'The Bomber' returns to Reggae Boyz squad
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Friday, May 23, 2008
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Veteran midfielder Andy 'Bomber' Williams comes out of a two-year international retirement to join the Reggae Boyz for their five-match June blitz, which includes two World Cup qualifiers against the Bahamas, according to a Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) release yesterday.
Four new faces have been included in the 29-man squad for a May 26-June 1 training camp at Grand Lido Braco Hotel in Trelawny. They are Lee Williamson of Watford in England, Simon Ford of Kilmarnock in Scotland, Omar Cummings of the Colorado Rapids and Reno's Evan Taylor.
Williams, Norway-based Oneil Thomspon and Fabian Taylor; Cumming and Tyrone Marshall will not arrive for the start of the camp due to club commitments.
Meanwhile, Luton Town midfielder Richard Langley and Jermaine Johnson have earned recalls to the national squad, while regular captain Ricardo Gardener and Claude Davis both return from long-term injuries.
Portmore goalkeeper Shawn Sawyers heads a list of eight local-based players in the squad. The others are Taylor, Obrian Woodbine (Reno); Jermaine Taylor and Dwayne Miller (Harbour View); Adrian Reid and Rudolph Austin (Portmore), and Keneil Moodie (Seba).
The rest of the squad reads: Donovan Ricketts, Demar Stewart (Chendu, China), Ian Goodison, Jamal Campbell-Rice, Luton Shelton, Marlon King, Ricardo Fuller, Omar Daley, Demar Phillips and Deon Burton.
In addition to the aforementioned World Cup games, Jamaica will play international friendlies against Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago and St Vincent & the Grenadines.
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