Alex Duo In Football League Squad

Crewe youngsters Ross Turnbull and Billy Jones have been selected by Peter Taylor in a 33-man Football League U21 squad. A team selected from the 33 players in the squad will face the elite of Italy’s youngsters from Serie B. The match will take place at Hull’s KC Stadium on Tuesday 21 February.

Turnbull, on loan from Middlesbrough, has been disappointing lately and played just 45 minutes of the weekend’s 4-1 defeat at Watford, having been replaced at half-time due to a tight hamstring. Billy Jones, however, has been impressive and certainly deserves the call up.

The Football League U21 squad in full:

Goalkeepers
Lee Camp (Derby County)
Scott Flinders (Barnsley)
Ross Turnbull (Crewe on loan from Middlesbrough)
Jamie Young (Rushden & Diamonds on loan from Reading)

Defenders
Gary Borrowdale (Crystal Palace)
Luke Chambers (Northampton Town)
Andrew Davies (Derby County on loan from Middlesbrough)
Simon Francis (Tranmere Rovers on loan from Sheff Utd)
Andy Holdsworth (Huddersfield Town)
Dean Lewington (MK Dons)
Matthew Mills (Southampton)
Wes Morgan (Nottingham Forest)
Richard Stearman (Leicester City)
Kevin Wilson (Notts County)
Scott Wiseman (Hull City)

Midfielders
Chris Eagles (Watford on loan from Man Utd)
Anthony McNamee (Watford)
Billy Jones (Crewe)
James Perch (Nottingham Forest)
Ryan Smith (Leicester City on loan from Arsenal)
Tom Soares (Crystal Palace)
Ben Watson (Crystal Palace)
Simon Walton (Leeds United)
John Welsh (Hull City)
Simon Whaley (Preston North End)

Forwards
Dexter Blackstock (Southampton)
Matty Fryatt (Leicester City)
Cameron Jerome (Cardiff City)
Leroy Lita (Reading)
Izale McLeod (MK Dons)
Billy Paynter (Hull City)
David Nugent (Preston North End)
Ashley Young (Watford)