INTERNATIONAL: Fairclough selects inital National Game XI squad

Barnet boss Paul Fairclough has chosen his initial squad for next month's England National Game XI match against the Netherlands.

The 32-man squad will be reduced to 16 for the match itself, which will be played on February 16th at Kingfield Road, Woking.

It will be the National Game XI's first fixture since their 1-0 win over Italy in November.

The initial squad is:

Goalkeepers
Bull (Aldershot), Holloway (Farnborough), Ralph (Northwich).

Defenders
Blackburn (Morecambe), Charnock (Northwich), Grand (Carlisle), King (Barnet), Perkins (Morecambe), Yakubu (Barnet), Oliver, Jackson (Woking)Midfield: Boyd (Stevenage), Afful (Exeter), Bailey (Barnet), Cole (Grays), Craney (Accrington), Kerr (Scarborough), Moxey (Exeter), Proctor (Accrington), Purdie (Hereford), Sinclair (Barnet), Stanley (Hereford), Thurgood (Grays).

Strikers
Carlton (Morecambe), Hatch (Barnet), Hawley (Carlisle), Mackail-Smith (Dagenham), Mclean (Aldershot), Senior (Scarborough), Elding (Stevenage), Foweya (Woking), Bishop (York)

Mitchell Cole and Stuart Thurgood, from Nationwide South leaders Grays Athletic, are the only players in the initial squad from outside the Nationwide Conference.

Fairlclough has picked three players from his own Barnet team, who are currently 17 points clear at the top of the Conference.

Farnborough Town keeper Craig Holloway's eligibility for the game is under question due to him currently being on loan to Football League side Southend.