Fears of a hostile reception for Terry follow England fans' boos aimed at his Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard during England's Euro2008qualifying win against Estonia in 2007.
England remain top of their Group E Euro2008qualifying group but have the same number of points as Macedonia and Croatia and Israel, who also have a game in hand.
At the start of his rein, McClaren asked to be judged on the results of their qualifying campaign for Euro2008 and his team's spectacular failure signaled his almost inevitable departure.
Republic of Ireland, who are managerless like England, must negotiate a path in a group containing defending champions Italy and Cyprus - to whom they suffered an humiliating 5-2 defeat during their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for Euro2008.