The Three Lions squad for the match against Spain  February 2009
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Agbonlahor, Gabriel I.	13 October 1986	22	F	Aston Villa FC	1	0	1	0	0	None
Barry, Gareth	23 February 1981	27	M	Aston Villa FC	17	9	26	1	0	2
Beckham, David R.J.	2 May 1975	33	M	Milan AC, Italy, on loan from LA Galaxy, United States.	99	8	107	17	59	2 17
Bridge, Wayne M.	5 August 1980	28	D	Chelsea FC	19	13	32	1	0	1
Carrick, Michael	28 July 1981	27	M	Manchester United FC	10	5	15	0	0	None
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	28	D	Chelsea FC	68	0	68	0	0	10
Cole Okirie, Carlton M.G.	12 November 1983	25	F	West Ham United FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Crouch, Peter J.	30 January 1981	28	F	Portsmouth FC	14	16	30	14	0	3
Downing, Stewart	22 July 1984	24	M	Middlesbrough FC	8	13	21	0	0	None
Ferdinand, Rio G.	7 November 1978	30	D	Manchester United FC	66	6	72	2	2	3
Green, Robert P.	18 January 1980	29	G	West Ham United FC	0	1	1	1 GA	0	None
Hart, C. Joseph J.	19 April 1987	21	G	Manchester City FC	0	1	1	0	0	None
Heskey, Emile W.I.	11 January 1978	31	F	Aston Villa FC	31	19	50	5	0	4
Jagielka, Philip N.	17 August 1982	26	D	Everton FC	0	1	1	0	0	None
James, David B.	1 August 1970	38	G	Portsmouth FC	36	9	45	38 GA	0	4
Johnson, Glen M.	23 August 1984	24	D	Portsmouth FC	5	5	10	0	0	2
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	30	M	Chelsea FC	56	10	66	14	0	3
Milner, James P.	4 January 1986	23	M	Aston Villa FC	0	0	0	0	0	None
Terry, John G.	7 December 1980	28	D	Chelsea FC	47	1	48	5	18	3
Upson, Matthew J.	18 April 1979	28	D	West Ham United FC	8	4	12	1	0	None
Wright-Phillips, Shaun C.	25 October 1981	27	M	Manchester City FC	11	11	22	4	0	1
Young, Ashley S.	9 July 1985	23	M	Aston Villa FC	0	4	4	0	0	None
Young, Luke P.	19 July 1979	29	D	Aston Villa FC	5	2	7	0	0	1
	Luke Young withdrew from the squad on 9 February due to a toe injury.

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the sixth of the 2008-09 season, against Germany on 19 November 2008.

Diary

Monday, 13 October 2008 - Contrary to reports, the Football Association are committed to a game against Spain, the current European Champions - which was personally requested by Fabio Capello. Although an official agreement is yet to be reached between the FA and their Spanish counterparts, the fixture is expected to be played on Wednesday, 11 February the only remaining FIFA international date still to be filled. However, the FA want to avoid a return to Madrid in 2004, mindful of the problems England experienced last time when Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips were both subjected to racist chanting when England last played in Madrid.

Tuesday, 23 December 2008 - Sevilla will host the Spain versus England clash. The Football Association had previously objected to their Spanish counterparts' intention to hold the game at Real Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium due to fears of racist abuse.  The game will be held at Sevilla's Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, which has a capacity of 45,500.

Saturday, 7 February 2009 - David Beckham has been named in Fabio Capello's 23-man squad for the friendly against Spain on 11 February.  Beckham has impressed during his loan spell with AC Milan and will now be given the chance to equal Bobby Moore's record of 108 England appearances.  Carlton Cole and James Milner are both named in the squad for the first time.

Wayne Rooney is left out and Emile Heskey, while named in the squad, came off in Saturday's game between Aston Villa and Blackburn and may be a doubt.  Rooney had been expected to miss out with Capello deciding not to risk the striker, who has been out since damaging his hamstring against Wigan in January.  Beckham played for AC Milan in their 1-1 draw at home to Reggina in Italy's Serie A on Saturday, a result which leaves his team eight points behind arch-rivals Inter at the top of the league.  His attempts to equal Moore's outfield caps record have previously been frustrated - he was left out of the squad that beat Germany in Berlin in November - but Capello had hinted the 33-year-old was likely to win a recall.

The inclusion of Cole and Milner comes on the back of excellent performances at club level.  Although he has won 19 caps at under-21 level, Cole has only recently been thought of as a senior international prospect.  The 25-year-old has scored six times in the Hammers' current eight-match unbeaten run, taking his tally for the season to 10. And, with Rooney left out, Cole is expected to play some part against the Euro 2008 winners.

Milner is one of six Villa players in a 23-man squad in which Rio Ferdinand returns.  Ferdinand has not partnered skipper John Terry in central defence since the famous win over Croatia in September.  Ashley Cole is also back for the first time since the World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan in October, while Joe Hart retains his place among a three-man group of goalkeepers despite losing his Manchester City spot to Shay Given.

Monday, 9 February 2009 - Luke Young has left the England squad and returned to Aston Villa due to a toe injury.  Shaun Wright-Phillips and Emile Heskey did not train this morning but both will travel with England to Sevilla and are expected to be involved in training on tomorrow.

England Form: last six games
D W W W W W   f 18:a 6  success: 92%
865	20 August 2008 - England 2 Czech Republic 2 [1-1] The National Stadium, Wembley (69,738)	Brown, J.Cole Baroš (A Cole OG), Jankulovski	Fr	HD
866	6 September 2008 - Andorra 0 England 2 [0-0] Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona (10,300)	J.Cole (2)	WCP	AW
867	10 September 2008 - Croatia 1 England 4 [0-1] Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (35,218)	Mandzukić Walcott (3), Rooney		AW
		Kovač
868	11 October 2008 - England 5 Kazakhstan 1 [0-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (89,107)	Ferdinand, Kuchma OG, Rooney (2), Defoe Kukeev		HW
869	15 October 2008 - Belarus 1 England 3 [1-1] Dinamo Stadion, Minsk (29,600)	Sitko Gerrard, Rooney (2)		AW
870	19 November 2008 - Germany 1 England 2 [0-1] Olympiastadion, Berlin (74,244)	Helme Upson, Terry	Fr	AW

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