Fabio Capello will be hoping not to be getting his atlas out again when England learn their Euro 2012 qualifying fate in Warsaw on Sunday.
After pledging to remain in his job until the next European Championships in Poland and the Ukraine, Capello will have an intense interest in which four or five opponents England find themselves pitted against.
Belarus and Kazakhstan, which is technically not even in Europe, were among the destinations during the successful World Cup qualifiers.
Both could be opponents again, with the addition of Azerbaijan if England are really unlucky.
More preferable foes from Pots Four, Five and Six would be Belgium, Iceland and Luxembourg.
In truth, apart from the number of air miles required to reach each destination, none of these opponents should pose much of a problem, not even Belgium, whose stock has fallen alarmingly in recent times.
Of more difficulty is the opposition from Pot Three, in particular Israel, and Pot Two, where five of the nine teams will be heading for the World Cup with England this summer.
However, with all the heavyweights top seeded, major talking points will only emerge if a clash of the Home Nations occurs.
England and Wales stand the most chance of being involved in one as the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all in Pot Three and therefore avoid each other.
Ironically, Capello nearly walked straight into a reunion between England and Scotland when he succeeded Steve McClaren in the wake of the Three Lions' disastrous failure to reach Euro 2008.
With both countries eager to generate some interest at the start of a barren summer, the oldest international fixture was back on the agenda.
It would have happened too if Rangers and Celtic had agreed to release their players instead of forcing them to attend their own post-season tours.
Since then, England's fortunes have curved sharply upwards and Scotland have headed in the opposite direction.
Nevertheless, nothing can be taken for granted in a unique contest between the historic enemies from either side of Hadrian's Wall, who have not done battle since 1999 when a brave Scotland second-leg fight-back at Wembley only just failed to rip a place at Euro 2000 from England's grasp.
As Northern Ireland beat England in Belfast when the two sides last met in 2005, Capello will soon understand Nigel Worthington's improving side should not be taken for granted.
But it is the Republic of Ireland - who England have not met since 1995 when a friendly in Dublin was abandoned amid violent scenes at Lansdowne Road - who represent a bigger threat given how close they were to securing a spot in South Africa before Thierry Henry's handball knocked them out.
