Gareth's chance

Last updated : 15 May 2003 By Reggie Holdsworth
With Sol Campbell out for six weeks the Boro captain has a great chance of lining up for England against Szilard Nemeth's Slovakia at the Riverside next month.

Eriksson has named a 25-man squad for the three end-of-season games culminating in the Euro 2004 qualifier at the Riverside on 11th June.

England warm up with friendly games against South Africa in Durban on 22nd May and Serbia-Montenegro in Leicester on 3rd June.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers:
James (West Ham)
Robinson (Leeds)
Walker (Leicester)

Defenders:

Cole (Arsenal)
Bridge (Southampton)
Mills (Leeds)
P Neville (Man Utd)
Ferdinand (Man Utd)
Southgate (Boro)
Terry (Chelsea)
Upson (Birmingham City)

Midfielders:
Beckham (Man Utd)
Scholes (Man Utd)
Dyer (Newcastle)
Jenas (Newcastle)
Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)
Murphy (Liverpool)
Lampard (Chelsea)
Gerrard (Liverpool)
Sinclair (West Ham)

Strikers:
Owen (Liverpool)
Heskey (Liverpool)
Rooney (Everton)
Vassell (Aston Villa)
Beattie (Southampton)