The match will be played in the Stadio Communale Gino Pistoni, the home of Serie C2 side US Ivrea, on Wednesday 10 November.

This will be the 15th meeting between the two sides and gives Fairclough’s men an early opportunity to avenge the 4-1 defeat suffered earlier this year in the match played at Shrewsbury. 

The English have only been successful on 3 occasions and will be keen to put on a good show.

The 30-man squad, which is selected at Under 23 level, sees 20 names new to International football.  Conference new boys Carlisle United, Crawley Town and York City all have players represented with Conference South club, Grays Athletic also having a player in the squad.

Fairclough, who is currently enjoying an excellent start to the season with Barnet, plans to reduce his squad to 16 prior to the trip.

The full squad is:

David Stockdale (York City), Nicky Bull (Aldershot Town), Craig Holloway (Farnborough Town), Andrew Ralph (Northwich Victoria), Peter Cavanagh (Accrington Stanley), Chris Blackburn (Morecambe), Ismail Yakubu (Barnet), Simon King (Barnet), David Perkins (Morecambe), Simon Jackson (Woking), Dean Moxey (Exeter City), Luke Oliver (Woking), Kieran Charnock (Northwich Victoria), Ian Craney (Accrington Stanley), Dean Sinclair (Barnet), Scott Kerr (Scarborough), Charlie Mapes (Crawley Town), Ben Surey (Gravesend & Northfleet), Stuart Thurgood (Grays Athletic), Craig Stanley (Hereford United), Les Afful (Exeter City), Chris Senior (Scarborough), Anthony Elding (Stevenage Borough), Danny Carlton (Morecambe), Karl Hawley (Carlisle United), Aaron McLean (Aldershot Town), Lloyd Blackman (Farnborough Town),  Rob Purdie (Hereford United), Andrew Bishop (York City) and George Boyd (Stevenage Borough)

Full record v Italy – P 15, W 3, D 5, L 7.