11 Sep 2012

Walcott joins long England injury list

6:05 am on 11 September 2012

Winger Theo Walcott has become the latest player to drop out of the England football squad for tomorrow morning's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley.

Walcott has gone down with a virus, joining the Chelsea defenders Ashley Cole and John Terry who withdrew at the weekend with ankle injuries.

They've joined Wayne Rooney, Andy Carroll, Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Scott Parker on the sidelines.

England are unbeaten in 8 matches under their new manager Roy Hodgson, and they're on top of the early standings in their group.

The FA is expecting a crowd of about 70-thousand at Wembley.