The Three Lions squad for the matches against Andorra and FYR Macedonia  September 2006
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Bent, Darren A.	6 February 1984	22	F	Charlton Athletic FC	1	1	2	0	0	None
Bridge, Wayne M.	5 August 1980	26	D	Chelsea FC	13	11	24	1	0	1
Brown, Wesley M.	13 October 1979	26	D	Manchester United FC	6	4	10	0	0	1
Carrick, Michael	28 July 1981	25	M	Manchester United FC	4	3	7	0	0	None
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	25	D	Chelsea FC, signed from Arsenal FC	53	0	53	0	0	6
				Ashley Cole joined Chelsea FC from Arsenal FC on 31 August 2006.
Crouch, Peter J.	30 January 1981	25	F	Liverpool FC	7	6	13	10	0	1
Dawson, Michael R.	18 November 1983	21	D	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Defoe, Jermain C.	7 October 1982	23	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	6	12	18	3	0	None
Downing, Stewart	22 July 1984	22	M	Middlesbrough FC	2	5	7	0	0	None
Ferdinand, Rio G.	7 November 1978	27	D	Manchester United FC	47	6	53	0	0	1
Foster, Ben A.	3 April 1983	23	G	Watford FC, on loan from Manchester United FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ	0	None
Gerrard, Steven G.	30 May 1980	26	M	Liverpool FC	47	2	49	10	1	5
Hargreaves, Owen L.	20 January 1981 born in Canada	25	M	FC Bayern München, Germany	12	24	36	0	0	2
Jenas, Jermaine A.	18 February 1983	23	M	Tottenham Hotspur FC	3	12	15	0	0	None
Johnson, Andrew	10 February 1981	25	F	Everton FC	1	2	3	0	0	None
Kirkland, Christopher E.	2 May 1981	25	G	Wigan Athletic FC, on loan from Liverpool FC	0	1	1	0ᵍᵃ	0	None
	Chris Kirkland withdrew from the squad on 4 September due to a back injury.
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	28	M	Chelsea FC	39	8	47	11	0	3
Lennon, Aaron J.	16 April 1987	19	M	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	6	6	0	0	None
Neville, Philip J.	21 January 1977	29	D	Everton FC	33	20	53	0	0	2
Richardson, Kieran E.	21 October 1984	21	M	Manchester United FC	1	5	6	2	0	None
Robinson, Paul W.	15 October 1979	26	G	Tottenham Hotspur FC	24	4	28	14 GA	0	1
Terry, John G.	7 December 1980	25	D	Chelsea FC	30	1	31	2	2	2
Wright-Phillips, Shaun C.	25 October 1981	24	M	Chelsea FC	4	4	8	1	0	None
Young, Luke P.	19 July 1979	26	D	Charlton Athletic FC	5	2	7	0	0	1
	Luke Young withdrew from the squad on 4 September due to a persistent ankle injury.

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the second of the 2006-07 season, against Andorra on 2 September 2006.

Diary

Friday, 27 January 2006 - The European Championships Qualification draw is made today in Montreux. It pits England up against Croatia, Russia, Israel, Macedonia, Andorra and Estonia.

Friday, 3 March 2006 - Group E fixtures were negotiated today at a meeting between the Football Association and fellow participants in Nyon, Switzerland.

Friday, 25 August 2006 - Steve McClaren has picked a 24-man squad for the upcoming Euro 2008 double header against Andorra and Macedonia.   Everton striker Andy Johnson has earned an international recall after a flying start to his Everton career with Michael Carrick also returning after recovering from an ankle injury.  Gary Neville is rested and Jamie Carragher is the only other exclusion from the squad following an ankle injury last week.

Saturday, 26 August 2006 - Rio Ferdinand could be forced to pull out of the England squad for the opening Euro 2008 qualifiers because of a suspected broken toe.  Ferdinand suffered the injury during Manchester United's 2-1 win at Watford.  United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said Ferdinand faced a scan on Sunday and rated him doubtful for England.  If Ferdinand misses out, Tottenham's Michael Dawson could be given the chance to partner captain John Terry.

Saturday, 2 September 2006 - England beat Andorra 5-0.

Monday, 4 September 2006 - Steve McClaren expects Rio Ferdinand to return from a toe injury and be available to face Macedonia on Wednesday.  "He will be travelling with us and we expect him to be fine to train again in Macedonia on Tuesday." 

But keeper Chris Kirkland and defender Luke Young are out through injury.  Kirkland has a back injury while a persistent ankle problem has forced the withdrawal of Young.

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