Squad To Face Norwich


Danny Gabbidon and Mark Noble both make welcome returns to Alan Pardew's squad for the FA Cup third round tie at Norwich City tomorrow.

The Welsh international defender, sidelined by a gashed knee, is available again after his aborted comeback at Portsmouth on Boxing Day, while Noble has recovered from illness.

However, Hammers will be without midfielder Yossi Benayoun and goalkeeper Roy Carroll, who are both ruled out with thigh strains, meaning that Shaka Hislop will come in for his first FA Cup appearance for the club since the quarter-final defeat against Tottenham Hotspur back in March 2001.

Tomas Repka is back in contention after his hamstring injury, and new signing Yaniv Katan is included following his move from Maccabi Haifa, but Teddy Sheringham is still out.

The 19-man squad is as follows:

Hislop, Bywater, Dailly, Etherington, Mullins, Collins, Repka, Konchesky, Katan, Reo-Coker, Aliadiere, Newton, Ferdinand, Harewood, Zamora, Clarke, Fletcher, Noble, Gabbidon