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SAMMY McILROY, the Northern Ireland manager, yesterday named his squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and the Czech Republic and once again it included Fulham's Maik Taylor as one of the two goalkeepers.

The Northern Ireland manager has not selected Maik, in a competitive game, since his appointment in February of last year just after Northern Ireland got thrashed 4-1 away in Fiinland trying to qualify for Euro 2000.

Maik will be hoping that he will at last get a promotion from being Northern Ireland's friendly keeper.

N.Ireland squad to play Bulgaria (June 2, Belfast) and Czech Rep (June 6, Teplice )
World Cup qualifying matches:

Goalkeepers:
Roy Carroll (Wigan), Maik Taylor (Fulham),

Defenders:
Aaron Hughes (Newcastle), Mark Williams (Wimbledon), Colin Murdock (Preston), Danny Griffin (Dundee Utd), Ian Nolan (Bradford)

Midfielders:
Stuart Elliott (Motherwell), Neil Lennon (Celtic), Damien Johnson (Blackburn), Keith Gillespie (Blackburn), Michael Hughes (Wimbledon), Jeff Whitley (Man City), Philip Mulryne (Norwich), Peter Kennedy (Watford),

Forwards:
David Healy (Preston), Andy Kirk (Hearts), Glenn Ferguson (Linfield), James Quinn (West Brom).