Stan Gets Aussie Call-Up

Last updated : 11 February 2004 By Brian Cartlidge

Stan The Man is one of ten British based players to have been selected by Socceroo's coach Frank Farina for the friendly in Caracas on Wednesday, 18th February but whether or not he travels for the game is not yet known.

The game will not finish until approxmately 4pm GMT on 18th February and the British players will then face a 13-hour flight back to the UK. Blues have a local derby game with the Villa on Sunday, 22nd February at 12pm.

"I've named the squad and I'm expecting everyone to be there," Farina has said.

Australia squad: M Petkovic (Trabzonspor), M Schwarzer (Middlesbrough); S Colosimo (Parramatta), S Laybutt (Mouscron), C Moore (Rangers), L Neill (Blackburn), T Popovic (Crystal Palace), T Vidmar (Cardiff); M Bresciano (Parma), S Chipperfield (Basle), V Grella (Empoli), K Muscat (Millwall), S Lazaridis (Birmingham), B Emerton (Blackburn), M Sterjovski (Lille), J Skoko (Gencerbirligi); J Aloisi (Osasuna), A Elrich (Parramatta), H Kewell (Liverpool), M Viduka (Leeds).