The Three Lions squad for the matches against Slovakia and FYR Macedonia  October 2002
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Beckham, David R.J.	2 May 1975	27	M	Manchester United FC	52	3	55	8	19	1 6
Bridge, Wayne M.	5 August 1980	22	D	Southampton FC	4	4	8	0	0	None
Butt, Nicholas	21 January 1975	27	M	Manchester United FC	16	8	24	0	0	None
Campbell, Sulzeer J.	18 September 1974	28	D	Arsenal FC	48	3	51	1	2	6
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	21	D	Arsenal FC	15	0	15	0	0	2
Dyer, Kieron C.	29 December 1978	23	M	Newcastle United FC	5	8	13	0	0	None
Ehiogu, Ugochuku	11 March 1972	30	D	Middlesbrough FC	0	4	4	1	0	None
Gerrard, Steven G.	30 May 1980	22	M	Liverpool FC	11	1	12	2	0	2
Hargreaves, Owen L.	20 January 1981 born in Canada	21	M	FC Bayern München eV, Germany	5	5	10	0	0	None
Heskey, Emile W.I.	11 January 1978	24	F	Liverpool FC	20	11	31	4	0	3
James, David B.	1 August 1970	32	G	West Ham United FC	4	6	10	8 GA	0	1
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	24	M	Chelsea FC	2	5	7	0	0	None
Mills, Daniel J.	18 May 1977	25	D	Leeds United AFC	8	5	13	0	0	1
Neville, Gary A.	18 February 1975	27	D	Manchester United FC	48	5	53	0	0	4
Owen, Michael J.	14 December 1979	22	F	Liverpool FC	33	10	43	19	4	2
Robinson, Paul W.	15 October 1979	22	G	Leeds United AFC	0	0	0	0 GA	0	None
Scholes, Paul	16 November 1974	27	M	Manchester United FC	48	2	50	13	0	1 11
Seaman, David A.	19 September 1963	39	G	Arsenal FC	70	4	74	42 GA	1	None
Smith, Alan	28 October 1980	21	F	Leeds United AFC	1	4	5	1	0	None
Southgate, Gareth	3 September 1970	32	D	Middlesbrough FC	39	12	51	1	0	3
Thompson, David A.	12 September 1977	25	M	Blackburn Rovers FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Vassell, Darius C.	13 June 1980	22	F	Aston Villa FC	5	3	8	3	0	None
Woodgate, Jonathan S.	22 January 1980	22	D	Leeds United AFC	2	1	3	0	0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the second of the 2002-03 season, against Slovakia on 12 October 2002.

Diary

Friday, 25 January 2002 - The European Championship qualification draw puts second-seeded England in Group Seven with Turkey, as well as Slovakia, FYR Macedonia and Liechtenstein. But no fixtures can be finalised.

Monday, 11 March 2002 - In İstanbul, the Group Seven representatives fail, after five hours, to find a resolution in creating a fixture list.  Eventually the teams agreed to let UEFA resolve the fixture list by drawing lots.

Thursday, 28 March 2002 - UEFA conduct a random draw settling all fixtures.

Wednesday, 14 August 2002 - England's first home game of their Euro 2004 qualifying campaign against Macedonia will take place at Southampton's new St Mary's stadium, the Football Association revealed today.

Thursday, 15 August 2002 - A scan revealed Wes Brown fractured his right ankle and he will be out of action for at least three months, until mid-November, which rules him out of the Portugal friendly in September and England's first two European Championship qualifying matches against Slovakia and FYR Macedonia in October. Brown picked up the injury in Manchester United's first leg European Champions League qualifying loss to Zalaegerszeg of Hungary.

Friday, 6 September 2002 - The BBC have secured the rights to televise live England's overseas Euro 2004 qualifiers against Slovakia on October 12 and Liechtenstein on March 29 next year.

Monday, 16 September 2002 - England's tie against Macedonia at Southampton sold out in record time when the lines opened yesterday. Tickets for the 32,000-seat St Mary's stadium were snapped up within two hours.

Monday, 23 September 2002 - The Football Association announce that Southampton legend Matthew Le Tissier will be the Guest of Honour when England take on Macedonia at St. Mary's.

Saturday, 5 October 2002 - Rio Ferdinand is sidelined for at least a month after having an exploratory knee operation. His manager, Alex Ferguson said "The problem has been bothering Rio for some time now, and we have decided to have the operation now to leave him free for as much of the season as possible."
There were signs of a breakdown in communications between United and the Football Association last night as a senior FA spokesman, Paul Newman, said: "We knew nothing about this. Sven will meet with United's medical staff tomorrow."
Eriksson confirmed that David Seaman would return for England on Saturday. He will today name a squad of 23 players for the two matches, and has confirmed that Seaman, who was omitted for the preparatory match against Portugal four weeks ago, will earn his 74th cap. The England coach does not normally disclose any of his choices in advance, but made an exception to quell the speculation caused by the 39-year-old goalkeeper's recent fallibility.

Sunday, 6 October 2002 - Eriksson has chosen his squad to take on Slovakia and Macedonia in the opening Euro 2004 campaign. He includes the uncapped Paul Robinson and David Thompson.

Tuesday, 8 October 2002 - Sven-Göran Eriksson has revealed that Sol Campbell is a doubt for Saturday's Euro qualifying opener.The Swede's main concern is that a stomach bug has hit Sol Campbell and the Arsenal centre-back is a doubtful starter for the match in Bratislava. Having already lost Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand for the Euro 2004 opener on Saturday following his knee operation, the news will come as a blow to the team.

Wednesday, 9th October 2002 - Captain David Beckham and defender Ashley Cole missed training today due to niggling injuries but are expected to be fit for the match. England are due to fly to Bratislava tomorrow.

Saturday, 12 October 2002 - Goals from Beckham and Owen help England overcome Slovakia in Bratislava.

England Form: last six games
W D W L D W  f 8:a 4  success: 67%
792	7 June 2002 - Argentina 0 England 1 [0-1] Sapporo Dōmu, Sapporo (35,927)	Beckham (pen)	WCF	NW
793	12 June 2002 - Nigeria 0 England 0 [0-0] Osaka-shi Nagai Rikujo Kyogijo, Osaka (44,864)			ND
794	15 June 2002 - Denmark 0 England 3 [0-3] Niigata Sutajiamu, Niigata (40,582)	Sørenson OG, Owen, Heskey		NW
795	21 June 2002 - England 1 Brazil 2 [1-1] Shizuoka Stadium Ekopa, Fukuroi (47,436)	Owen Rivaldo, Ronaldinho		NL
		Ronaldinho
796	7 September 2002 - England 1 Portugal 1 [1-0] Villa Park, Birmingham (40,058)	Smith Costinha	Fr	HD
797	12 October 2002 - Slovakia 1 England 2 [1-0] Tehelné pole, Bratislava (27,000/30,000)	Németh Beckham, Owen	ECP	AW

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