Cardiff City news 12/03/01

Mon 12th Mar 2001 - Leggy for Wales

Andy Legg has been rewarded for his superb form this season by being named in Mark Hughes' 26 man Wales squad for the World Cup Qualifiers against Armenia and Ukraine. Legg, 34, has been the rock at the heart of City's defence and has already done enough in most peoples to win player of the season.

Legg has earned 5 previous caps and it would be great to see him add to that tally. The first game in the WC double header is away in Armenia on Saturday March 24th, then Wales entertain the Ukraine at the Millenium stadium on Wednesday March 28th.

City's young guns have also been rewarded for their contributions this season. FIVE players have been called into the U21 squad. Lee Kendall, Rhys Weston, Daniel Gabbidon, Kevin Evans and Rob Earnshaw are all called up.

As a result City will cancel the away trip to Mansfield on Friday March 23rd. 5 out of the 6 called up players are first team starters.

Full squads.

Wales squad to play Armenia in Yerevan on March 24 and Ukraine in Cardiff on March 28 in World Cup qualifiers:

P Jones (Southampton), Freestone (Swansea), Crossley (Nottm Forest), Ward (Notts County), Delaney (Aston Villa), S Jenkins (Huddersfield), Barnard (Barnsley), G Roberts (Tranmere), C Edwards (Nottm Forest), Legg (Cardiff), Melville, Symons (both Fulham), Page (Watford), J Robinson (Charlton), A Johnson (Nottm Forest), M Jones, Savage (both Leicester), Pembridge (Everton), C Robinson (Wolves), Speed (Newcastle), Saunders (Bradford), I Roberts (Norwich), Bellamy, Hartson (both Coventry), Blake (Blackburn), Giggs (Man Utd).

Wales Under-21 squad to play Armenia in Abovyan on March 23 and Ukraine in Swansea on March 27:

Walsh (Wrexham), Kendall, Weston, Gabbidon, K Evans, Earnshaw (all Cardiff), Green (Wolves), S Evans (Crystal Palace), D Williams (Wrexham), Slatter (Chelsea), Day (Man City), L Jenkins, S Roberts (both Swansea), Llewellyn (Norwich), S Davies (Tottenham), Maxwell (Liverpool), J Thomas (Sheff Utd), Hillier (Tottenham).