1959 – 60 British Home Championship football tournament was played by the British Home Nations throughout the 1959 – 60 season and was shared between three of the competing teams at the expense of Ireland . Football at the United Kingdom was at a low point in 1959 and 1960 , following the failure of the national sides ( except Wales and Ireland ) , to perform well in the 1958 FIFA World Cup two years before . A part of the problem involved the deaths of senior members of all four national sides at the Munich air disaster in early 1958 . England had also suffered a further loss of confidence following poor form in a pre-season tour of the Americas , losing three games in a row to Brazil , Peru 4 – 1 and Mexico . An 8 – 1 victory over a weak United States in the final match did little to raise their spirits
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
1959–60 British Home Championship