To mark the 150th anniversary of the English Football Association in 2013, home nations are talking about having a one-off tournament. The last home international tournament took place in 1984, one hundred years after the very first championship.
The FA would like to make the tournament a one-time tournament and not revive the home internationals, which involved England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland on a regular basis. Of course no one is saying what their plans are as far as the tournament goes and how many years it will go on for.
With the new sponsorship with Vauxhall, who are sponsoring all of the home nations, it might encourage England to enter yearly. This year Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales will take part in the Carling Nations Cup in February and May.
General Secretary for the FA, Alex Horne, has stated that the tournament planning is still in the early stages and is not ruling a yearly tournament out in the future. On March 26 England is due to face Wales twice in their first game in Cardiff. The two games are part of the Euro 2012 qualification campaign.