Cork and Delfouneso get England call ups

Last updated : 14 March 2011 By Tony Scholes
Stuart Pearce's squad have two upcoming games. The first is against Denmark a week on Thursday, 24th March, at the Viborg Stadium in Viborg and on the following Monday they are back home for a game against Iceland at Deepdale, home of Preston North End.

Whilst Jay was making his debut in the recent friendly against Italy, coming on as a substitute for James Vaughan, it was a tenth cap for Cork, also as a substitute for Jack Rodwell, after making his debut against the Czech Republic in November 2008.

Delfouneso has five caps to his name and scored his only goal so far on his debut against Greece at Doncaster in March last year. He started the recent game in Italy but was replaced on the hour as part of a triple substitution that saw Jay come on.

Whilst Jay must sit and wait to see if he gets a call up, Cork and Delfouneso will join up with the England party after our game at Bristol City on Saturday.

The full squad is

Goalkeepers
Frankie Fielding (Derby - loan from Blackburn), Scott Loach (Watford), Alex Smithies (Huddersfield), Alex McCarthy (Reading)

Defenders
Nathan Baker (Aston Villa), Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea), Steven Caulker (Bristol City - loan from Tottenham), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Ben Mee (Leicester - loan from Manchester City), Kyle Naughton (Leicester - loan from Tottenham), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), James Tomkins (West Ham), Kyle Walker (Aston Villa - loan from Tottenham)

Midfielders
Marc Albrighton (Aston Villa), Jack Cork (Burnley - loan from Chelsea), Tom Cleverley (Wigan - loan from Manchester United), Mark Davies (Bolton), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland), Henri Lansbury (Norwich - loan from Arsenal), Josh McEachran (Chelsea), Fabrice Muamba (Bolton), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Scott Sinclair (Swansea)

Forwards
Nathan Delfouneso (Burnley - loan from Aston Villa), Gary Hooper (Celtic), Daniel Sturridge (Bolton - loan from Chelsea), Danny Welbeck (Sunderland - loan from Manchester United), Connor Wickham (Ipswich)

Alex MacDonald has also received a call up for Scotland under-21s for their friendly against Belgium on 24th March at the Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion.