ENGLAND v WALES: MATCH LIBRARY
ENGLAND

Lampard 4', Beckham 76'
WALES

England Head Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson
Big three return
Sunday, 03 October 2004.
England Head Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has named his 23-man party to face Wales and Azerbaijan in this month's vital World Cup qualification double-header.
Sven's men face Wales at Old Trafford on Saturday 09 October before travelling away for a first ever meeting with Azerbaijan four days later.
The England manager will no doubt be boosted by the return of three key players in Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and of course Wayne Rooney as England look to pick up crucial World Cup qualification points.
Rooney made his comeback from injury in spectacular fashion, scoring a hat-trick on his Manchester United debut in midweek, whilst Ferdinand and Campbell have both been impressive in their respective returns to first team action.
Along with Rooney, Sven has selected four other strikers. Between them, the five frontmen can boast nearly 50 international goals - an indication of the fire-power Sven has at his disposal.
Newcastle United's in-form midfielder Nicky Butt is fit-again and he may be in pole position to fill in for the injured Steven Gerrard.
Joe Cole is included after Sven saw the Chelsea man score his side's only goal against Liverpool on Sunday afternoon whilst Norwich City's Robert Green keeps his place in the squad after further impressive performances for Norwich City.
Cole could be an option for the left side of England's midfield after Wayne Bridge was left out of the squad due to injury.
However Bridge will have
treatment at Chelsea this week and later in the week Sven will re-assess the situation to see if he will be fit enough to join the squad.
England squad
|
Player |
Club |
Caps |
Goals |
|
Paul Robinson |
Tottenham Hotspur |
6 |
0 |
|
David James |
Manchester City |
30 |
0 |
|
Robert Green |
Norwich City |
0 |
0 |
|
John Terry |
Chelsea |
14 |
0 |
|
Rio Ferdinand |
Manchester United |
33 |
1 |
|
Ledley King |
Tottenham Hotspur |
10 |
1 |
|
Sol Campbell |
Arsenal |
62 |
1 |
|
Ashley Cole |
Arsenal |
33 |
0 |
|
Gary Neville |
Manchester United |
70 |
0 |
|
Jamie Carragher |
Liverpool |
15 |
0 |
|
Phil Neville |
Manchester United |
50 |
0 |
|
Joe Cole |
Chelsea |
18 |
2 |
|
David Beckham |
Real Madrid |
75 |
14 |
|
Nicky Butt |
Newcastle United |
36 |
0 |
|
Frank Lampard |
Chelsea |
26 |
6 |
|
Shaun Wright-Phillips |
Manchester City |
1 |
1 |
|
Jermaine Jenas |
Newcastle United |
7 |
0 |
|
Owen Hargreaves |
Bayern Munich |
23 |
0 |
|
Wayne Rooney |
Manchester United |
17 |
9 |
|
Jermain Defoe |
Tottenham Hotspur |
5 |
1 |
|
Michael Owen |
Real Madrid |
63 |
27 |
|
Alan Smith |
Manchester United |
10 |
1 |
|
Darius Vassell |
Aston Villa |
22 |
6 |
BIG THREE RETURN
03 October 2004