Walcott handed first U21 call-up

[Teso Dos Bichos]

England World Cup squad members Theo Walcott and Scott Carson have been named in the Under-21 squad to face Moldova in Ipswich on Tuesday night. Coach Peter Taylor also hands first calls to Sunderland keeper Ben Alnwick and Manchester City's Micah Richards. England face Switzerland and Moldova in a three-team qualifying group for a place in next year's European U21 Championships in Holland. Their next qualifier is away to Switzerland on 6 September in Lucerne.

England U21 squad to face Moldova at Portman Road on 15 August:

Alnwick (Sunderland), Camp (Derby), Carson (Liverpool), Baines (Wigan), Davies (West Brom), Ferdinand (West Ham), Hoyte (Arsenal), Richards (Man City), Onuoha (Man City), A Taylor (Middlesbrough), S Taylor (Newcastle), Ambrose (Charlton), Bentley (Blackburn), Huddlestone (Tottenham), Milner (Newcastle), Reo-Coker (West Ham), Routledge (Tottenham), Soares (Palace), Watson (Palace), Bent (Charlton), Jerome (Birmingham), Nugent (Preston), Walcott (Arsenal).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4777327.stm

Let's hope the kid gets some minutes.

[Bluto11]

good to hear

[JinJin]

Does anyone whether or not England qualified for the U20 World Championships in Canada next year?

[Teso Dos Bichos]

I believe the only UEFA qualifiers are:
Spain, Scotland, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Portugal

:D

[Cannon]

Want to read something funny?

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=408818&CPID=219&clid=368&lid=2&title=First+French+call+for+Faubert

Check out the squad list:
France squad: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Mickael Landreau (Paris Saint Germain); Eric Abidal, Francois Clerc (Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle), William Gallas (Chelsea), Gael Givet (Monaco), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich); Alou Diarra (Lens), Julien Faubert, Rio Mavuba (Bordeaux), Florent Malouda, Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Internazionale); Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Franck Ribery (Marseille), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal).A new signing perhaps? :D

[Teso Dos Bichos]

I missed that. :( :o

[GoonerMan]

nice to see, hopefully he will get a run out. what darren bent is doing in that u21 game is beyond me, he should be with the full squad. does anyone know if he was picked to play the greece friendly?

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Full squad not known yet but he is coming off an injury. The match is also more important than the Greek friendly.