Northern Ireland squad to face Scotland

Nigel Worthington has announced his Northern Irish squad to face Scotland in the Carlings Nations Cup. Rangers new boy David Healy has been recalled to the side after being left out of the squad for the game against Morocco in November for the first time since he made his debut in 2000.

Scotland and Northern Ireland will face off against one another at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, in a rehash of the British Home Championships.

Healy will be joined by a number of other Scotland-based players including Celtic duo Niall McGinn and Paddy McCourt, who were recently on the receiving end of death threats attributed to a Loyalist Terrorist group, as well new Rangers team mates Steven Davis and Kyle Lafferty.

Northern Ireland squad:

Goalkeepers -Taylor (Birmingham), Tuffey (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Blayney (Linfield)

Defenders – J Evans (Manchester United), Craigan (Motherwell), Cathcart (Blackpool), McAuley (Ipswich), Hughes (Fulham), Baird (Fulham), McCartney (Sunderland – on loan at Leeds)

Midfielders – McCann (Peterborough United), Brunt (West Brom), Gorman (Wolves), C Evans (Manchester United – on loan at Hull), Davis (Rangers), McGinn (Celtic), Clingan (Coventry), McCourt (Celtic)

Forwards – Healy (Rangers), Feeney (Oldham), Lafferty (Rangers), R Patterson (Plymouth), Boyce (Werder Bremen)

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