Duff and Paterson called up

Michael Duff - in the Northern Ireland squad alongside Martin Paterson

For Duff it completes his recovery from knee surgery last season and should he get on the pitch during the game it will be his first cap since September of last year when he played in the two defeats in Latvia and Iceland which cost them any hope of qualifying for Euro 2008.

He's won 20 caps previously, 17 of them since joining Burnley in the summer of 2004, and he'll be hoping to get back into Worthington's plans ahead of the World Cup qualifying games.

Martin Paterson has made just two appearances for Northern Ireland, in the European qualifying last November against Spain and then in February of this year in a friendly against Bulgaria. In both games he has come on as a sub and he's expected to be on the bench again with David Healy and Kyle Lafferty expected to start.

The game will be played a week on Wednesday, August 20<sup>th<.sup> and the Northern Ireland squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Maik Taylor (Birmingham), Alan Mannus (Linfield)

Defenders: Chris Baird (Fulham), Aaron Hughes (Fulham), Stephen Craigan (Motherwell), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich), George McCartney (West Ham), Jonny Evans (Manchester United), Michael Duff (Burnley)

Midfielders: Steven Davis (Fulham), Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United), Michael O'Connor (Crewe), Sammy Clingan (Norwich), Chris Brunt (West Brom), Dean Shiels (Hibs)

Forwards: David Healy (Fulham), Kyle Lafferty (Rangers), Peter Thompson (Stockport), Warren Feeney (Dundee United), Martin Paterson (Burnley)</sup>