SCOTLAND fans are set to be restricted to just 3500 tickets for their crunch Euro 2016 clash in Dublin .
. . just months after FAI chief John Delaney promised he would hand the Tartan Army a "fair" allocation.
Scotland's match at the Aviva Stadium in June is gearing up to be a vital encounter as Gordon Strachan's side attempt to qualify for their first major Finals since 1998.
The November showdown between the teams was marred with a huge row between the FAI and the SFA because Ireland were restricted to a fraction of the 8,000 tickets they demanded, leading to Irish fans snapping up tickets in the Scotland end at Parkhead.
Ireland's chief executive Delaney branded the SFA a joke and launched a savage attack on them.
He moaned: "The SFA has acted unprofessionally. They only gave us five per cent of the allocation, telling us the game was sold out when it's not. The common sense thing to have done was give us 7,000-8,000 and have all Irish fans in one section.
"In my 10 years as chief executive, no association has treated us as badly as the Scots have done."
And he promised: "We will be more professional than the SFA when dealing their requests for the Dublin fixture.
"I don't think there is any point in us reducing their allocation and having more Scots in the Irish section. We'll give them what is fair and deal with it in a neighbourly fashion and not in a manner in how they have dealt with us."
However, Ireland will today put tickets for their match against Poland on a free-for-all public sale.
And despite the Poles asking for a huge 10,000 allocation, they have been restricted to the minimum 3,500.
To add insult to injury for the Poles, the cheapest price is £37 and the most expensive ticket will sell for £88.
Poland fans are expected to try and buy briefs too for the home end and, assuming the FAI repeat the ticket process against Scotland which is deemed the same category match, it means the exact same situation will arise at the Aviva Stadium as at Parkhead last year.
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