Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr believes it would be unfair to ask the minnows of world football to compete in a pre-qualifying competition before finally taking on the big boys in the major group stages.

CAPTAIN David Beckham declared the England squad are united behind Sven-Goran Eriksson and still believe they can top their Euro 2004 qualifying group.

England’s Euro 2004 qualifier against Liechtenstein will go ahead.

Uefa are expected to decide later today whether Saturday's England's Euro 2004 qualifier against Liechtenstein will go ahead as planned.