Five members of the Northern Ireland soccer squad were last night freed without charge following questioning by Prague police about a drinks bill row at a night-club, where a doorman was hit in the face.
David Bowen, the Irish Football Association general secretary, said the five would return home today.
The team captain, Michael Hughes, and goalkeeping coach, Tommy Wright, were among the five detained.
The squad had been lined up for an identity parade at their hotel just hours before they were due to return home after losing a World Cup qualifying match against the Czech Republic.
They were picked out by a doorman at the club who needed stitches for an eye wound.
A flower pot was allegedly thrown in a dispute over a drinks bill at the Nancy cabaret club in Prague city centre, in the same street as the police station where the five were later held.
Wimbledon's Hughes and Wright, formerly with Manchester City; Preston's David Healy, Peter Kennedy, formerly of Watford; and Linfield part-timer Glenn Ferguson were held for 10 hours, initially in a police cell, before undergoing blood tests to determine alcohol levels.
The authorities decided to free them without charge.
Mr Bowen said: "None of the five will face police charges. They will be getting out of the police station very soon and will be on the first flight back to London tomorrow."
The team manager, Sammy McIlroy, said the players claimed the incident had been exaggerated.
He said: "They are a great bunch of lads. There was never any aggravation. The majority of the boys were in the hotel. I've spoken to the boys and they say it is all blown up out of all proportion."
IFA chiefs may now consider using charter flights for future games, returning home immediately afterwards. The next World Cup qualifying tie is against Denmark in Copenhagen in September.
A Czech police spokesman, Mr Adam Arnold, said after the five were detained: "It seems they [the players] are being driven to have some blood tests because there was a suspicion of them being drunk."
The Northern Ireland team went down 3-1 to the Czech Republic in their Group Three World Cup qualifier 60 miles outside Prague at Teplice.
With English football in close season and no more international matches until September, McIlroy gave the players per mission to leave the hotel and relax.
A man, believed to be a bouncer at the club suffered an injury to his eye, an injury that needed stitches. There was also some damage to the club's property.
At Heathrow, goalkeeper Mark Taylor said any incidents would have been totally out of character for his teammates.
"Without question, there has not been any trouble in the past," he said. "We certainly don't know what's gone on and who's at fault."