Monday, May 28, 2007
Shorey honeymoon on hold
Nicky Shorey had not planned to spend his honeymoon in Tallinn – nor apart from his new wife – but matters even of marriage tend to be overshadowed when England come calling. Wedded bliss will have to wait as the Reading left back serves his country in Estonia next week.Shorey, despite rave reviews as Reading secured an unlikely eighth-place finish in the Barclays Premiership this season – their first in the top flight – had not contemplated receiving the nod from Steve McClaren, the England head coach.
“It’s not crossed my mind,” he said this month. “If it happens, I’ll worry about it then.”
Thus, plans to marry his fiancée, Emily, next Saturday progressed smoothly.
But then it happened. McClaren phoned, Shorey impressed in England’s 3-1 victory over Albania in a B international at Turf Moor, Burnley, on Friday evening and the former Leyton Orient defender made the seismic jump into the senior squad, along with David Bentley, of Blackburn Rovers.
