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The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Ashdown

Quiz: spot the missing England player in the World Cup squad

  1. date-1

    Who is missing?

    1. Tom Cleverley

    2. Andy Carroll

    3. Rickie Lambert

    4. Jermain Defoe

  2. date-2

    Who is missing?

    1. Michael Dawson

    2. Phil Jagielka

    3. Joleon Lescott

    4. Wes Brown

  3. date-3

    Who is missing?

    1. Rob Green

    2. Scott Carson

    3. Ian Walker

    4. Richard Wright

  4. date-4

    Who is missing?

    1. Gareth Southgate

    2. Gareth Barry

    3. Gary Neville

    4. Phil Neville

  5. date-5

    Who is missing?

    1. Darren Anderton

    2. Phil Neville

    3. Steve Stone

    4. Robbie Fowler

  6. date-6

    Who is missing?

    1. Brian Deane

    2. Alan Smith

    3. Steve Bull

    4. David Hirst

  7. Guardian

    Who is missing?

    1. Mark Wright

    2. Alvin Martin

    3. Dave Watson

    4. Tony Adams

  8. date-8

    Who is missing?

    1. Peter Shilton

    2. Tony Parks

    3. Gary Bailey

    4. Steve Ogrizovic

  9. date-9

    Who is missing?

    1. Howard Kendall

    2. Nobby Stiles

    3. Geoff Hurst

    4. Jimmy Greaves

  10. date-10

    Who is missing?

    1. John Connelly

    2. Bobby Tambling

    3. Cyril Knowles

    4. Barry Bridges

Solutions

1:C - Lambert, who was playing for Liverpool at the time, got three minutes on the pitch., 2:A - Despite being handed the No 5 shirt, Dawson did not make an appearance., 3:B - Unsurprisingly the third-choice keeper failed to make an appearance, 4:A - The current England manager played at the 1998 tournament but didn't get off the bench in 2002., 5:A - Anderton won 30 caps for England between 1994 and 2001., 6:C - The Wolves striker featured in every group game and against Belgium in the last 16., 7:B - He started against Paraguay but was usually kept out of the team by Terry Fenwick., 8:A - He was around a long time., 9:C - He was still in the side four years after his greatest moment., 10:A - Something of a forgotten man in the squad, Connelly played against Uruguay in the group stage.

Scores

  1. 10 and above.

    Winner, winner, chicken dinner

  2. 9 and above.

    So close!

  3. 8 and above.

    Champions League level

  4. 7 and above.

    Europa League level

  5. 6 and above.

    Just outside the European places

  6. 5 and above.

    Plenty to work on there

  7. 4 and above.

    Mid-table safety

  8. 3 and above.

    Below average

  9. 2 and above.

    Pretty poor

  10. 0 and above.

    Useless

  11. 1 and above.

    Not great

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