The Three Lions Squad for the matches against Czech Republic and Montenegro  March 2019
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J.	7 October 1998	20	RWB	Liverpool FC	4	1	5	1		0	None
	Alexander-Arnold withdraws from the squad on 20 March because of a back injury
Alli, Bamidele J.	11 April 1996	22	M	Tottenham Hotspur FC	24	10	34	3		0	1
Barkley, Ross	5 December 1993	25	M	Chelsea FC	11	15	26	2		0	2
Butland, Jack	10 March 1993	26	GK	Stoke City FC	7	2	9	4ᵍᵃ		0	None
Chilwell, Benjamin J.	21 December 1996	22	LB	Leicester City FC	5	1	6	0		0	None
Delph, Fabian	21 November 1989	29	M	Manchester City FC	13	5	18	0		1	1
	Delph withdrew from the squad on 18 March because of injury
Dier, Eric J.E.	15 January 1994	25	M	Tottenham Hotspur FC	29	10	39	3	1	5	5
	Dier withdrew from the squad following the match against the Czech Republic
Heaton, Thomas D.	15 April 1986	32	G	Burnley FC	1	2	3	4ᵍᵃ		0	None
Henderson, Jordan B.	17 June 1990	28	M	Liverpool FC	37	12	49	0	1	6	6
Hudson-Odoi, Callum J.	7 November 2000	18	F	Chelsea FC	0	1	1	0		0	None
	Hudson-Odoi was drafted into the squad on 18 March
Kane, Harry E.	28 July 1993	25	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	30	6	36	21		16	None
Keane, Michael V.	11 January 1993	26	CD	Everton FC	5	1	6	1		0	None
					also has 4 Republic of Ireland youth appearances
Loftus-Cheek, Ruben I.	23 January 1996	23	M	Chelsea FC	7	3	10	0		0	1
	Loftus-Cheek withdrew from the squad on 18 March because of injury
Maguire, J. Harry	5 March 1993	26	CD	Leicester City FC	15	2	17	1		0	3
Pickford, Jordan L.	7 March 1994	25	GK	Everton FC	16	0	16	14ᵍᵃ		0	None
Rashford, Marcus	31 October 1997	21	F	Manchester United FC	14	17	31	6		0	1
	Rashford withdrew from the squad on 21 March because of an ankle injury
Rice, Declan	14 January 1999	20	CD	West Ham United FC	0	1	1	0		0	None
					also has 3 Republic of Ireland appearances
Rose, Daniel L.	2 July 1990	28	LWB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17	8	25	0		0	None
Sancho, Jadon M.	25 March 2000	18	F	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	2	2	4	0		0	None
Shaw, Luke P.H.	12 July 1995	23	RB	Manchester United FC	6	2	8	0		0	1
	Shaw withdrew from the squad on 18 March because of injury
Sterling, Raheem S.	8 December 1994 in Kingston, Jamaica	24	M	Manchester City FC	40	8	48	7		0	6	1
Stones, John	28 May 1994	24	CD	Manchester City FC	32	5	37	2		0	4
	Stones withdrew from the squad on 18 March because of injury
Tarkowski, James A.	19 November 1992	26	CD	Burnley FC	2	0	2	0		0	None
Trippier, Kieran J.	19 September 1990	28	RWB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	14	2	16	1		0	None
Walker, Kyle A.	28 May 1990	28	RD	Manchester City FC	40	5	45	0		0	6
Ward-Prowse, James M.E.	1 November 1994	24	M	Southampton FC	0	1	1	0		0	None
	Ward-Prowse called into the squad on 18 March as a replacement for the withdrawn players
Wilson, Callum E.G.	27 February 1992	27	F	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	1	1		0	None

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the seventh of the 2018-19 season, against Czech Republic on 22 March 2019.

Diary

Wednesday, 13 March 2019 - Twenty-four hours earlier than anticipated, Gareth Southgate, at St. George's Park, has named his 25-man squad for the opening European Championship qualification matches with the Czech Republic and Montenegro. Declan Rice is the only new name, having swapped his allegiance from Republic the Ireland to England earlier in the year. Harry Maguire returns to the set-up after missing the last squad because of injury. Their are returns also for Danny Rose and James Tarkowski, who both withdrew from the las squad because of injury. There is also a return to the fold for Tom Heaton, who has not featured since being on standby for the 2018 World Cup Finals.

Monday, 18 March 2019 - James Ward-Prowse has been called up to the squad. The Southampton midfielder, who won his only cap exactly two years ago, will link up with the Three Lions at St. George's Park this afternoon. Meanwhile, Manchester City pair John Stones and Fabian Delph have withdrawn because of injury, as has Chelsea's Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has been called up to the England squad for the first time. The 18-year-old was due to be part of the England Under-21 squad. Hudson-Odoi played 19 games for Chelsea this season, scoring five times, but is yet to start a Premier League match. Luke Shaw is the latest player withdrawing from the squad. Hudson-Odoi's Under-21 call-up was his first at that level but the winger has previously represented England from Under-16 to Under-19 level, winning the Under-17 World Cup in 2017.
The players report to St. George's Park and have their first training session.

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 - Second day of training at St. George's Park. All 23 members of the squad are involved, as well as Burnley FC's Dwight McNeil, who has come from the under-20 squad for the session.

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 - On the the third day of training, Trent Alexander-Arnold has withdrawn from the squad. The right-back arrived at St. George's Park nursing a back injury, and despite progress, it is considered unlikely that he will have a role in this weekends matches. He will not be replaced.

Thursday, 21 March 2019 - 21 of the players are taking part in training at St. George's Park today, the only excluded player, Marcus Rashford, is working separately from the main group. The head down to Wembley in the afternoon.
In the evening, Marcus Rashford was sent back to his club. There was no improvement to his ankle injury and it was decided he should continue his rehabilitation at Manchester United. Gareth Southgate also confirmed that Jordan Pickford would be starting in goal.

Friday, 22 March 2019 - Ahead of tonight's clash at Wembley, the England squad train at The Hive, the home ground of Barnet FC.
England 5 Czech Republic 0: Raheem Sterling scored his first England hat-trick as their qualifying campaign started in hugely impressive fashion as they outclassed the Czech Republic. Gareth Southgate gave Jadon Sancho his first international start and Borussia Dortmund's 18-year-old repaid his faith with a fine display. But it was Sterling who stole the show. Sancho showed his quality with a perfect cross for the stretching Sterling to open the scoring after 24 minutes and captain Harry Kane added the second in first-half stoppage time after the Manchester City forward was bundled over by two Czech Republic defenders. England survived minor scares at the start of the second half but reasserted their vast superiority when Sterling scored on the turn just after the hour and completed his hat-trick six minutes later when his 20-yard shot deflected in off Ondrej Celustka. Sterling was then given a standing ovation as he was replaced by debutant Callum Hudson-Odoi, with another of England's young brigade Declan Rice having already been given his first Three Lions cap as replacement for Dele Alli. And Hudson-Odoi, making his England debut before his first Premier League start for Chelsea, had a hand in the fifth when his shot was saved by keeper Jiri Pavlenka, only for Tomas Kalas to turn the rebound into his own net.
Eric Dier will miss Monday's qualifier in Montenegro after being injured. He picked up a muscular injury and will return to the Premier League club for treatment. He suffered the damage in a tenth-minute tackle by Czech midfielder Tomas Souček. After having treatment and trying to continue, Dier was brought off after seventeen minutes and replaced by Ross Barkley.

Sunday, 24 March 2019 - After two days of training, the remainder of the England party leave for Podgorica.

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