contingency

The US military described that mission as a demonstration of Washington's commitment "to proactively deter adversary threats, enhance crew training, and ensure the global force readiness necessary to respond to any contingency or challenge."

Fifa declined to comment when approached by BBC Sport, and also declined to answer detailed questions about its sustainability strategy and contingency plans, external in the event extreme weather forces a change to the schedule.

He said an NI contingency plan is being updated at the moment and the draft plan will be shared with the UBKA.

While controller shortages do begin to erode some of those redundancies, contingency plans are in place to help protect the system.

Of course, it makes common sense for all clubs to have contingency plans in place for every scenario.