Taylor Named In Northern Ireland Squad

Last updated : 13 August 2006 By Brian Cartlidge

The Blues keeper has been named in Ireland coach Lawrie Sanchez's 17-man squad for the match on Wednesday, 16th August.

Blues midfielder Damien Johnson has not been selected as he is suspended for Northern Ireland's two forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers.

Johnson will serve a two-game ban after being sent-off against Austria in the World Cup qualifying game.

Taylor will come up against team-mate Mikael Forssell who is amongst the players named in the Finland squad for the game in Helsinki.

Northern Ireland squad: Maik Taylor (Birmingham City), Roy Carroll (West Ham), Tony Capaldi (Plymouth Argyle), Stephen Craigan (Motherwell), Chris Baird (Southampton), Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa), Michael Duff (Burnley), Grant McCann (Cheltenham Town), Stuart Elliott (Hull City), Keith Gillespie (Sheffield Utd), Sammy Clingan (Nottinghan Forest), Steve Jones (Burnley), Ivan Sproule (Hibernian), Warren Feeney (Luton Town), James Quinn (Northampton Town), David Healy (Leeds United), Kyle Lafferty (Burnley).