[PAR] [TLE] 1959–60 British Home Championship [SEP] The 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. [PAR] [TLE] Home Nations [SEP] The Home Nations, or Home Countries, refers collectively to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (countries of the United Kingdom), and in certain sports (e.g. Rugby football) contexts, to England, Scotland, Wales and the whole island of Ireland.  The term "Home Nations" is used in this second sense partly because Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have a unified association structure in certain sports, such as the Irish Rugby Football Union.  Formerly the phrase was applied in general in this same wider sense, such as the period between 1800 and 1922, before the political partition of Ireland, when the whole island was part of the United Kingdom.  The term "Home Countries" (not to be confused with the "home counties") is also sometimes used, and is synonymous.
[PAR] [TLE] 1959–60 British Home Championship [ SEP ] The 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 . [PAR] [TLE] Home Nations [ SEP ] The Home Nations , or Home Countries , refers collectively to England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland ( countries of the United Kingdom ) , and in certain sports ( e.g. Rugby football ) contexts , to England , Scotland , Wales and the whole island of Ireland . The term " Home Nations " is used in this second sense partly because Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have a unified association structure in certain sports , such as the Irish Rugby Football Union . Formerly the phrase was applied in general in this same wider sense , such as the period between 1800 and 1922 , before the political partition of Ireland , when the whole island was part of the United Kingdom . The term " Home Countries " ( not to be confused with the " home counties " ) is also sometimes used , and is synonymous .
What term describes the countries England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and held the British Home Championship in 1959-60.
What term describes the countries England , Scotland , Wales , and Northern Ireland and held the British Home Championship in 1959 - 60 .
Home Nations
Home Nations