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Purdie and Stanley in English Thirty
Hereford United have two players in the initial squad of thirty for the England National Game's next International against the Italian "serie C" side in November. The match will be played in the Stadio Communale Gino Pistoni, the home of Serie C2 side US Ivrea.
Rob Purdie and Craig Stanley have both been selected by Paul Fairclough who manages the squad.
The 30-man squad, which is selected at Under 23 level, will be reduced to sixteen by Fairclough who is also the Barnet manager. His initial selection according to Confguide is:
David Stockdale (York City)
Nikki Bull (Aldershot Town)
Craig Holloway (Farnborough Town)
Andrew Ralph (Northwich Victoria)
Peter Cavanagh (Accrington Stanley)
Chris Blackburn (Morecambe)
Ismail Yakubu (Barnet)
Simon King (Barnet)
David Perkins (Morecambe)
Simon Jackson (Woking)
Dean Moxey (Exeter City)
Luke Oliver (Woking)
Kieran Charnock (Northwich Victoria)
Ian Craney (Accrington Stanley)
Dean Sinclair (Barnet)
Scott Kerr (Scarborough),
Charlie Mapes (Crawley Town)
Ben Surey (Gravesend & Northfleet)
Stuart Thurgood (Grays Athletic)
Craig Stanley (Hereford United)
Les Afful (Exeter City),
Chris Senior (Scarborough)
Anthony Elding (Stevenage Borough)
Danny Carlton (Morecambe)
Karl Hawley (Carlisle United)
Aaron McLean (Aldershot Town)
Lloyd Blackman (Farnborough Town)
Rob Purdie (Hereford United)
Andrew Bishop (York City)
George Boyd (Stevenage Borough)
At present it is unknown on which date in November the game will take place. However Paul Fairclough will be able to have a closer look at both Purdie and Stanley as Barnet face Hereford United at Edgar Street on November 6th.