England v Belarus
'B' International Friendly
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Madejski Stadium, Reading FC
See England's two other World Cup Warm up matches

The first of England's three warm up games before they depart for Germany has sold out. England take on Belarus in a 'B' International  on Thursday evening, and the tickets for the game have all been snapped up by fans eager to see Sven's men before they depart for Germany.

The Belarus game is the first warm-up match for the squad of 28 since Sven announced his squad on the 8th of May. England will then go on to play Hungary and Jamaica at Old Trafford the following week before flying out to Germany for the World Cup kick-off.

England have never played Belarus at senior level before, but one player will be coming up against familiar opponents this time around as Arsenal's Aleksandr Hleb has been called up for the game.

To view the rest of the Belarus Squad click here.

England "B" matches have been seen as stepping stones to the senior team since they were introduced by Walter Winterbottom back in 1949.

England won the first match at that level 4-0 in Finland and three days later, on the same tour, we achieved another victory by the same scoreline in Holland.

You can still get tickets for England's games with Hungary on 30 May and Jamaica on 3 June by clicking here