Date of Birth: 12 08 1981
Place of Birth: Porsgrunn, Norway
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Northern Ireland
International Caps 13
International Goals 0
Tony Capaldi Rumours and Transfers
10 10 2007
Keith Gillespie has been named in Northern Ireland's squad for the team's Euro 2008 qualifier against Sweden on Wednesday.
Gillespie was fined after an altercation with George McCartney prior to the team's flight back from Iceland last month and is named in a 19-man party, despite missing Sheffield United's defeat to Bristol City at the weekend through injury.
Luton midfielder Stephen Robinson has also been included by Nigel Worthington – Robinson won the last of his six caps against Azerbaijan in 2005.
After disappointing back-to-back defeats in Latvia and Iceland last month, the Northern Irish lie third in Group F, three points behind leaders Sweden and Spain.
The full squad:
Maik Taylor (Birmingham), Alan Mannus (Linfield), Michael McGovern (Celtic); Stephen Craigan (Motherwell), Tony Capaldi (Cardiff), George McCartney (West Ham), Aaron Hughes (Fulham), Jonny Evans (Manchester United), Gareth McAuley (Leicester); Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United), Steven Davis (Fulham), Sammy Clingan (Nottingham Forest), Grant McCann (Barnsley), Chris Brunt (West Brom), Stephen Robinson (Luton Town), Steve Jones (Burnley); David Healy (Fulham), Kyle Lafferty (Burnley), Ivan Sproule (Bristol City)
25 09 2007
Cardiff boss Dave Jones hailed veterans Robbie Fowler and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink after they combined to send West Brom crashing out of the Carling Cup at The Hawthorns.
Fowler, with a double, Hasselbaink and fellow veteran Trevor Sinclair were all on target in the opening 30 minutes to end Albion's 100% home record.
Albion gained some consolation through an Ishmael Miller double but that could not take the gloss off the win for Jones who was delighted to see Fowler and Hasselbaink on the scoresheet.
He said: "I have said all along that once the two of them get fitter they will score goals at this level. They scored at the top so they can certainly score at this level. We set our stall out and I don't think they could live with us in the first half hour. There were some terrific goals and at 4-1 at half-time it was just a case of going out and shutting the game down. My lot were trying to get the fifth and there was no need because it would have come naturally with Albion sending more men forward we would have picked them off. We knew that Albion would have a real go but it was a case of us keeping the ball to take their hope away. I am going to enjoy this because to come to Albion and play as well as we did for that first half is something I want to enjoy as it showed what we are about. I had said that one day if we clicked someone would get a pasting and that happened in the first half an hour."
Cardiff broke the deadlock after just three minutes when Stephen McPhail whipped a low right-wing cross into the penalty area.
It flashed across a crowded goalmouth to fall invitingly at the feet of Fowler whose rising drive from 12 yards gave goalkeeper Dean Kiely no chance.
Hasselbaink doubled their advantage after 22 minutes when he was left in acres of space 25 yards from goal.
Albion central defenders Martin Albrechtsen and Shelton Martis backed away from him and Hasselbaink took full advantage of the space to beat Kiely.
Cardiff effectively made the game safe four minutes later when Hasselbaink released Joe Ledley who was brought down by Martis and referee Peter Walton had no hesitation in awarding a penalty.
Fowler calmly stepped forward to send Kiely the wrong way from the spot - taking his tally to four in two games after opening his Cardiff account with a double against Preston last weekend.
Albion were still reeling from that setback when Sinclair increased their gloom in the 29th minute after ghosting in at the far post to convert Tony Capaldi's left-wing cross.
To their credit, Albion did try and find a way back into the game and were rewarded almost immediately when Craig Beattie hit the post and Miller pounced on the rebound to beat Michael Oakes with a low drive after 32 minutes.
Miller then capped his hard-working display when he was hauled down by Chris Gunter three minutes from time and converted the resulting penalty.
The result left Albion manager Tony Mowbray stunned. Mowbray, who made seven changes to his starting line-up, saw his shadow squad overrun in the first-half.
He said: "The game was lost in that first 30 minutes. But the bigger picture gives me some food for thought on one or two players. It is a learning curve for me about my squad and my team, the ones you can trust and the ones you can't. The first half an hour was a bit too much for some of them. I don't feel let down. It is a process you have to go through. You have to put players in to see if they can sink or swim. One or two will find it more difficult to get run outs now and there have been a few lessons learnt by us all. It was a bridge too far for us. I will take responsibility for the changes we have made. I was pleased with Ishmael's two goals and the fact we kept going. But Cardiff were very determined and it was too much for us in the opening half an hour. I don't want them to have the same time and space when they come back in the league. I am now looking for a response from the team on Sunday when we play Queens Park Rangers and we will be trying to put things right at the weekend."
