Tell us what you think. Is it time for a home nations return?

England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales; according to Irish FA president Jim Boyce, the British Championship is poised to return.

Having been approached by a "major sponsor" with a view to re-establishing the tournament, Boyce has set the ball rolling again.

But does the prospect of an all-new British Championship get your football pulses going or would it plummet as a non-event?

What do you think?

Is it time for a home nations return?

The English won't get involved, they're too scared of losing to the rest of the home nations!
Matt, Wales

What a great idea! And combining it with having a foreign manager run the England team perhaps we could introduce transfers as well between national sides and play our home games in the Toronto Skydome on artifical turf...I give up, I really do.
Russell Wilcox, England

I Think a British Championship is a good idea. It could take place instead of these pointless friendlies! I'm sure there would be greater support and higher attendances than you would get for friendlies! I also think a British Club Championship would be good and could take the place of the Worthington Cup, although there would be complaints of too many fixtures!
Peter, England

I don't think the climate is right for the home nations cup. Unfortunately, there is a lack of sportsmanship among soccer followers from among the home nations. When a Scotsman or an Englishman can applaud when the other side wins, only then should it be reinstated.
Mal Walker, Australia

I think it is just what England need. The team has been suffering from a lack of team spirit and morale for several years. There is nothing better to get team spirit going than playing Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Ben Abramson, Germany

I think it's just what all the home nation teams need. Matches with the arch-rivals to put more edge and fighting team spirit into their game. Especially after Euro 2000, England had the games won and then bottled it. The idea of bi-annual competition in non European and World Cup years seems good, with maybe an age limit (say 28) and 30-man squad so more young talents can be involved.
John, Italy

What is the point in returning the home championships? All four teams could arrange to play friendlies against each other at any time. Also, UEFA and FIFA should not be able to dictate about the forming of a British team. The four nations teams are older and have more tradition in international football than any of these organisations! Instead of four nation internationals, wouldn't a British domestic cup be a better idea, replacing something like the Worthington Cup. Now that would be exciting!
Mike, UK

I would like to see it played in one week. Games on the Saturday and Sunday, then two more in midweek and finish off the following weekend.
Jon, Wales

I'm in favour of it. It's a great chance for Northern Ireland and Wales to participate in a genuine tournament seeing they often miss out on the World Cup or Euro Cup.
Greg Moran, Australia

I feel that this would be of benefit to the home nations.This would give them the opportunity to field experimental sides. So you can field the likes of Joe Cole against international sides without risking the World Cup (maybe even get super Kevin Phillips a game!). Perhaps they could fit in a winter break for clubs so as to be able to get this tournament in. After all the rugby union five nations seems to happen every year and they have domestic, European and world competitions as frequently as us footballers.
Scott O'Neill, UK

I always enjoyed the season-ending British championship. Three games played in the space of a week late May was, and could be again, an exciting way to wrap up the season. Matches between Scotland, England, N. Ireland and Wales have a special atmosphere of their own and should be an annual celebration of British tradition.
Jim Allison, Canada

Let's not wrap England in cotton wool, if they do not want to be part of a GB footie tournament, then why don't the FA's from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland show them how it's done and set up a four nations tournament, and perhaps have an invitational side each time the tournament is played?
C Jones, Wales

I think its a great idea. In fact England should pull out of all other internationals and only play the home nations. That way we could pretend we were the best in the world again and not suffer all the pain of World and Euro championships every two years!
Neil, North-east England

I think the average football fan would love to see the return of these fixtures. Of course,They are not of too much importance to the world but they really beat mindless friendlies against countries we've barely heard of. There is always that bit of excitement that we all look forward to when playing your neighbours. Besides, England beating Scotland and Northern Ireland always makes life a lot brighter.
Tony Hughes, USA

I would love to see the four nations back but with one addition, an invited country. Wouldn't it be great to see Germany, France, Brazil or even Argentina? The home sides would get annual experience playing the best in the world and it would stop England being favourites all the time.
Neill, Chile

There are already enough international football matches for players and there is frequent conflict between club and country. It would make poor relations between the home nations even worse. It is a bad idea.
J Lang, Scotland

England are scared to bring it back because they remember who won it last time around. Part of the problem is that England would expect to win it, which they probably would, but failure would spell the end for someone like Eriksson. Sammy Mac on the other hand has nothing to lose. Bring it back, we never get a chance to beat Wales very often.
Dr Steeno, N Ireland

I think it is time. Depending on the format of the championship, it could be played over a very short space of time. If the powers that be were concerned about fixture congestion there could only be four games for each team, which would fit well into the Fifa friendlies window. Even a bi-annual competition would benefit all the countries involved. It could provide a more competitive edge than say a friendly against (all due respect) Qatar! You would virtually guarantee full houses for all the games and it would provide much needed revenue for the English FA's poorer cousins. And I'm sure the players would be well up for it.
Pete, UK