Partners on the international pitch and in life, Katie McCabe and Ruesha Littlejohn say they have been very moved by the response to their decision last year to come out in public as a couple.

There might not be too many travelling supporters in the Stadion Pod Malim Brdom in Petrovac tomorrow to see Ireland take on Montenegro but, with RTE 2 showing the match live, Harriet Scott knows there will be an unseen green army roaring on the visitors.

"We're just taking it one game at a time…" Can there be a more soporific, stultifying and soul-destroying nanny goat in all of football?