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England squad for opening qualifiers

West Ham United defender Upson had a poor World Cup and was left out of the squad that faced Hungary in a friendly earlier this month but has another chance to stake his claim at centre-back because of the absence of John Terry and Rio Ferdinand, who is still weeks away from full fitness.

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Although Capello opted to blood youngsters like Arsenal's Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs - who keeps his place - in the match against Hungary, the Italian has named a familiar looking group, although Chelsea pair Terry and Frank Lampard are missing with injuries.

Both were injured in Saturday's Premier League win against Stoke City with Lampard needing surgery.

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.