Eriksson is happy to play the game Terry in England squad

Uefa held talks with the Liechtenstein football authorities in a bid to decide whether it is safe for Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier to take place.

Doubts had been raised over the principality's ability to cope with the fixture in the wake of the conflict in Iraq.

Uefa demanded assurances on safety from the Liechtenstein Football Association by 1100 GMT before giving the green light for the match to go ahead in Vaduz.

But the FA are happy that safety guarantees for the England team, staff and supporters have been provided.

"The game is on, Uefa have got the assurances they required about safety," said FA spokesman Paul Newman.

"We're delighted. Everybody will be pleased - it's game on."

Liechtenstein coach Ralf Loose added: "We are glad because our team have been preparing for this match," he said.

"I told my players before training that we have to focus on the match."

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson earlier said he had no safety qualms about playing in Liechtenstein.

"The players should think about playing football and I should think about what to do with the players - our security men should take care of that (situation)," he said.

"If it's okay for them it should be okay for us. It is a pity we even need to talk about these problems."

It's taken rather longer than we first imagined, but we can now concentrate on the football for a change FA spokesman Paul Newman

The principality has only 70 full-time police officers and has already had to draft in extra officers from neighbouring Austria and Switzerland.

Liechtenstein FA chief executive Roland Ospelt had said: "If there are anti-war protests in Switzerland and Austria, then we will not have the number of police that are needed."

A Liechtenstein police spokesman added: "We worked out a security concept which was aimed towards ticketless fans and English hooligans.

"Now, because of the changed international situation, we have to consider whether this concept is sufficient to meet these new challenges."

England have been allocated 900 tickets but many more supporters are expected to travel.

The game will be held at Vaduz's Rheinpark Stadium which holds just 3,548 and it has been claimed that black market tickets have been on sale in England.