Group D: Hillsborough (9, 16 and 19 June) and City Ground, Nottingham (11, 14 and 19 June). Quarter-finals: 22 June (Anfield and Wembley); 23 June (Old Trafford and Villa Park) Semi-finals: 26 June (Old Trafford and Wembley) Final: 30 June (Wembley).. Paris and Copenhagen, Boston and Toronto. Some alluring stops punctuate Craig Brown's schedule, though even the draw for the preliminary rounds of the World Cup in the French capital is unlikely to excite the Scotland manager's interest as much as his trip to Birmingham five days later. Group B: Elland Road (9, 15 and 18 June) and St James' Park (10, 13 and 18 June). Wembley has now sold 86 per cent of its current allocation for all matches.Ticket prices for the tournament range from pounds 15 to pounds 135. It is only possible to buy tickets for the knock-out stages if tickets have also been bought for group games.

This means that in order to purchase one ticket for the final, a minimum of pounds 270 must be spent on a total of at least 11 tickets covering matches at all stages of the tournament.A second tranche of tickets will be allocated after the draw on 17 December. Each competing visiting team has been allocated a total of 7,000 tickets per match, with a larger allocation being made for the final.Tickets may only be obtained by postal application. Forms are available from from any branch of Midland Bank.TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Group matches: Group A Wembley (8, 15 and 18 June) and Villa Park (10, 13 and 18 June). If they proceed, England would play at Wembley or Anfield in the quarter-finals and Wembley or Old Trafford in the semi-finals.

LIZ SEARL Although Euro 96 is still seven months away and the draw has yet to be made, more than 65 per cent of available tickets have already been sold. England are the only team who know where they will be playing (at Wembley) in the group matches. We have had a horrendous time the last six months having to field weakened teams. I accept that as international manager I only borrow players from their clubs, but I've got to get every advantage I can this time," Charlton said.Roy Keane will struggle to be fit after hernia surgery, but Ireland's captain, Andy Townsend, should be over his foot problem, having missed Wednesday's defeat, the worst in Charlton's 92-match reign.. Unlike last weekend before the Portugal defeat, there is a full Premiership programme on 9 and 10 December and Charlton is fearful that he will continue to have difficulty with players being withdrawn through injury."Thanks to Northern Ireland beating Austria we've been given yet another chance of qualifying and I don't want to see it squandered by players being pulled out again through injuries. The Republic of Ireland manager is not about to surrender "home" advantage by agreeing to move his side's play-off match against the Netherlands away from a 41,000-capacity Anfield, even if playing there means thousands of Irish supporters having to stay at home. "At Anfield it will be a home game for our Liverpool players Jason McAteer, Phil Babb and Mark Kennedy - if I pick them of course," Charlton said yesterday.