Bring Back British Home Championships?

[Crispy Ambulance]

Yeah, go for it. Hold them every 2 years when there isn't a WC or Euros. Give the sweaties a chance to win something!

 

[BensGrandad]

FIFA and EUFA would then grab the opportunity to only have one team from the UK in each major competition and use the home countries as the 1 group with the winners going forward, which is what they want but the home FAs have resisted it. So it has got to be NO the 4 or 5 FAs would never agree to it.

This was the official view as to why they wouldnt be started again in the 80s. I see no reason why the attitude would have changed,.

 

[Bwian]

The games would always be competitive in a way that friendlies never are.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Yeah, go for it. Hold them every 2 years when there isn't a WC or Euros. Give the sweaties a chance to win something!

yeah,4 years before a fixture is repeated,that way the novelty wouldn't wear off

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

This was the official view as to why they wouldnt be started again in the 80s. I see no reason why the attitude would have changed,.

I don't know BG

we have to weigh bananas in kilos and play football when they say,it's an out from me

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

what's this?

Probably best rather than me failing it'll explain it I'll provide the links - it's replacing friendly matches with a competitive league

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_UEFA_Nations_League

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26762899

2018–19 UEFA Nations League
Tournament details
Dates September 2018 – November 2018 (pool stage)
June 2019 (final four competition)
Teams 55 (from 1 confederation)
The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League will be the inaugural season of the UEFA Nations League, a planned international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1] The competition, which will be held from September to November 2018 (pool stage) and June 2019 (final four competition), will also serve as part of the qualification process for UEFA Euro 2020, awarding berths in the play-offs which will decide four of the twenty-four final tournament slots.
The tournament will replace most international friendly fixtures, with pool matches played between September and November 2018 and the 'final four' competition played the following summer.

The opportunity to qualify for the European Championships is intended to make the League of Nations competitive.

The best four teams in each division who have not already qualified for Euro 2020 will play off for the final four places in the tournament.

"Twenty teams will advance from the qualifying competition to the Euro 2020 finals - which are being played in 13 cities around Europe," Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino told delegates at the authority's Congress in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Probably best rather than me failing it'll explain it I'll provide the links - it's replacing friendly matches with a competitive league

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_UEFA_Nations_League

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26762899

2018–19 UEFA Nations League
Tournament details
Dates September 2018 – November 2018 (pool stage)
June 2019 (final four competition)
Teams 55 (from 1 confederation)
The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League will be the inaugural season of the UEFA Nations League, a planned international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1] The competition, which will be held from September to November 2018 (pool stage) and June 2019 (final four competition), will also serve as part of the qualification process for UEFA Euro 2020, awarding berths in the play-offs which will decide four of the twenty-four final tournament slots.
The tournament will replace most international friendly fixtures, with pool matches played between September and November 2018 and the 'final four' competition played the following summer.

The opportunity to qualify for the European Championships is intended to make the League of Nations competitive.

The best four teams in each division who have not already qualified for Euro 2020 will play off for the final four places in the tournament.

"Twenty teams will advance from the qualifying competition to the Euro 2020 finals - which are being played in 13 cities around Europe," Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino told delegates at the authority's Congress in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

Blimey! Cheers for that, not seen anything about it before.
Maybe it's the wine but I'm struggling to get my head around it! I'll have another look in the morning when it might be a bit clearer!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Probably best rather than me failing it'll explain it I'll provide the links - it's replacing friendly matches with a competitive league

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_UEFA_Nations_League

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26762899

2018–19 UEFA Nations League
Tournament details
Dates September 2018 – November 2018 (pool stage)
June 2019 (final four competition)
Teams 55 (from 1 confederation)
The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League will be the inaugural season of the UEFA Nations League, a planned international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1] The competition, which will be held from September to November 2018 (pool stage) and June 2019 (final four competition), will also serve as part of the qualification process for UEFA Euro 2020, awarding berths in the play-offs which will decide four of the twenty-four final tournament slots.
The tournament will replace most international friendly fixtures, with pool matches played between September and November 2018 and the 'final four' competition played the following summer.

The opportunity to qualify for the European Championships is intended to make the League of Nations competitive.

The best four teams in each division who have not already qualified for Euro 2020 will play off for the final four places in the tournament.

"Twenty teams will advance from the qualifying competition to the Euro 2020 finals - which are being played in 13 cities around Europe," Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino told delegates at the authority's Congress in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

football used to be such a simple game

Kazahstan on a Thursday night,I don't know

 

[Iovan The Sweeper]

The games would always be competitive in a way that friendlies never are.

On the subject of pointless and uncompetitive friendlies, here's the latest score from one tonight: Croatia 10 (Ten) San Marino 0.

Why why why? In the week before the Euros, what could Croatia possibly learn about their team from a game against San Marino? Or is it just a chance for their Second XI to have a run around, swapping cones for PE teachers, insurance salesmen and plumbers.

 

[BensGrandad]

The home FAs will not readily agree to anything that reduces their powers and prestige. Being rather cynical if FIFA and EUFA agreed and used the home countries as a group either with or without Rep of Ireland formed a group it would mean that for most tournaments England would qualify most times and the others never.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

The home FAs will not readily agree to anything that reduces their powers and prestige.

indeed,a shame really

I'm sure the general public don't agree though,maybe a few snobby England fans who think it's below us

I'm not one of them

the Six Nations is a success,why not football?

 

[BensGrandad]

Rugby is not controlled by anybody who resent the fact that each of the home countries is controlled by a separate independent governing body and wishes to reduce their powers,

 

[studio150]

the Six Nations is a success,why not football?

Because outside of the Six Nations the only other nations that play rugby to a similar level are about 4 other countries, so if there was no 6 nations there would not be a lot of international rugby played. Whereas in football there are far more nations that play and can provide different type of opposition in friendlies.

However much you flog a dead horse its not going to jump back up

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Because outside of the Six Nations the only other nations that play rugby to a similar level are about 4 other countries, so if there was no 6 nations there would not be a lot of international rugby played. Whereas in football there are far more nations that play and can provide different type of opposition in friendlies.

However much you flog a dead horse its not going to jump back up

nope! sadly your right

here's to finishing 4th in the EPL

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

I think they should bring back the Jewish Chronicle Trophy

 

[GT49er]

Bring back the home internationals? Yes please, every day of the week for me. Know it's not going to happen though. Times change; sometimes for the good, sometimes not so.

 

[atfc village]

yeah, England/ Scotland at WEMBLEY late 80's was lively to say the least
regards
DR

88 was at Wembley after the tide turned at Hampden in 87

 

[Return of the Rev]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMGUtOlO-Kc

 

[Da Man Clay]

No thanks. Don't get much out of playing the Home Counties. Waste of time effort and money. Doesn't prepare us for anything. Especially with new national leagues starting.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

"Twenty teams will advance from the qualifying competition to the Euro 2020 finals - which are being played in 13 cities around Europe," Uefa general secretary Gianni Infantino told delegates at the authority's Congress in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

This will never deliver the "lively" occasions that DR and his chums miss so much. But it will give them the opportunity to retire with dignity and not have to admit that they are, in fact, simply too old, to say the least, to continue.