FAI set to confirm Ireland heading to Wembley

Ireland are to play England in a friendly international at Wembley next May.

The FAI will confirm the details of the fixture, which is expected to take place on May 29, 2013, over the next 48 hours.

The game is taking place as part of the FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations and comes after a proposed friendly at the Aviva Stadium earlier this year was put on ice when both nations qualified for Euro 2012.