England

v

Republic Of Ireland

 

 

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier
7.45pm, Tuesday 5 February 2008
St.Mary's Stadium, Southampton FC
Live on Sky Sports

Stuart Pearce has named his England Under-21 squad for next week's game with the Republic Of Ireland.

The Young Lions will be hoping to continue where they left off in late 2007, when victory over Bulgaria in Milton Keynes was followed by an impressive draw against Portugal in Agueda to leave Pearce's team in a strong position to qualify for next year's Championships.

There are two new call-ups to the squad for the game, with Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross (left) and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie O'Hara both named by Pearce for the first time.

Shawcross has been in impressive form for the Championship outfit whilst on loan from Manchester United, scoring six goals along the way and he recently made that move permanent with City paying a fee of £1 million for him.

O'Hara has also shown his worth since breaking into the first team at White Hart Lane. The left sided midfielder had been on loan at Millwall earlier in the season, but has now forced his way firmly into the first team reckoning under Juande Ramos.

The London born ace has previously been capped by England at U16 and U17 level.

The England Squad

Name

Club

DOB

Caps

Goals

Goalkeepers

Joe Hart

Manchester City

19.04.87

9

0

Tom Heaton

Manchester United

15.04.86

0

0

Joe Lewis

Peterborough United

06.10.87

0

0

Defenders

Craig Gardner

Aston Villa

25.11.86

4

0

Michael Mancienne

QPR (on loan from Chelsea)

08.01.88

2

0

Joe Mattock

Leicester City

15.05.90

2

0

Nedum Onuoha

Manchester City

12.11.86

13

1

Ryan Shawcross

Stoke City

04.10.87

0

0

Steven Taylor

Newcastle United

23.01.86

24

4

David Wheater

Middlesbrough

14.02.87

4

0

Midfielders

Lee Cattermole

Middlesbrough

21.03.88

2

0

Tom Huddlestone

Tottenham Hotspur

28.12.86

24

2

Adam Johnson

Middlesbrough

14.07.87

4

1

Aaron Lennon

Tottenham Hotspur

16.04.87

2

0

James Milner

Newcastle United

04.01.86

35

4

Fabrice Muamba

Birmingham City

06.04.88

6

0

Mark Noble

West Ham United

08.05.87

9

3

Jamie O'Hara

Tottenham Hotspur

25.09.86

0

0

Andrew Surman

Southampton

20.08.86

2

1

Forwards

Cameron Jerome

Birmingham City

14.10.86

8

0

Luke Moore

Aston Villa

13.02.86

4

0

James Vaughan

Everton

14.07.88

1

0

Theo Walcott

Arsenal

16.03.89

13

4

Statistics including Portugal v England, 20 November 2007