Dates Named For Four Nations Tournament
The provisional dates for a Four Nations football tournament involving Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Republic of Ireland have been announced.
The ‘Celtic Cup’ style tournament will be held in Dublin at the new Aviva Stadium and the first two games are to take place on 8th and 9th February 2011. The remaining four games will take place from 24th-28th May.
The tournament is to be held in one country on a rotational tournament-by-tournament basis with two games being played on match-days.
The old Home Championship, which included England but not the Republic of Ireland, was staged every year until 1984.
However matches between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were eventually scrapped because of increasing fixture congestion.
