Hamilton looks to youths

Northern Ireland manager Bryan Hamilton has called up a string of teenagers for the World Cup qualifier against Germany at Windsor…

Northern Ireland manager Bryan Hamilton has called up a string of teenagers for the World Cup qualifier against Germany at Windsor Park on August 20th. Hamilton has opted for the likes of Philip Mulryne, Roy Carroll and Danny Griffin and with Iain Dowie and Steve Lomas both absent serving suspensions, 19-yearold Mulryne could find himself starting up front.

Squad

Wright (Man City), Fettis (Notts Forest), Car- roll (Wigan), Griffin (St Johnstone), Nolan (Sheff Wed), Hill (IFK Gothenberg), Taggart (Bolton), Morrow (QPR), McGibbon (Wigan), Gillespie (Newcastle), Magilton (Southampton), Jenkins (Chester), McCarthy (Port Vale), Lennon (Leicester), Horlock (Man City), Hughes (West Ham), Mulryne (Man Utd), Gray (Fortuna Sittard), Quinn (Blackpool), McMahon (Stoke).

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