The Three Lions squad for the match against Turkey  October 2003
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App	G	Capt
Beattie, James S.	27 February 1978	25	F	Southampton FC	2	2	4	0	0	None
Beckham, David R.J.	2 May 1975	28	M	Real Madrid CF, Spain	60	3	63	13	27	1 9
Bridge, Wayne M.	5 August 1980	23	D	Chelsea FC	8	6	14	0	0	1
Butt, Nicholas	21 January 1975	28	M	Manchester United FC	19	10	29	0	0	None
Campbell, Sulzeer J.	18 September 1974	29	D	Arsenal FC	52	3	55	1	2	7
Cole, Ashley	20 December 1980	22	D	Arsenal FC	21	0	21	0	0	2
Cole, Joseph J.	8 November 1981	21	M	Chelsea FC	1	11	12	1	0	None
Dyer, Kieron C.	29 December 1978	24	M	Newcastle United FC	7	11	18	0	0	None
Gerrard, Steven G.	30 May 1980	23	M	Liverpool FC	19	1	20	3	0	3
Hargreaves, Owen L.	20 January 1981 born in Canada	22	M	FC Bayern München, Germany	6	9	15	0	0	None
Heskey, Emile W.I.	11 January 1978	25	F	Liverpool FC	24	12	36	5	0	3
James, David B.	1 August 1970	33	G	West Ham United FC	13	6	19	12 ᵍᵃ	0	1
Lampard, Frank J.	20 June 1978	25	M	Chelsea FC	7	7	14	1	0	None
Mills, Daniel J.	18 May 1977	26	D	Middlesbrough FC, on loan from Leeds United AFC	11	7	18	0	0	2
Neville, Gary A.	18 February 1975	28	D	Manchester United FC	54	5	59	0	0	4
Neville, Philip J.	21 January 1977	26	D	Manchester United FC	29	14	43	0	0	1
Owen, Michael J.	14 December 1979	23	F	Liverpool FC	43	10	53	24	6	2
	Although called into the squad as an injured player, Owen was eventually replaced on 8 October.
Robinson, Paul W.	15 October 1979	23	G	Leeds United AFC	0	3	3	2 ᵍᵃ	0	None
Rooney, Wayne M.	24 October 1985	17	F	Everton FC	4	3	7	2	0	None
Scholes, Paul	16 November 1974	28	M	Manchester United FC	56	2	58	13	0	1 11
Terry, John G.	7 December 1980	22	D	Chelsea FC	3	1	4	0	0	None
Upson, Matthew J.	18 April 1979	24	D	Birmingham City FC	3	2	5	0	0	None
Vassell, Darius C.	13 June 1980	23	F	Aston Villa FC	5	9	14	4	0	None
	Darius Vassell was called into the squad as cover for Michael Owen on 8 October.
Walker, Ian M.	31 October 1971	31	G	Leicester City FC	1	2	3	1ᵍᵃ	0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the third of the 2003-04 season, against Liechtenstein on 10 September 2003.

Diary

Friday, 25 January 2002 - The European Championship qualification draw puts second-seeded England in Group Seven with Turkey, as well as Slovakia, FYR Macedonia and Liechtenstein. But no fixtures can be finalised.

Monday, 11 March 2002 - In İstanbul, the Group Seven representatives fail, after five hours, to find a resolution in creating a fixture list.  England wanted both matches with Turkey played early in the campaign, while Turkey wanted its home match against England played later.   Eventually the teams agreed to let UEFA resolve the fixture list by drawing lots.

Thursday, 28 March 2002 - UEFA conduct a random draw.  It produces precisely the fixture arrangement Turkey had wanted.  The last match of the qualifying campaign will see England visit Turkey.

Friday, 4 April 2003 - The good news for England is that the Turkish Football Association have decided not to play October's return clash in Galatasaray's notorious Ali Sami Yen stadium. The bad news is that they have chosen the equally-intimidating İstanbul ground of Fenerbahce instead. The Turkish FA do not have to confirm the venue until 60 days before the October 11 clash but reports in the İstanbul media have said the 50,000 capacity Şükrü Saracoğlu had been earmarked for the game. That is likely to increase the chances of the English FA refusing their ticket allocation for England fans in a bid to avoid crowd trouble. 

Sunday, 5 October 2003 - The Football Association have confirmed that the squad announcement has been delayed for 24 hours.

Monday, 6 October 2003 - Sven-Göran Eriksson delays the squad announcement again, awaiting the results of Michael Owen's injury.

Tuesday, 7 October 2003 - Eriksson has finally announced his 23-man squad for England's final qualifying match against Turkey.  Rio Ferdinand is left out due to him missing a routine drug test.

Wednesday, 8 October 2003 - Darius Vassell is called into the squad as cover for the injured Michael Owen.  The Liverpool striker still remains in the squad in a bid to beat his shin injury.

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