Will our boys earn a Yorkshire call?

FOOTBALLERS from across Yorkshire are anxiously waiting to see if they will be called up for international duty ... to represent the COUNTY of their birth.

Yorkshire - known as the Vikings - is the newest international men’s football team after its membership of the Confederation of International Football Associations (CONIFA) was ratified at the weekend.

Players eligible for the Vikings are those competing at non-league and semi-professional level.

It means they could one day face Tibet, Darfur, South Ossetia, Zanzibar, Western Armenia and Greenland.

The Yorkshire team’s inaugural game is a friendly against the Isle of Man team, Ellan Vannin, at the Hemsworth Miners Welfare FC ground at Fitzwilliam, Pontefract, on Sunday, January 28 (kick-off 3.30pm).

Players had trials on Sunday afternoon and will learn in the coming days if they are in the Yorkshire squad.

Ellie Dalglish, admin manager for the Yorkshire International Football Association, told the Examiner it was hoped the profile of the team would rise in the coming months.

It is hoped some Yorkshireborn pros will come forward – although none have so far.

“We had our players’ trial yesterday afternoon and we are now all sitting with bated breath, waiting for our coaches to announce our squad,” said Ellie.

She added: “We haven’t had any Steps 1-4 (Premier League down to Division Two) interest, but we’re hoping our profile will rise with matches looming and some of the higher tier players will come forward.”

Will any Huddersfield players get the nod?