Irish Keep Faith With Struggling Toon Defender!

Last Updated : 19-May-2014 by

... underfire Newcastle defender Shane Ferguson is included.



O'Neill's men face Uruguay in Montevideo on May 30 before taking on Chile in Valparaiso on June 4.

Ferguson has spent a season-long loan at Birmingham City but he struggled to hold down a place.

Alan Pardew has already told the full-back he won't have his contract renewed.

Northern Ireland squad to play Uruguay and Chile:-

R Carroll (Olympiacos), M McGovern (Falkirk), T Carson (Portsmouth), D Lafferty (Burnley), R McLaughlin (Liverpool), A Hughes (QPR), L McCullough (Doncaster), L Donnelly (Fulham), C Baird (Burnley), S Davis (Southampton), O Norwood (Huddersfield), S Ferguson (Newcastle), C Evans (Blackburn), S Clingan (Kilmarnock), J Steele (New York Red Bulls), P Paton (Dundee United), N McGinn (Aberdeen), B McKay (Inverness), M Paterson (Huddersfield), J Ward (Derby), D Shiels (Rangers), J Magennis (Aberdeen).