Friday 1 February 2013

BODIN NAMED

Torquay United forward Billy Bodin has been named in the Wales Under-21 squad to face Iceland in Llanelli next week.

Bodin, who played a key role in helping the Gulls defeat Exeter City in last week's Devon derby, has previously been capped 14 times by Wales Under-21's and has scored twice.

He is one of two Torquay United contracted players to have represented the principality at that level, the other being Alex Lawless who appeared for Wales against Northern Ireland Under-21's in February 2006.

It will be the third time that Billy has featured for the Welsh at this level since signed for the Gulls permanently last summer as he was selected in their previous two fixtures against Armenia and the Czech Republic.

Exeter's Elliott Chamberlain, who recently signed for Bath City on loan, is named as a stand-by player.

On the same evening, their senior counterparts face Austria at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea.

The Full squad:

Connor Roberts (Cheltenham Town), Danny Ward ( Liverpool), Danny Alfei (Swansea City - On loan at Wrexham), Kieron Freeman (Derby County), Jonathan Meades (AFC Bournemouth - On loan at AFC Wimbledon), Scott Tancock (Swansea City ), Joe Walsh (Crawley Town), Billy Bodin (Torquay United), Elliott Hewitt (Ipswich Town), Emyr Huws (Manchester City), Lloyd Isgrove (Southampton), Tom Lawrence (Manchester United), Lee Lucas (Swansea City), Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace), Wes Burns (Bristol City), Jake Cassidy (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Chris Dawson ( Leeds United), Robert Ogleby (Wrexham)


Standby: Oliver Davies (Swansea City ), Lee Evans (Newport County ), Jordan Holt (St Mirren), Aaron Oakley (Swindon Town), Elliott Chamberlain (Exeter City), Michael Doughty (QPR), Gwion Edwards (Swansea City), Josh Pritchard (Fulham), Louis Thompson (Swindon Town), Theo Wharton (Cardiff City ), Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury Town)