Eight Hatters on November international duty

Eight Hatters will be across the globe representing their nation during the November international break.

Republic of Ireland defender Mark McGuinness has received his second call-up by head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson for the 23-man squad.

The tall centre-half will be hoping to make his debut in either Nations League games against Finland in Dublin or England at Wembley Stadium after having to pull out of Ireland’s October squad early due to injury.

A late addition to Ben Futcher’s England Under-21 squad for the second month in succession is Teden Mengi, who will hope to add to his sole U21 cap in away fixtures against Spain and the Netherlands.

Teden will be hopeful that he can impress in anticipation for next summer's UEFA Euro U21 finals in Slovakia, which the Young Lions qualified for last month.

Africa Cup of Nations qualification is coming to its conclusion this month, with Marvelous Nakamba’s Zimbabwe in a strong position to advance.

The Warriors need to find a result against Kenya at the Peter Mokaba Stadium to secure qualification for the tournament proper, which will commence in December 2025 in Morocco.

It is time for knockout football in the CONCACAF Nations League for Amari’i Bell’s Jamaica, who face the United States in a two-legged quarter-final.

Amari’i will host Mauricio Pochettino’s USA in Kingston before the Reggae Boyz travel to St. Louis in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

World Cup qualifiers continue for Japan as Daiki Hashioka is back with the Samurai Blue for the first time this season following his recent return to action.

Japan are five points clear at the top of their qualifying group after four games and will want to strengthen their position at the top with key fixtures away at Indonesia and China.

Zack Nelson and Joe Johnson, like Teden, have also been selected for the Young Lions Elite League Squad (Under-20s) and Under-19s respectively.

England are sitting at the top of the Euro Elite League after an unbeaten start to the campaign.

Led by interim boss Paul Nevin, Zack will play in Chesterfield against Germany before heading out to Puławy to face Poland.

Meanwhile, JJ and the U19s will fly to Bulgaria for the UEFA Euro U19 qualifiers, where Will Antwi’s side will play three fixtures against Lithuania, the hosts Bulgaria and Belgium.

Finally, Dylan Stitt will be competing in the same Euro U19 qualifiers as JJ for Gareth McAuley’s Northern Ireland side, who will travel to Albania to face Denmark, Israel and the hosts.

Good luck to all of our players representing their country!

Full schedule (kick-off times in GMT):

Mark McGuinness

Republic of Ireland vs Finland – 14th November, 7:45pm

England vs Republic of Ireland – 17th November, 5pm

Teden Mengi

Spain vs England U21 – 15th November, 5:30pm

Netherlands vs England U21 - 18th November, 5:45pm

Marvelous Nakamba

Zimbabwe vs Kenya – 15th November, 4pm

Cameroon vs Zimbabwe – 19th November, 1pm

Amari’i Bell