584 vs Malta - XXX - 585 vs Israel
NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) P-P RUSSIA (RUS)
MATCH POSTPONED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
INITIALLY RESCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY (SATURDAY, 23RD MARCH) IT WILL NOW BE PLAYED ON 14TH AUGUST
Venue: Windsor Park, BelfastINITIALLY RESCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY (SATURDAY, 23RD MARCH) IT WILL NOW BE PLAYED ON 14TH AUGUST
Attendance: -
Referee: Tom Hagen (NOR)
Assistant Referees: Dag Roger Nebben (NOR), Magnus Lundberg (NOR)
Fourth Official: Dag Vidar Hafsas (NOR)
NORTHERN IRELAND:
Manager: Michael O'Neill
RUSSIA:
Manager: Fabio Capello (ITA)
Northern Ireland Squad
Goalkeepers: Carroll (Olympiacos), Mannus (St Johnstone), McGovern (Falkirk)
Defenders: Hughes (Fulham), McGivern (Hibernian), Cathcart (Blackpool), McAuley (West Brom), D Lafferty (Burnley), Evans (Manchester United), Bruce (Hull),
Midfielders: Davis (Southampton), Norwood (Huddersfield), McCann (Peterborough), McGinn (Aberdeen), Brunt (West Brom), Ferguson (Birmingham), Clingan (Kilmarnock),
Forwards: Little (Rangers), McCourt (Celtic),
Lafferty (FC Sion) and Baird (Fulham) are suspended for this match but will be available to face Israel. Ward (Derby) and Grigg (Walsall) withdrew injured, he was replaced by Magennis (Aberdeen).
Russia Squad
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Anzhi Makhachkala), Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan)
Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow) Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Andrei Yeshchenko (Anzhi Makhachkala), Kirill Nababkin (CSKA Moscow), Arseny Logashov (Anzhi), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow).
Midfielders: Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi), Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit), Igor Denisov (Zenit), Roman Shirokov (Zenit), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA), Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Viktor Faizulin (Zenit), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Oleg Shatov (Zenit), Dmitri Tarasov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Forwards: Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo), Maxim Grigoryev (Lokomotiv)
Russia's provisional squad for this match also included:
Goalkeeper: Anton Shunin (Dynamo Moscow)
Defender: Oleg Ivanov (Terek Grozny) .
Forward: Fedor Smolov (Anzhi)
Match Programme/Ticket:
(Ticket will be valid for re-scheduled match) |
Notes:
This is the first competitive senior Northern Ireland international ever to have been cancelled due to weather!
Comments
Tubby Morton