Tomorrow night’s Euro 2021 Qualifier between the Republic of Ireland and Ukraine at Tallaght Stadium is completely sold out with all 8,000 tickets sold or claimed by FAI season ticket holders.

The game will smash the home attendance record for the Ireland senior women’s team after a joint promotion by the FAI and the 20×20 campaign.

Tickets were made available at a cost of only €5 with U16’s going for free but all have now been claimed. Season ticket holders needed to register their specific interest and will have been mailed out their tickets in order to gain access.

The game is also being broadcast live on RTE2 and it promises to be a great atmosphere.

The winners of each of the nine qualifying groups get automatic passage, as do the three runners up with the best record in their groups. The other six runners up go into a playoff to secure the final three places alongside hosts England.

Germany look the strongest team in the group but the Ireland team are right in the mix for the runners up spot with Ukraine the likely biggest rival so this is a massive game for new manager Vera Pauw and her team.

The finals taking place in England are expected to draw an aggregate attendance of 700,000 in two years time so the prize is massive.

The remaining Republic of Ireland home fixtures after tomorrow are against Greece on Friday, March 6th and Germany next September 22nd.

“The support is always hugely important to us all, but that is especially the case for this game on Tuesday as it is the most crucial fixture of the campaign for us,” said Pauw over the weekend.

“We all know the level that Germany are at and they are expected to top the group so Ukraine are our biggest rivals. And as we are at home, we need a positive result from this game.”

“It is very important that anyone who has tickets but now cannot make the game, returns them to us or gives them to someone that will attend because there are a lot of supporters looking for tickets now and we don’t want to see anyone disappointed, and also we want to have the stadium packed to support the players.”