England Squad announced

[IsleworthRanger]

No QPR player (this time)

Roy Hodgson has named his England squad for the upcoming double-header with Republic of Ireland and Brazil and has called up Reading's Alex McCarthy for the first time.

The Royals stopper, who has previous international experience at Under-21s level, comes in after impressive displays at the Madejski Stadium. He joins other 'keepers Joe Hart and Ben Foster on the 22-man list.

Liverpool's in-form striker Daniel Sturridge is included in the squad, too, alongside the Reds' on-loan forward Andy Carroll.

Frank Lampard, Gary Cahill and Ashley Cole, fresh from Europa League success with Chelsea, are also in Hodgson's line-up for the games at Wembley on 29 May and in Rio on 2 June.

Tickets are still available for the match at Wembley, click here for details.

England squad in full

Goalkeepers
Ben Foster, Joe Hart, Alex McCarthy

Defenders
Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Phil Jagielka, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Joleon Lescott, Kyle Walker

Midfielders
Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Frank Lampard, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott

Forwards
Andy Carroll, Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Danny Welbeck

Tickets are still available for England's match with Republic of Ireland at Wembley on Wednesday 29 May. You can order online by clicking here or by calling the 24-hour ticket hotline on 0844 826 2010

[SuperHoopNik]

No Clint Hill!?

[Norths]

Is this the first time we will have played Ireland since the trouble in the mid 90's?

[West Acton]

Ive lost interest in watching England its bad enough watching us. Want them to win but don't loose any sleep anymore if they dont

[vblockranger]

Ive lost interest in watching England its bad enough watching us. Want them to win but don't loose any sleep anymore if they dont

Dont care anymore...i lost my interest when i saw they had lost theirs a couple of Tournaments ago. That squad is half full of players i hate, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Frank Lampard, Andy Carroll, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge...wish them all nothing but ill in their football careers.

[SuperHoopNik]

Too many superstars in one team and it doesn't work, they don't know how to play together. Roy needs to call up the likes of Lambert, Shawcross, Rhodes etc..basically players with something to prove. Too many ego's in the current squad and I despise watching them. They play great football for the likes of liverpool, chelsea, united etc but when it comes to England they're suddenly sh*t and play boring boring football. Picking less known players will be better for us, would get us playing more like a club side which is how we need to play instead of pass, pass, pass needlessly around the back 4.

[vblockranger]

Too many superstars in one team and it doesn't work, they don't know how to play together. Roy needs to call up the likes of Lambert, Shawcross, Rhodes etc..basically players with something to prove. Too many ego's in the current squad and I despise watching them. They play great football for the likes of liverpool, chelsea, united etc but when it comes to England they're suddenly sh*t and play boring boring football. Picking less known players will be better for us, would get us playing more like a club side which is how we need to play instead of pass, pass, pass needlessly around the back 4.

good post.....your right the current crop of England players are big headed wrong uns and players like you already stated should be called up. Might start supporting them again if they get rid of the current lot of ******s

[twranger]

Dont care anymore...i lost my interest when i saw they had lost theirs a couple of Tournaments ago. That squad is half full of players i hate, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Frank Lampard, Andy Carroll, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge...wish them all nothing but ill in their football careers.

How nice!

[vblockranger]

How nice!

Well i stopped short of wishing them all broken legs or other nast assorted injuries and conditions so i think i did pretty well

[twranger]

Well i stopped short of wishing them all broken legs or other nast assorted injuries and conditions so i think i did pretty well

[HarryH]

Dont care anymore...i lost my interest when i saw they had lost theirs a couple of Tournaments ago. That squad is half full of players i hate, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Frank Lampard, Andy Carroll, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge...wish them all nothing but ill in their football careers.

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I agree with this

[MattyRangers]

Derry must be gutted. Well deserved a call up after his recent performances.

[OneEyedWilly]

Derry must be gutted. Well deserved a call up after his recent performances.

I heard a little whisper that he might have turned it down....didnt want it to get in the way of the qpr comeback.

[vblockranger]

I heard a little whisper that he might have turned it down....didnt want it to get in the way of the qpr comeback.

[kron-1664]

I cannot watch England coz fo that damn band, it drives me mad , f l uck ing great escape for 90 minutes