Denmark v England
International U21 Friendly
SAS Arena, Herning
16 August 2005

Peter Taylor has named a 24-man squad to face Denmark in a friendly match in Herning next Tuesday.

The match is England's last before they face two crucial European U21 Championship qualifiers away to Wales and Germany next month. Taylor's team currently sit top of their group with four wins and two draws from their first six qualification matches.

Four Tottenham Hotspur players are in the party, including Tom Huddlestone who impressed with the England U20s in Toulon in June and at 18 is the youngest player in the squad.

The versatile Spurs player is one of eleven players who went to Toulon, when Taylor took charge of the U20s side. Aston Villa duo Peter Whittingham and Liam Ridgewell, along with Newcastle United's Steven Taylor and James Milner are others who also went.

Having switched clubs in the summer, Charlton Athletic striker Darren Bent has an excellent record at this level, as do Norwich City's Dean Ashton and Carlton Cole of Chelsea.

Two members of the squad have won caps at senior level - Stewart Downing made his solitary appearance against Holland at Villa Park in February whilst Kieran Richardson played twice for England on their US Tour, scoring a brace on debut against the host country.

Denmark are one of Europe's form teams at the moment and, like England, are top of their qualifying group, with 22 points from a possible 24.

However England are unbeaten in nine U21 matches against Denmark going back to the sides' first meeting in September 1978.

England U21s squad v. Denmark

Player

Club

D.O.B.

Caps

Goals

Lee Camp

Derby County

22 Aug 84

2

0

Scott Carson

Liverpool

03 Sept 85

11

0

Luke Steele

Manchester United

24 Sept 84

0

0

Calum Davenport

Tottenham Hotspur

01 Jan 83

7

0

Michael Dawson

Tottenham Hotspur

18 Nov 83

7

0

Anton Ferdinand

West Ham United

18 Feb 85

3

0

Tom Huddlestone

Tottenham Hotspur

26 Dec 86

3

0

Nicky Hunt

Bolton Wanderers

03 Sept 83

7

0

Liam Ridgewell

Aston Villa

21 July 84

5

0

Liam Rosenior

Fulham

09 July 84

2

0

Steven Taylor

Newcastle United

23 Jan 86

6

0

Darren Ambrose

Charlton Athletic

29 Feb 84

5

0

Stewart Downing

Middlesbrough

22 July 84

7

0

Gary O'Neil

Portsmouth

18 May 83

6

0

James Milner

Newcastle United

04 Jan 86

10

1

Nigel Reo-Coker

West Ham United

14 May 84

7

0

Kieran Richardson

Manchester United

 21 Oct 84

3

0

Wayne Routledge

Tottenham Hotspur

07 Jan 85

3

0

Tom Soares

Crystal Palace

10 July 86

0

0

Peter Whittingham

Aston Villa

08 Sept 84

7

0

Dean Ashton

Norwich City

24 Nov 83

6

4

Darren Bent

Charlton Athletic

06 Feb 84

12

8

Carlton Cole

Chelsea

12 Nov 83

12

4

Jon Stead

Sunderland

07 Apr 83

8

0


England U21s v Denmark

Date

Opponents

Venue

Comp

Result

19 Sept 78

  Denmark

Hvidovre

ECQ

2-1

11 Sept 79

  Denmark

Watford

ECQ

1-0

21 Sept 82

  Denmark

Hvidovre

ECQ

4-1

20 Sept 83

  Denmark

Norwich

ECQ

4-1

12 Mar 86

  Denmark

Copenhagen

ECF

1-0

26 Mar 86

  Denmark

Manchester

ECF

1-1

13 Sept 88

  Denmark

Watford

F

0-0

08 Mar 94

  Denmark

Brentford

F

1-0

08 Oct 99

  Denmark

Bradford

F

4-1