Taylor named in Northern Ireland squad

Taylor has been named in Sammy McIlroy's squad for the game in Athens on October 11th but Blues other Northern Ireland international Damien Johnson is not named as he is suspended after collecting two bookings during the Group Six campaign.

Full squad: Maik Taylor (Birmingham City), Roy Carroll (Manchester United), George McCartney (Sunderland), Aaron Hughes (Newcastle United), Chris Baird (Southampton), Peter Kennedy (Wigan Athletic), Colin Murdock (Hibernian), Danny Griffin (Dundee United), Grant McCann (Cheltenham Town), Michael Hughes (Crystal Palace), Steve Jones (Crewe Alexandra), Phil Mulryne (Norwich City), Tommy Doherty (Bristol City), David Healy (Preston North End), Andy Smith (Glentoran), Andy Kirk (Heart of Midlothian), Paul McVeigh (Norwich City), Gary Hamilton (Portadown), Stuart Elliott (Hull City).