GEORGIA landed in Dublin earlier this week minus four players through injury and with half their squad coming out of cold storage due to the winter football hiatus in parts of eastern Europe.

IRISH soccer fans could be set for a ticket bonanza for next week’s World Cup qualifier against Georgia after the decision to relocate the fixture to the Germany city of Mainz.

FEARS that Irish players are not covered by insurance in a war situation prompted yesterday’s move by the FAI to request their Group 8 World Cup qualifier against Georgia in Tbilisi next month be moved to a neutral venue.

The Football Association of Ireland wants to change the venue of next month’s World Cup qualifier against Georgia after the outbreak of war in the former Soviet state.