21.  Bundesliga side St.Pauli said the young defender fractured his shin bone in a league game and will be out of action for the rest of the season.

22.  Manager Brian Little will select either talented young defender Riccardo Scimeca or the versatile Ian Taylor who filled in when the Republic of Ireland international was injured at Chelsea.

23.  Promising young defender who is being courted by both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.

24.  Ross, the young Rangers defender, has been called up because Steven Pressley of Hearts has had to pull out because of a back problem.