Bullard surprise in England squad for World Cup matches

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — Jimmy Bullard has been a surprise call-up to Fabio Capello's England squad for next month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia on September 6 and 10.

Capello has been forced to call-up the previously untried 29-year-old Bullard as cover for the injured Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick as England start on the road to South Africa.

There was no place in Capello's 23-man squad for Michael Owen, who the Italian watched make his first full appearance of the season at Arsenal on Saturday, or Peter Crouch, who was again omitted despite his goal for Portsmouth at Everton, also on Saturday.

Micah Richards, who had originally been picked for the England Under-21s' European Championship qualifier with Portugal on...

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