Staunton seeks late Croker date with Germans

WITH the Republic of Ireland in the mix as fourth seeds, the FAI delegation may be approaching today’s European Championship Group D fixture meeting in Frankfurt more in hope than expectation.

But if manager Steve Staunton does get what he wants, then it seems a penultimate home qualifier against Germany in Croke Park would be on the cards.

Bobby Robson let slip that much in Frankfurt yesterday when he revealed there had been a “dummy run” fixture meeting in Staunton’s house last Monday.