Doherty who last month scored the winner in a 2 - 1 victory over USA, in one of his first matches backed, had hoped to slip into Mick McCarthy's squad, but unfortunately suffered the heartache of missing out, after the 23 man squad didn't include his name.
Meanwhile Christian Ziege has been named in the Germany squad for Japan/Korea after an impressing first season at the Lane, in which he has scored 7 times.