Katie McCabe: We're going to the World Cup, book your tickets!

'Anyone buying or selling tickets, folks?' Katie McCabe may not exactly be flogging passes for next year's World Cup - she'll have bigger business to attend to Down Under - but the Irish captain is a sports marketer's dream.

The Tallaght woman, arguably the face of Vera Pauw's World Cup-bound Irish said, was brimming with enthusiasm and divilment minutes after her side had edged Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park to book their place in Australia and New Zealand.

Speaking to RTÉ Sport following the dramatic win, alongside team-mate and creator-in-chief Denise O'Sullivan, McCabe ordered Ireland fans: "We're going to the World Cup - book your tickets!"

Ireland reached the Promised Land for the first time thanks to Amber Barrett's 70th-minute strike; an excellent penalty save from Courtney Brosnan and a masterclass is defensive rearguard action from the Girls in Green - who, as it happened, wore orange on the night.

"I'm speechless. It doesn't actually feel real to be honest. I'm just so proud of the girls," McCabe said afterward.

Recap: Scotland 0-1 Republic of Ireland

"We worked our socks off tonight. This one [O'Sullivan] covered every ince of Hampden. Everybody was unbelievable - Courtney with the penalty save, Amber coming on, scoring the goal... we're going to a World Cup!"

Ireland's style under Pauw could be described as 'pragmatic' but the gameplan worked like a dream at the famous Glasgow stadium. Ireland's stubborness and organisation when out of possession married ideally with their pace on the counter-attack to serve up the perfect 1-0 away win.

McCabe, for her part, can't get enough of the hard work required to operate in Pauw's demanding system.

"People might not like our style of play with the defending, but we love it. We