Cragnotti and talk about the next step," said Adam Crozier, the FA's chief executive. If Lazio do not allow Eriksson, who will join the FA full-time in July, to take time off from club duties to oversee his next team on a temporary basis, Taylor can start his preparation and planning.

Sunday, 7 January 2001 - SS Lazio again lose at home, this time to SS Napoli 2-1. It is their sixth defeat in their last nine games.

Monday, 8 January 2001 - SS Lazio hold crisis talks with Eriksson following the Italian Champions' dramatic loss of form. However, Sergio Cragnotti declares that Eriksson can stay with the club until the end of the season.

Tuesday, 9 January 2001 - Sven-Göran Eriksson has resigned his post as SS Lazio coach after three and a half years. He will start his new job as England manager tomorrow.

Saturday, 13 January 2001 - The day after the new manager is introduced to the media at FA's Soho Square, Eriksson chooses the West Ham United-Sunderland match as his first scouting match. Following the match, in an Ispwich hotel room, Eriksson appoints Peter Taylor as his assistant.

Sunday, 14 January 2001 - Thirteen englishmen play in front of Eriksson as Ipswich Town host Leicester City.

Saturday, 20 January 2001 - 34 year-old Tony Adams decides to bring the curtain down on his England career following 66 appearances.

Friday, 23 February 2001 - After spending the last 41 days home and abroad taking in 25 matches, Sven-Göran Eriksson announces his first England squad, calling an astonishing 31 players together for the friendly match against Spain next week.  And there was no room for selection because of injury for Darren Anderton, Steven Gerrard, Martin Keown, Jamie Redknapp, Trevor Sinclair or Gareth Southgate. David Batty, Graeme Le Saux, Paul Ince, Paul Merson, Stuart Pearce or Dennis Wise missed out on selection also. Gareth Barry, Seth Johnson, Paul Robinson and Alan Smith have been called into the under-21 squad.

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