Fans caught offside by travel costs

STEVE STAUNTON’S army of globetrotting fans face a bill of over €1,500 each for flights if they want to see their heroes in action in the Euro 2008 qualifiers.

Staunton’s Ireland face their first crunch match - against Germany - on September 2 and already flights with airlines like Ryanair are over €200 from Dublin.

The green army then face the task of having to fly to the Mediterranean a month later to see their team take on Cyprus - with flights a cool €350 from Dublin.