England National
Football Team Match No. 805
England 3 Croatia 1
[1-0]
Wednesday, 20 August
2003
England
Pre-Match
|
England
Squad for Match Against Croatia August 2003 |
|
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
St |
Sub |
App |
G |
Cpt |
Dis |
|
Beattie,
James S. |
27-Feb-1978 |
25 |
F |
Southampton FC |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Beckham,
David R.J. |
02-May-1975 |
28 |
M |
Real
Madrid CF, Spain |
57 |
3 |
60 |
11 |
24 |
1 E 8 C |
|
Bridge, Wayne M. |
05-Aug-1980 |
23 |
D |
Chelsea
FC |
7 |
5 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Butt,
Nicholas |
21-Jan-1975 |
28 |
M |
Manchester
United FC |
17 |
10 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Campbell,
Sulzeer J. |
18-Sep-1974 |
29 |
D |
Arsenal
FC |
51 |
3 |
54 |
1 |
2 |
6 C |
|
Sol Campbell withdraws from the squad
on Tuesday, 19 August, after suffering a shoulder injury. |
|
Cole,
Ashley |
20-Dec-1980 |
22 |
D |
Arsenal
FC |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
2 C |
|
Cole,
Joseph J. |
08-Nov-1981 |
21 |
M |
Chelsea
FC |
1 |
9 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
None |
|
Dyer,
Kieron C. |
29-Dec-1978 |
24 |
M |
Newcastle
United FC |
7 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Ferdinand, Rio G. |
07-Nov-1978 |
24 |
D |
Manchester United FC |
27 |
5 |
32 |
1 |
0 |
1 C |
|
Gerrard,
Steven G. |
30-May-1980 |
23 |
M |
Liverpool
FC |
17 |
1 |
18 |
3 |
0 |
2 C |
|
Hargreaves, Owen L. |
20-Jan-1981 |
22 |
M |
FC Bayern München AG, Germany |
5 |
8 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Owen Hargreaves withdraws from the
squad on Monday, 18 August, after picking up a groin strain. |
|
Heskey,
Emile W. I. |
11-Jan-1978 |
25 |
F |
Liverpool
FC |
23 |
11 |
34 |
5 |
0 |
3 C |
|
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
St |
Sub |
App |
G |
Cpt |
Dis |
|
James,
David B. |
01-Aug-1970 |
33 |
G |
West
Ham United FC |
10 |
6 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 C |
|
Kirkland, Christopher |
02-May-1981 |
22 |
G |
Liverpool FC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Lampard,
Frank J. |
20-Jun-1978 |
25 |
M |
Chelsea
FC |
5 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Mills,
Daniel J. |
18-May-1977 |
26 |
D |
Leeds United AFC |
11 |
6 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
2 C |
|
Murphy, Daniel B. |
18-Mar-1977 |
26 |
M |
Liverpool FC |
1 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
None |
|
Neville,
Philip J. |
21-Jan-1977 |
26 |
D |
Manchester
United FC |
28 |
12 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
1 C |
|
Owen,
Michael J |
14-Dec-1979 |
23 |
F |
Liverpool
FC |
40 |
10 |
50 |
22 |
6 |
2 C |
|
Robinson,
Paul W. |
15-Oct-1979 |
23 |
G |
Leeds
United AFC |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Scholes,
Paul |
16-Nov-1974 |
28 |
M |
Manchester
United FC |
55 |
2 |
57 |
13 |
0 |
1 E / 11 C |
|
Sinclair, Trevor L. |
02-Mar-1973 |
30 |
M |
Manchester
City FC |
6 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Terry,
John G. |
07-Dec-1980 |
22 |
D |
Chelsea
FC |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Upson,
Matthew J. |
18-Apr-1979 |
24 |
D |
Birmingham
City FC |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Matthew Upson is called into the squad
on Tuesday, 19 August, as a replacement to Campbell and Woodgate. |
|
Woodgate, Jonathan S. |
22-Jan-1980 |
23 |
D |
Newcastle United FC |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
None |
|
Jonathan Woodgate withdraws from the
squad on Tuesday, 19 August, after picking up a minor injury. |
Notes
Saturday, 25 January 2003 -
The Croatian football association announced the national side will play a
friendly away match against England on 20 August 2003.
Tuesday, 25 February 2003 -
Press reports said the Football Association is planning a friendly match
against Croatia for early next season in preparation for the European
Championship 2004 qualifiers against FYR Macedonia and Liechtenstein in early
September, with 20 August 2003 the date under consideration and Portman
Road in Ipswich the likely venue.
Thursday, 29 May 2003
- The Football Association confirmed that England will play Croatia in a
friendly match next season, but said the date and venue still had not been
finalised. England and Croatia met only once before, in the scoreless
draw at Wembley on 24 April 1996, during the build-up to the European
Championship 1996 final tournament. Croatia, which lost its independent
status following the Second Warld War, resumed play in 1992 after breaking off
from Yugoslavia. Their best performance came at the World Cup 1998 final
tournment, where they finished third.
Wednesday, 18 June 2003
- The Football Association finally confirmed that England's friendly match
against Croatia will take place at Portman Road in Ipswich on 20
August 2003, kickoff 8 p.m. Ipwich has never hosted a senior England
match, although Portman Road has been the venue for England Under-19, Under-21
and Under-23 matches. The FA's Director of Marketing
and Communications Paul Barber said: "This will be the 13th
different stadium used since we started taking our senior matches around the
country. Since February 2001 the England team has played in the North East,
the North West, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, the South Coast,
Yorkshire, London and now East Anglia."
Sunday, 13 July 2003 -
The Football Association announced that all general sale tickets for the
friendly match against Croatia were sold within two and a half hours of
ticket lines opening this morning.
Wednesday, 16 July 2003 - England
coach Sven-Göran Eriksson said David Beckham may miss the friendly match
against Croatia to give him time to settle at his new club, Real Madrid.
"We haven't made any decisions about David yet," Eriksson said,
"but we'll see how things go for David and we'll make that decision just
before we pick the squad."
Thursday, 17 July 2003
- Press reports say former Ipswich Town and England manager Bobby Robson will
be the Football Association's guest of honour at Portman Road when
England meet Croatia on 20 August 2003. Robson was in charge of Ipswich
for 13 years before beginning his eight-year tenure as England manager in
1982.
Friday, 15 August 2003 -
Eriksson names a 24-man squad.
Monday, 18 August 2003 -
Owen Hargreaves is forced to withdraw from the squad after being unable to
shake off a groin strain picked up in his side's Bundesliga win over VfL
Bochum.
Tuesday, 19 August 2003 -
Sol Campbell and Jonathan Woodgate are forced through injury to withdraw from
the squad and return home for treatment. Matthew Upson is called in as a
replacement.
|
England
Player Injuries Affecting Match Against Croatia 20 August 2003
|
|
Wes
Brown, Defender, Manchester United
|
|
Date |
Details |
|
13-May-2003
|
Scans
revealed Brown has ruptured cruciate ligaments after twisting his left
knee in Manchester United's last match of the season against
Everton on 11 May 2003. He will have to undergo
surgery to repair the damage and will not return to action until well
into the new season. |
|
03-Jun-2003
|
Press
reports said Brown will not have surgery on his knee until July
because the delay will allow him to build up muscle strength around the
knee in readiness for the operation. It is expected he will be out
of action for the rest of the year. |
|
Ugo
Ehiogu, Defender, Middlesbrough FC
|
|
Date |
Details |
|
06-Jul-2003
|
News reports
say Ehiogu may be out for up to six months with a ruptured cruciate
ligament. Ehiogu injured his knee in last season's final
game against Tottenham Hotspur, scans revealed he had only bruised
and the bone and he was told to rest the knee over the summer
break. But the injury flared up again when he returned for
training three days ago and new tests revealed the extent of the injury. |
|
15-Jul-2003
|
Ehiogu flew
to the U.S.A. for surgery. |
|
21-Jul-2003
|
News reports
say exploratory surgery in the U.S.A. revealed Ehiogu's injury is not as
serious as feared, that he will not need an operation and that he will
recover in time through rehabilitation. Ehiogu is set to return to
Middlesbrough this week. |
|
31-Jul-2003
|
Press
reports say Ehiogu hopes to play in four months. Had his cruciate
ligament snapped, he could have been out of action for up to a year. |
|
Wayne
Rooney, Forward, Everton FC
|
|
Date |
Details |
|
27-Jul-2003
|
A scan
revealed Rooney, who fell awkwardly in
Everton's 3-2 friendly match victory over Rangers at Ibrox Park
in Glasgow yesterday, suffered
ankle ligament damage and will be out of action for a month. While
he will miss Everton's opening Premiership matches and the
friendly against Croatia on 20 August, he is expected to be fit
for the European Championship 2004 qualifiers against FYR
Macedonia and Liechtenstein on 6 and 10 September. |
|
29-Jul-2003
|
Everton
manager David Moyes says "there's still an outside chance"
Rooney will be fit for the opening of the Premiership season on 15
August, which means he would be avaailable for England against Croatia
five days later. |
|
Gary
Neville, Defender, Manchester United
|
|
Date |
Details |
|
30-Jun-2003
|
Neville was
sent home from Manchester United's pre-season tour of the U.S.A. with a
pulled hamstring he picked up in the 4-0 victory against Celtic on 22
June in Seattle. He will need at least three weeks to recover and
it is likely he will miss the friendly against Croatia on 20 August. |
|
England
Results
|
|
No. |
Date |
Opposition |
Venue |
Type |
F |
A |
Result |
H.T. |
|
796 |
07-Sep-2002 |
Portugal |
Villa
Park, Birmingham |
F |
1 |
1 |
HD |
[1-0] |
|
797 |
12-Oct-2002 |
Slovakia |
tadión
Tehelné Pole, Bratislava |
ECP |
2 |
1 |
AW |
[0-1] |
|
798 |
16-Oct-2002 |
Macedonia
FYR |
Friends
Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton |
ECP |
2 |
2 |
HD |
[2-2] |
|
799 |
12-Feb-2003 |
Australia |
Boleyn
Ground, Upton Park, London |
F |
1 |
3 |
HL |
[0-2] |
|
800 |
29-Mar-2003 |
Liechtenstein |
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
ECP |
2 |
0 |
AW |
[1-0] |
|
801 |
02-Apr-2003 |
Turkey |
Stadium of Light, Sunderland |
ECP |
2 |
0 |
HW |
[0-0] |
|
802 |
22-May-2003 |
South
Africa |
ABSA
Stadium, Durban |
F |
2 |
1 |
AW |
[1-1] |
|
803 |
03-Jun-2003 |
Serbia
and Montenegro |
Walkers
Stadium, Leicester |
F |
2 |
1 |
HW |
[1-1] |
|
804 |
11-Jun-2003 |
Slovakia |
Riverside
Stadium, Middlesbrough |
ECP |
2 |
1 |
HW |
[0-1] |
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CG/PY
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