The Three Lions squad for the match against Croatia  August 2003
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Beattie, James S.	27 February 1978	25	F	Southampton FC	1	1	2	0	0	None
Beckham, David R.J.	2 May 1975	28	M	Real Madrid CF, Spain	57	3	60	11	24	1 8
Bridge, Wayne M.	5 August 1980	23	D	Chelsea FC	7	5	12	0	0	None
Butt, Nicholas	21 January 1975	28	M	Manchester United FC	17	10	27	0	0	None
Campbell, Sulzeer J.	18 September 1974	29	D	Arsenal FC	51	3	54	1	2	6
	Sol Campbell withdraws from the squad on 19 August after suffering a shoulder injury.
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	22	D	Arsenal FC	19	0	19	0	0	2
Cole, Joseph J.	8 November 1981	21	M	Chelsea FC	1	9	10	1	0	None
Dyer, Kieron C.	29 December 1978	24	M	Newcastle United FC	7	9	16	0	0	None
Ferdinand, Rio G.	7 November 1978	24	D	Manchester United FC	27	5	32	0	0	1
Gerrard, Steven G.	30 May 1980	23	M	Liverpool FC	17	1	18	3	0	2
Hargreaves, Owen L.	20 January 1981 born in Canada	22	M	FC Bayern München eV, Germany	5	8	13	0	0	None
	Owen Hargreaves withdraws from the squad on 18 August after picking up a groin strain.
Heskey, Emile W.I.	11 January 1978	25	F	Liverpool FC	23	11	34	5	0	3
James, David B.	1 August 1970	33	G	West Ham United FC	10	6	16	11 GA	0	1
Kirkland, Christopher E.	2 May 1981	22	G	Liverpool FC	0	0	0	0 GA	0	None
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	25	M	Chelsea FC	5	6	11	0	0	None
Mills, Daniel J.	18 May 1977	26	D	Leeds United AFC	11	6	17	0	0	2
Murphy, Daniel B.	18 March 1977	26	M	Liverpool FC	1	6	7	1	0	None
Neville, Philip J.	21 January 1977	26	D	Manchester United FC	28	12	40	0	0	1
Owen, Michael J.	14 December 1979	23	F	Liverpool FC	40	10	50	22	6	2
Robinson, Paul W.	15 October 1979	23	G	Leeds United AFC	0	2	2	1 GA	0	None
Scholes, Paul	16 November 1974	28	M	Manchester United FC	55	2	57	13	0	1 11
Sinclair, Trevor L.	2 March 1973	30	M	Manchester City FC	6	5	11	0	0	None
Terry, John G.	7 December 1980	22	D	Chelsea FC	0	1	1	0	0	None
Upson, Matthew J.	18 April 1979	24	D	Birmingham City FC	2	1	3	0	0	None
	Matthew Upson is called into the squad on 19 August as a replacement to Campbell and Woodgate.
Woodgate, Jonathan S.	22 January 1980	23	D	Newcastle United FC	3	1	4	0	0	None
	Jonathan Woodgate withdraws from the squad on 19 August after picking up a minor injury.

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the ninth of the 2002-03 season, against Slovakia on 11 June 2003.

Diary

Friday, 29 November 2002 - The Football Association announced that England will play Croatia in a friendly match next season. The venue has yet to be decided, although England owe Croatia a visit.

Saturday, 25 January 2003 - The Croatian Football Association have also announced that their national side will play a friendly away match against  England on 20 August 2003.

Tuesday, 25 February 2003 - The Football Association's plan of a friendly match against Croatia for early next season in preparation for the European Championship 2004 qualifiers against FYR Macedonia and Liechtenstein in early September, is likely to take place at Portman Road in Ipswich.

Thursday, 29 May 2003 - The Football Association have confirmed that England will play Croatia in a friendly match next season, but said the date and venue still had not been finalised. 

Wednesday, 18 June 2003 - The Football Association finally confirm that England's friendly match against Croatia will take place at Portman Road in Ipswich on 20 August 2003, kick-off 8pm.  Ipswich has never hosted a senior England match, although Portman Road has been the venue for England Youth matches.  The FA's Director of Marketing and Communications Paul Barber said:  "This will be the 13th different stadium used since we started taking our senior matches around the country. Since February 2001 the England team has played in the North East, the North West, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, the South Coast, Yorkshire, London and now East Anglia."

Monday, 30 June 2003 - Gary Neville was sent home from Manchester United's pre-season tour of the United States with a pulled hamstring he picked up in the 4-0 victory against Celtic on 22 June in Seattle.  He will need at least three weeks to recover, but it is likely he will miss England's early season friendly.

Sunday, 13 July 2003 -  The Football Association have announced that all general sale tickets for the friendly match against Croatia were sold within two and a half hours of  ticket lines opening this morning.

Wednesday, 16 July 2003 - England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson said David Beckham may miss the friendly match against Croatia to give him time to settle at his new club, Real Madrid.  "We haven't made any decisions about David yet, but we'll see how things go for David and we'll make that decision just before we pick the squad."

Thursday, 17 July 2003  - Former Ipswich Town and England manager Bobby Robson will be the Football Association's guest of honour at Portman Road.  Robson was in charge of Ipswich for 13 years before beginning his eight-year tenure as England manager in 1982.

Sunday, 27 July 2003  - A scan revealed Wayne Rooney, who fell awkwardly in Everton's 3-2 friendly match victory over Rangers at Ibrox Park in Glasgow yesterday, has suffered ankle ligament damage and will be out of action for a month.  He will miss Everton's opening Premiership matches and England's friendly. He is expected to be fit for the European Championship qualifiers against FYR Macedonia and Liechtenstein in September.

Friday, 15 August 2003 - Eriksson names a 24-man squad that does include Real Madrid's David Beckham.

Monday, 18 August 2003 - Owen Hargreaves is forced to withdraw from the squad after being unable to shake off a groin strain picked up in his side's Bundesliga win over VfL Bochum.

Tuesday, 19 August 2003 - Sol Campbell and Jonathan Woodgate are forced through injury to withdraw from the squad and return home for treatment.  Matthew Upson is called up as a replacement.

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