England U21 squad is WALSALL Old Boys!

Last updated : 19 March 2008 By Andy Van Hagen
England Under 21 boss Stuart Pearce has names his squad to face Poland next week and has picked THREE ex-Saddlers!

January departee's Daniel Fox and Scott Dann have both received their first call-ups, along with ex-loanee Andrew Surman who could be making his 4th appearance.

The squad in full:

Name

Club

DOB

Caps

Goals

Goalkeepers

Joe Hart

Manchester City

19.04.87

10

0

Tom Heaton

Manchester United

15.04.86

0

0

Defenders

Scott Dann

Coventry City

14.02.87

0

0

Daniel Fox

Coventry City

29.05.86

0

0

Craig Gardner

Aston Villa

25.11.86

5

0

Michael Mancienne

QPR (on loan)

08.01.88

2

0

Joe Mattock

Leicester City

15.05.90

3

0

Nedum Onuoha

Manchester City

12.11.86

13

1

Ryan Shawcross

Stoke City

04.10.87

0

0

Midfielders

Lee Cattermole

Middlesbrough

21.03.88

2

0

Adam Johnson

Middlesbrough

14.07.87

5

1

Michael Johnson

Manchester City

24.02.88

1

0

Grant Leadbitter

Sunderland

07.01.86

1

0

Jamie O'Hara

Tottenham Hotspur

25.09.86

0

0

Andrew Surman

Southampton

20.08.86

3

1

Forwards

Fraizer Campbell

Hull City (on loan)

13.09.87

0

0

Matt Derbyshire

Blackburn Rovers

14.04.86

10

4

Cameron Jerome

Birmingham City

14.08.86

9

0

Ishmael Miller

West Bromwich Albion

05.03.87

0

0

Luke Moore

WBA (on loan)

13.02.86

4

0



On Scott Dann and Daniel Fox, Stuart Pearce told theFA.com:

"It's a great opportunity for us in this friendly to have a look at some other players. I could easily put out a side that I wouldn't learn a great deal about, but I have a chance to use some new players and players who have been in the squad but have yet to have a great deal of pitch time.

"Having spoken to Brian Eastick, the U19s Coach, he mentioned Scott Dann and Daniel Fox (pictured, left), so I went down to watch them when they were at Walsall and again since they moved to Coventry.

"They have done very well on each occasion. There's also a real quality about their play so it'll be good to see them involved with us next week.

"The most important thing from my point of view is during the build-up to the Championships which we're aiming to reach next summer and that we have competition for places in the squad.