England Women v Iceland
International Friendly
7.45pm, Thursday 17 May, Roots Hall

England squad:

Goalkeepers: Rachel Brown (Everton), Siobhan Chamberlain (Bristol Academy), Carly Telford (Sunderland), Kay Hawke (Blackburn Rovers)

Defenders: Faye White, Alex Scott, Mary Phillip (all Arsenal), Casey Stoney, Michelle Hickmott (both Charlton Athletic), Rachel Unitt, Lindsay Johnson (both Everton) Laura Bassett (Birmingham City), Stephanie Houghton (Sunderland), Corinne Yorston (Bristol Academy)

Midfielders: Emily Westwood, Fara Williams, Kelly McDougall, Jill Scott (Everton) Anita Asante, Katie Chapman, Kelly Smith (all Arsenal) Vicky Exley (Doncaster Rovers Belles)

Forwards: Jo Potter (Charlton Athletic), Sue Smith, Amanda Barr (both Leeds United), Rachel Yankey, Lianne Sanderson, Karen Carney (all Arsenal), Jody Handley (Everton), Katie Anderton (Blackburn Rovers)

Remembering Arsenal Ladies v Breidablik games in the UEFA Cup,
I predict at least 3-0 for England

I could be wrong though, it always seems difficult for England
to find themselves on the pitch without Julie, Jayne, Emma, Ciara etc

Roots Hall eh? If this was a weekend fixture i might have gone down there. But i agree AS i am predicting a 2-0 or 3-0 at least.

Over 6,000 tickets 'sold' as of last Friday, so should be a good crowd at Roots Hall.

It will be my first ever Ladies match and looking forward to it.

Hope you enjoy it L S

I've not been inside Roots Hall, but have seen the ground.

I assume you're from Leigh-on-Sea?

Yep Leigh-on-Sea
You havn't missed much by not coming to Roots Hall, it was much better when it was mainly all standing. We have a new 22,000 seat ground planned but that is still probably 3 years away yet.

Mind you this US reporter (also an Arsenal fan) enjoyed his visit and now supports Southend as well as Arsenal!
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/travel/13Journeys.html?ex=1179806400&en=cb2fe594287dc5db&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Thanks LS - that was a nice report from the American too.

I think he must have got his tix from a West Ham fan though - Arsenal are ticketless these days, you just need your membership card as long as you've pre-paid, and as far as I know, only away fans need tickets, unless there is a game where they go on general sale of course - and the West Ham game wasn't one of them

And - btw, I lost a little bit of cash at the bookie near Roots Hall

Yep, he was lucky to get tickets for Emirates so easily especially for a derby match against West Ham. Actually he was lucky to get tickets for Southend v Colchester as we sold out our home tickets quite a few weeks before that match.

I went to the Brazil v Portugal game at Emirates earlier this season & have just booked tickets for England v Brazil at Wembley. Tickets for England men £40 each, England ladies £1 each will let you know what was better value after the matches!

As for losing at the bookies, you should have been betting on Southend to lose every week, you would win some money that way

Knowing my luck, I'd have sunk my life savings (all £6.23 of it) on Man U to hammer Southend

Only 3h left...

Boohoo wish i could go! grr

Come on the ENGLAND GIRLIES!

45mins...

England won 4-0 No news on scorers as yet

Goals for England: Yankey, Chapman (2), Smith.

Iceland's squad were missing their superstar Asta Helgadottir though

Full squads:

England: 1 Rachel Brown (Everton), 2 Alex Scott (Arsenal) (21 Lindsay Johnson (Everton) 46),
3 Casey Stoney (Charlton Athletic), 4 Katie Chapman (Arsenal) (15 Steph Houghton (Sunderland) 79),
5 Anita Asante (Arsenal), 6 Mary Phillip (Arsenal) (14 Faye White (Arsenal) 46),
7 Karen Carney (Arsenal) (18 Sue Smith (Leeds United) 69),
8 Fara Williams (Everton) (12 Jill Scott (Everton) 46),
9 Jody Handley (Everton), 10 Kelly Smith (Arsenal) (c) (16 Lianne Sanderson (Arsenal) 84),
11 Rachel Yankey (Arsenal) ( 17 Jo Potter (Charlton Athletic) 46)

Subs Not Used: 13 Siobhan Chamberlain (Bristol Academy),
19 Vicky Exley (Doncaster Rovers Belles), 20 Rachel Unitt (Everton),

Iceland: 1 Thore Helgadottir, 2 Gudrunsoley Gunnarsdottir,
3 Grete Mjoll Samuelsdottir, 4 Edda Gardarsdottir (14 Olina Gudbjorg Vidarsdottir 77),
5 Asta Arnadottir (15 Gudny Bjork Odinsdottir 62), 6 Sif Atladottir (16 Gudny Petrina Thorsdottir 81),
7 Rakel Logadottir (18 Anna Bjorg Bjornsdottir 86), 8 Katrin Jonsdottir,
9 Margret Lara Vidarsdottir, 10 Dora Maria Larusdottir,
11 Eria Steina Arnardottir (17 Katrin Omarsdottir 53)

Subs Not Used: 12 Gudbjorg Gunnarsdottir, 13 Helga Sjofn Johannesdottir,

Referee: Wendy Toms

Attendance: 7,606

Enjoyed the game, altough Iceland were very poor and hardly touched the ball in the 2nd half. Best goal of the night was the 4th goal by Katie Chapman superb volley.

Good crowd as well and most people waited in the ground to watch the penalty shoot out, although some of England's pens were not very good I hope they don't have a pen shoot out in the World Cup

really enjoyed this game, my 1st time watching the girls play!
what a revelation, football as it should be played, plenty of pride, passion and skill, but no spitting, swearing (that i could hear) and No Diving....
a really entertaining game.
Good luck Ladies in the World Cup Final, i will be following you.
A credit to England, Good Luck.

Thanks for your post YG - don't forget to introduce yourself either here or here or both

Sounds boring, hahaha!

Welcome aboard, yellowgull, stick around!

PS: The girls do spit - maybe you just missed it
My camera caught Kelly Smith herself, doing that

Video highlights on theFA.com

Stunning goal by Chapman

Kelly always goes for the same place when executing a penalty and most keepers have latched on to it! Most of the time they dive the right way but don't quite get there as she hits it with power, I think she needs to experiment more