Thirty years after being ridiculed by his Tottenham clubmates while playing for Ireland, Tony Galvin believes the superiority complex remains alive and well amongst Europe’s elite.

Dublin has been chosen to host the Euro 2020 qualifying draw, which will be televised live in December 2018.

RTÉ Sport confirmed yesterday it has secured exclusive free-to-air broadcast rights to the Republic of Ireland’s qualifying matches for the Euro 2020 finals and the 2022 World Cup.

A €9m FAI football centre of excellence planned for Cork has been earmarked as a training camp for teams involved in Euro 2020.

Cork County Council has agreed to lease 30 acres of its land to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for a €10m regional centre of soccer excellence in Glanmire.

The FAI is planning to build a €10m centre for soccer excellence on the outskirts of Cork which will complement its national training centre in Abbotstown.

Now the FAI have completed the legwork to prepare and submit their bid to see Dublin secure one of the 13 hosts cities for Euro 2020, chief executive John Delaney and his team must wait until September to discover their fate.

England and Scotland could go head to head in a battle to host the Euro 2020 final after UEFA announced they will stage the tournament in up to 13 cities across the continent, with the FAI indicating that they will bid to host some games at Aviva Stadium.

UEFA will stage the Euro 2020 tournament in a number of cities across the continent, the European governing body decided today.

The Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales will submit an expression of interest to host Euro 2020, the Football Association of Ireland have announced.