Paul Fairclough will coach the FA Representative XI
Centenary celebrations
Friday, 04 March 2005.
The FA are to re-introduce FA Representative XI sides to play in matches arranged as part of centenary celebrations of County Associations, Leagues and other organisations.
Three matches are planned during 2005. The first match is against the Isthmian League, which is to be played on Monday 07 March at Dulwich Hamlet FC (kick off 7.45pm).
This will be followed by matches against Middlesex Wanderers FC at Dagenham & Redbridge FC on Sunday 08 May, and a match against the Jersey FA the following day in St Helier.
England National Game manager, Paul Fairclough has named a 16-man squad to represent The Football Association against the Isthmian League.
The players, who have been selected from clubs in Nationwide South, have all been assessed during the season by Fairclough’s scouting team. The team will be managed by Steve Avory, Fairclough’s England assistant.
FA Representative Squad v Isthmian League
Kevin Davies (Hayes)
Stuart Searle (Carshalton Ath)
Stuart Booth (Carshalton Ath)
Dean Hooper (St Albans City)
Jamie Southon (Hornchurch)
James Smith (Welling Utd)
Lewis Watts (Welling Utd)
Kevin Warner (Hayes)
Matthew Gray (Sutton Utd)
Kevin McKenna (Hayes)
Andrew Tomlinson (Hornchurch)
James Day (Welling Utd)
Desmond Boateng (Carshalton Ath)
Che Stadhart (Margate)
Kieran Knight (Hayes)
Lee Clarke (St Albans City)