Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington has confirmed that Town midfielder Josh Carson will win his second full cap when his side take on Wales in their final Carling Nations Cup match on Friday (Sky Sports One/HD1 7.30pm).

Worthington, who in any case is short on options due to injuries, says he was impressed with the Antrim-born player’s debut in the 5-0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday: “Young Josh Carson I thought was excellent, a very mature performance by a 17-year-old.”

Departing Blues defender Gareth McAuley is again set to skipper Worthington’s team.

Meanwhile, McAuley’s new club West Brom have been thwarted in the attempt to land reported Town target Danny Graham, Watford having rebuffed their £2.5 million offer, as they did with QPR’s similar bid a week ago.

Northern Ireland: Tuffey (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Hodson (Watford), Coates (Crusaders), McAuley (West Brom), Cathcart (Blackpool), Carson (Town), Norwood (Manchester United), Garrett (Linfield), Gorman (Wolves), McGinn (Celtic), Feeney (Oldham).

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taylor15 added 19:27 - May 26 well done joshy!
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bedsitfc added 19:29 - May 26 and after tuesdays game he deserves it
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ITFC4daprem added 19:45 - May 26 at this rate he could get a lot of caps keep it up hope all this does is higher his price or give him more confidence
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TractorCam added 21:02 - May 26 Congrats! I reckon he could be a big star like Wickham too.
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DiamondGezzer added 06:38 - May 27 All adds to his experience, all the best for the game Josh. P.S. Could Danny Graham be Paul Jewell's ' player to be interviewed ?
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