Home Nations To Host 2011 Tournament

The Football Associations of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have announced plans to hold an international tournament in 2011.

The Four Associations Tournament will take place in Dublin, with a league format seeing two matches played in February, with a further four in May.

There have been discussions for some time over a proposed Celtic Cup between the nations, with the idea of a biennial tournament agreed in principal.

The English FA were asked if they wished to take part in such an event, but they declined.

Wales hosted the initial meeting in November 2007 to discuss the possibility of a modernised format of the old British International Tournament.