The Four Nations Tournament is an annual football competition, currently held by England who won the 2008 tournament which was held in Wales. The competition - with a format of all nations playing each other and table with the team finishing top declared the winner - is held towards the end of the British domestic football season, between the semi-professional international football nations of England C, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Read more about The Four Nations Tournament: History, 2008 Tournament, 2009 Tournament, Winners
Famous quotes containing the words the four and/or nations:
“I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“All the events which make the annals of the nations are but the shadows of our private experiences.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)