Wanderers off to Ireland Tonight

Last updated : 03 September 2003 By Mark Heys
Bolton Wanderers will face a Cork City XI tonight at the Turner's Cross Stadium in a testimonial match for former Celtic and Hibernian player Carl Davenport who is currently on the scouting staff at The Reebok Stadium.

The Wanderers name an 18-strong squad to take over to Ireland which will include Glen Little, a recent signing from Burnley and fellow new boy Emerson Thome, trialist Ibrahim Ba also gets another chance to impress. Eight of the players who played against Charlton Athletic at the weekend in the Premiership also travel with the exception of Jussi Jaaskelainen, Youri Djorkaeff and Ivan Campo who are missing.

George O'Callaghan, Billy Woods and John O'Flynn all have experience of playing in England and will line up for the home side tonight. The Kick off is at 7:30pm.


SQUAD:

Kevin Poole
Jeremy Bon
Nicky Hunt
Ricardo Gardner
Florent Laville
Emerson Thome
Kevin Nolan
Per Frandsen
Jay-Jay Okocha
Glen Little
Ibrahim Ba
Henrik Pedersen
Kevin Davies
Danny Livesey
Jermaine Johnson
Charlie Platt
Derek Niven
Jeff Smith