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16/08/2004
Sanchez springs surprises in NI selection
Lawrie Sanchez has named a much changed Northern Ireland squad to face Switzerland in Zurich on Wednesday.
While two new caps will come in the shape of Wolves' Mark Clyde and Sheffield Wednesday's Chris Brunt, the most glaring omission is that of Bristol City midfielder Tommy Doherty who has failed to make the squad despite a shortage of midfield players due to the withdrawals of Jeff Whitley, Steve Lomas and Phil Mulryne.
Sanchez will also have to make do without James Quinn, Chris Baird, Steve Jones and George McCartney who are all unavailable for Northern Ireland's final turnout before they face Poland in the opening game of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in September.
The NI squad is: Taylor, Carroll, Craigan, Clyde, Murdock, Williams, Hughes, Capaldi, Gillespie, Sonner, Johnson, Hughes, Elliott, Brunt, Smith, Healy, Hamilton, McVeigh.
Meanwhile, Matt Holland and Andy O'Brien have withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad for Wednesday's friendly clash with Bulgaria at Lansdowne Road. Holland is suffering from damage to an ankle ligament while O'Brien has contracted conjunctivitis.
Manager Brian Kerr said he had no plans to call in any replacements.
The RoI squad was named as: Given, Colgan, Kenny, Finnan, Cunningham, Maybury, O'Shea, Carr, Doherty, Breen, Miller, Quinn, Keane, Kavanagh, Reid, Barrett, Kilbane, Duff, Lee, Morrison, Connolly, Macken.
(MB)
While two new caps will come in the shape of Wolves' Mark Clyde and Sheffield Wednesday's Chris Brunt, the most glaring omission is that of Bristol City midfielder Tommy Doherty who has failed to make the squad despite a shortage of midfield players due to the withdrawals of Jeff Whitley, Steve Lomas and Phil Mulryne.
Sanchez will also have to make do without James Quinn, Chris Baird, Steve Jones and George McCartney who are all unavailable for Northern Ireland's final turnout before they face Poland in the opening game of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in September.
The NI squad is: Taylor, Carroll, Craigan, Clyde, Murdock, Williams, Hughes, Capaldi, Gillespie, Sonner, Johnson, Hughes, Elliott, Brunt, Smith, Healy, Hamilton, McVeigh.
Meanwhile, Matt Holland and Andy O'Brien have withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad for Wednesday's friendly clash with Bulgaria at Lansdowne Road. Holland is suffering from damage to an ankle ligament while O'Brien has contracted conjunctivitis.
Manager Brian Kerr said he had no plans to call in any replacements.
The RoI squad was named as: Given, Colgan, Kenny, Finnan, Cunningham, Maybury, O'Shea, Carr, Doherty, Breen, Miller, Quinn, Keane, Kavanagh, Reid, Barrett, Kilbane, Duff, Lee, Morrison, Connolly, Macken.
(MB)
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Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez has hit out at his side’s lack of confidence when going behind to the opposition following Saturday’s 4-1 home defeat at the hands of Germany. Northern Ireland went 1-0 up thanks to a David Healy goal after Robert Huth was sent off for a hand ball on 15 minutes.
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Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez will be looking for an improved result against Poland tonight in what is essentially a morale boosting fixture in this Group 6 World Cup qualifying game.
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Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez will be looking for an improved result against Poland tonight in what is essentially a morale boosting fixture in this Group 6 World Cup qualifying game.
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