Anderson And Severin Given Scotland Call

Aberdeen captain Russell Anderson and midfield dynamo Scott Severin have been called up by Walter Smith for next week's friendly between Scotland and Austria. This is despite Aberdeen's lacklustre start to the season, and the pair have the chance to impress the Scotland management team before the vital double-header against Italy and Norway in September.

However, the squad has been depleted by Smith's decision not to pick players involved in Champions League qualifiers in the two weeks on either side of the friendly, and that means no players from rangers, Everton and the Uniteds of Manchester and Dundee. This suggests that regardless of how well anyone plays against Austria, Smith will stick with his favourites for the forthcoming double-header.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers

Robert Douglas (Leicester City)
Craig Gordon (Heart of Midlothian)
David Marshall (Celtic)

Defenders

Graham Alexander (Preston North End)
Russell Anderson (Aberdeen)
Steven Caldwell (Sunderland)
Christian Dailly (West Ham United)
Jackie McNamara (Wolverhampton W.)
Steven Pressley (Heart of Midlothian)
Andy Webster (Heart of Midlothian)

Midfielders

Paul Hartley (Heart of Midlothian)
Richard Hughes (Portsmouth)
Brian O'Neil (Preston North End)
Nigel Quashie (Southampton)
Scott Severin (Aberdeen)

Forwards

Paul Dickov (Blackburn Rovers)
Lee McCulloch (Wigan Athletic)
Kenny Miller (Wolverhampton W.)
Garry O'Connor (Hibernian)
Derek Riordan (Hibernian)