The England players celebrate during the 3-1 victory over Italy in February.
Monday, 27 November 2006.
England v Holland
European Challenge Trophy
7.45pm, Wednesday 29 November 2006
Burton Albion FC
Tickets £5 (£1 concessions) - available on the gate
The England National Game XI are at Burton Albion FC on Wednesday night for the final European Challenge Trophy fixture between against Holland.
Paul Fairclough has called up Forest Green Rovers forward Les Afful as a late replacement for Dennis Oli. The Grays hitman scored his first goal of the season in his team's 1-1 draw with Altrincham on Saturday but picked up an injury to rule him out of a trip to Burton.
22-year-old former Exeter City man looked impressive in Rovers' 1-1 draw at Morecambe at the weekend and comes into the squad for the first time.
It was a good weekend for England's forward players with Guiseppe Sole, Craig Makail-Smith (2) and George Boyd all scoring in wins for Woking, Dagenham & Redbridge and Stevenage Borough respectively.
The Three Lions go into the game on Wednesday knowing that a point will secure the inaugural "non league" European title, and will be hoping to seal the title after they were pipped to this year's Four Nations Tournament on goal difference by Wales.
The Pirelli Stadium played host to Manchester United in last season's FA Cup as Burton held on for a memorable 0-0 draw, before going out in the Old Trafford replay.
The £6.9m state of the art ground is sited on the land formerly occupied by the sports and social facilities of the Italian tyre giants.
The ground has already been selected to host various representative fixtures. The First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Women’s U19 European Championship have already taken place at the Pirelli, with a record crowd for an international at that level when England played Scotland.
Tickets are available on the gate. However, they can also be bought in advance from the Burton Albion ticket office on 08701 900060.
England squad:
| Player |
Club |
| Lance Cronin |
Gravesend & Northfleet |
| Arran Lee-Barrett |
Weymouth |
| Adam Yates |
Morecambe |
| Adam Quinn |
Halifax Town |
| Kieran Charnock |
Northwich Victoria |
| Michael Morrison |
Cambridge United |
| Scott Griffiths |
Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Les Affull |
Forest Green Rovers |
| Michael Carr |
Northwich Victoria |
| Lewis Chalmers |
Altrincham |
| Craig Stanley |
Morecambe |
| Guiseppe Sole |
Woking |
| George Boyd |
Stevenage Borough |
| Steve Morison |
Stevenage Borough |
| Clayton Donaldson |
York City |
| Craig Mackail-Smith |
Dagenham & Redbridge |