The Three Lions squad for the
matches
against Austria and Poland October 2005. |
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
St |
Sub |
App |
G |
Capt |
|
Beckham, David
R.J. |
2 May 1975 |
30 |
M |
Real Madrid CF, Spain |
81 |
3 |
84 |
16 |
48 |
1
12 |
Bent, Darren A. |
6 February 1984 |
21 |
F |
Charlton Athletic FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
Campbell, Sulzeer J. |
18 September 1974 |
30 |
D |
Arsenal
FC |
62 |
3 |
65 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
Carragher, James L.D. |
28 January 1978 |
27 |
D |
Liverpool FC |
7 |
13 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Cole,
Ashley |
20 December 1980 |
24 |
D |
Arsenal
FC |
44 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Ashley Cole withdrew from the squad on 4 October due
to a stress fracture of his foot. |
Cole, Joseph J. |
8 November 1981 |
23 |
M |
Chelsea FC |
8 |
18 |
26 |
4 |
0 |
None |
Crouch, Peter J. |
30 January 1981 |
24 |
F |
Liverpool FC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
None |
Defoe,
Jermain C. |
7 October 1982 |
22 |
F |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
4 |
11 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
None |
Ferdinand, Rio G. |
7 November 1978 |
26 |
D |
Manchester United FC |
36 |
5 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Gerrard, Steven
G. |
30 May 1980 |
25 |
M |
Liverpool FC |
36 |
1 |
37 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
Green, Robert P. |
18 January 1980 |
25 |
G |
Norwich City FC |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 GA |
0 |
None |
Jenas,
Jermaine A. |
18 February 1983 |
22 |
M |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
3 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
None |
King, Ledley B. |
12 October 1980 |
24 |
D |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
5 |
7 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
None |
Kirkland, Christopher E. |
2 May 1981 |
24 |
G |
West Bromwich Albion FC, on loan from Liverpool FC
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0
GA |
0 |
None |
Lampard,
Frank J. |
20 June 1978 |
27 |
M |
Chelsea FC |
27 |
8 |
35 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
Neville, Philip
J. |
21 January 1977 |
28 |
D |
Everton FC |
32 |
20 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Owen,
Michael J. |
14 December 1979 |
25 |
F |
Newcastle
United FC |
61 |
11 |
72 |
32 |
7 |
4 |
Richardson, Kieran
E. |
21 October 1984 |
20 |
M |
Manchester United FC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
None |
Robinson, Paul
W. |
15 October 1979 |
25 |
G |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
11 |
4 |
15 |
7 GA |
0 |
None |
Rooney, Wayne
M. |
24 October 1985 |
19 |
F |
Manchester United FC |
23 |
3 |
26 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
Wayne Rooney is suspended for the
Austria match. |
Smith,
Alan |
28 October 1980 |
24 |
F |
Manchester United FC |
5 |
10 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
1
2 |
Terry, John G. |
7 December 1980 |
24 |
D |
Chelsea FC |
17 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
None |
Warnock, Stephen |
12 December 1981 |
23 |
D |
Liverpool FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
Stephen Warnock was called into the squad on 4
October as a replacement for the injured Ashley Cole. |
Wright-Phillips,
Shaun C. |
25 October 1981 |
23 |
M |
Chelsea FC |
3 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
None |
Young,
Luke P. |
19 July 1979 |
26 |
D |
Charlton Athletic FC |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
None |
All information is
complete to and including England's last match, the third of the 2005-6 season,
against Northern Ireland on 7 September 2005.
Diary
Friday, 5 December 2003 -
England were placed in a half-British group for
qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, which took place in Frankfurt this evening
and will involve the Three Lions playing home-and-away fixtures with five other
nations in total, beginning two months after the conclusion of Euro 2004. The
other countries are Northern Ireland, Wales, Poland, Austria and Azerbaijan.
Tuesday, 13 January 2004 -
Austria will provide the first opponents
for England as they begin the journey to the World Cup Finals in
Germany in 2006. England are in a group alongside Wales and Northern
Ireland as well as Austria, Poland and Azerbaijan.
Friday, 30 September 2005 -
Michael Owen limped out of Newcastle United training. He should be fit for
England's World Cup qualifiers.
Sunday, 2
October 2005 -
Sven-Göran Eriksson has recalled Alan
Smith and Sol Campbell to the 24-man
England squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers. Smith, who has
been utilised as a midfielder at Old Trafford this season, played in both
England's matches in the summer Tour of the United States and last scored for the Three
Lions in a friendly against Portugal three years ago. For central defender
Campbell the call-up to the England squad comes on the back of an excellent run
of form following a return from long-term injury. England would seem to
have an embarrassment of riches at centre back as along with Campbell, Eriksson
can call on John Terry, Rio
Ferdinand, Ledley King and
Jamie Carragher. Charlton
Athletic duo Darren Bent
and Luke Young retain their
places in the squad. Bent has enjoyed an outstanding start to the season
whilst Young has the chance to add to his haul of caps after playing in four of
England's last five matches. Along with Bent there are four other strikers
in the squad, though Wayne Rooney
is suspended for the match against Austria. Those players unavailable for
selection due to injury include Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves and
Michael Carrick.
Tuesday,
4 October 2005 -
Ashley Cole has withdrawn from
the England squad after suffering a stress fracture of his foot. Liverpool
left-back Stephen Warnock has
been called up in his place. David Beckham missed training on Tuesday to be with
his ill son Romeo but will join the squad on Wednesday.
Beckham stayed in Madrid on Tuesday as his son underwent
hospital tests. Striker Michael Owen was also absent as he recovers from
the dead leg that forced him to force Newcastle's game against Portsmouth on
Saturday - but he is expected to be fit to play. Eriksson said that the
loss of Cole was a blow but that he had plenty of alternatives. The last
time Cole was unavailable - against Sweden in a friendly in March last year -
Carragher played at left-back in a match England lost 1-0. Eriksson said
that he had already made up his mind who to play in the centre of defence - with
John Terry, Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand all in contention. Tuesday's
training session took place at Manchester United's Carrington training complex,
but several players who were in action on Sunday took part in a recovery session
rather than full training.
Thursday,
6 October 2005 -
David Beckham trained today after his delayed arrival. Michael Owen also completed the session to prove his fitness. The pair are
now set to take their places in the team for Saturday's World Cup qualifier
against Austria. It leaves Eriksson with no injury worries is set to pick Rio Ferdinand
ahead of Sol Campbell, at least according to reports. Ferdinand is set to
partner John Terry at centre-half
- even though Ferdinand has spoken about his own poor form. Jamie Carragher is poised to
replace the injured Ashley Cole
at left-back. Striker Peter
Crouch is tipped to start alongside Michael Owen on Saturday in place of the
suspended Wayne Rooney.
Eriksson said earlier this week that he had already made up
his mind who to play in the centre of defence. And the England coach is
poised to revert to a 4-4-2 formation against Austria after his experiment with
playing 4-5-1 against Northern Ireland.
Friday,
7 October 2005 -
Eriksson admits it would be
"unacceptable" for England to fail to reach the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He said: "It is not acceptable not to qualify - you can't even think about
England not being at the World Cup. We are going to qualify and that's it.
It is dangerous to think 'if'. In my head that doesn't exist." He admitted
his players were still feeling the pain of the defeat at Windsor Park. "I
think it should hurt. It's one month since we played Northern Ireland and it's
been a very long month. It has been a long month, especially for me. I
didn't have any other games to be involved in. The players had matches. We
must win the match against Austria and then see what happens after that." And he insisted he still enjoys his job as England boss. He said: "I enjoy
it very much but enjoy it more when we win games and not lose football games.
It's the same when you are a club manager and you are criticised. It's only when
you are with England that it's like a new world war. My feelings are we
are going to have a good performance and qualify for the World Cup." Meanwhile, according to The Mirror newspaper, David Beckham has handed
the responsibility of taking penalties over to Frank Lampard. Eriksson is also set to prefer Sol Campbell to Rio
Ferdinand in defence against Austria. Ferdinand was tipped to start the
match after being paired with John Terry in training this week, but it is
understood that Campbell will be chosen. It would be the first time
Eriksson has ever dropped 26-year-old Ferdinand for a competitive fixture.
England
Form: last six
games |
W
W W L W
L
f 9:a 8
success: 67% |
826 |
30 March 2005 - England 2
Azerbaijan
0
[0-0]
St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
(49,046) |
Gerrard, Beckham |
WCP |
HW |
827 |
28 May 2005 -
United States
1
England 2
[0-2]
Soldier Field, Chicago
(42,637/47,637) |
Dempsey
Richardson
(2) |
Tour |
AW |
828 |
31 May 2005 -
Colombia
2
England 3
[1-2]
Giants Stadium, New Jersey
(50,807) |
Yepes, Ramirez
Owen
(3) |
NW |
829 |
17 August 2005
-
Denmark
4 England 1
[0-0]
Parken Stadion, København
(41,438) |
Rommedahl, Tomasson, Gravgaard, Larsen
Rooney |
Fr |
AL |
830 |
3 September 2005
-
Wales 0
England 1
[0-0]
Millennium Stadium,
Cardiff
(70,715) |
J.Cole |
WCP |
AW |
831 |
7 September 2005
-
Northern
Ireland 1
England 0
[0-0]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(14,069) |
Healy |
AL |
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