Irish fans face ticket struggle

The first obstacle facing Ireland in Bosnia-Herzegovina next month will be the Zenica’s intimate Bilino Polje Stadium itself, its capacity of 12,000 meaning that the official allocation of tickets for the Green Army could be as low as 600.

Immediately after yesterday’s draw in Nyon, FAI representatives met with their Bosnia counterparts at Uefa headquarters and, it’s understood, proposed doubling the Irish allocation to 1,200.

But there’s little confidence the Bosnian FA will comply with the request.