Mick McCarthy will relish meeting Swiss in Euro revenge mission

At least some of us were well aware in advance that no Euro 2020 qualifying group could contain more than two host nations so when Germany joined the Netherlands in Group C we knew that Ireland would dodge that particular bullet.

But when the Irish duly came out of the hat next, the sharp intake of breath in the Convention Centre in Dublin told you that not everyone present was fully up to speed on Uefa rules and regulations. And, though based on a misapprehension, it made for the most dramatic moment of the whole day.