Dyer in England Squad - Ipswich Town News
Former Town star Kieron Dyer is in Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad for Wednesday's England international against Croatia at Portman Road.
Also in the party is skipper David Beckham, however ex-Blues' keeper Richard Wright continues his England exile.
Wednesday night will not be the first time that Sven-Goran Eriksson has sat on the bench at Portman Road. Back in the seventies Eriksson, then a young manager in Sweden, was invited to join Bobby Robson for a Town game.
England squad: David James - West Ham United, Paul Robinson - Leeds United, Chris Kirkland - Liverpool, Phil Neville - Manchester United, Danny Mills - Leeds United, Wayne Bridge - Chelsea, Ashley Cole - Arsenal, Rio Ferdinand - Manchester United, Sol Campbell - Arsenal, Jonathan Woodgate - Newcastle United, John Terry - Chelsea, David Beckham - Real Madrid, Joe Cole - Chelsea, Owen Hargreaves - Bayern Munich, Steven Gerrard - Liverpool, Frank Lampard - Chelsea, Paul Scholes - Manchester United, Nicky Butt - Manchester United, Trevor Sinclair - Manchester City, Danny Murphy - Liverpool, Kieron Dyer - Newcastle United, James Beattie - Southampton, Michael Owen - Liverpool and Emile Heskey - Liverpool.
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