The Football Association's new lead sponsor, Vauxhall, is driving talks aimed at reviving the home international tournament which could see England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland playing each other regularly again for the first time since 1984.

Discussions between the home nation associations are ongoing and could lead to a tournament played over three international windows and some seven months, from November 2012 to June 2013, to coincide with the FA's 150th anniversary celebrations. There are aspirations to make it a regular event thereafter, though the first tournament will provide Fabio Capello's successor as England manager with an early competitive test.

The FA will tomorrow announce a lucrative four‑year deal with Vauxhall, which has reached sponsorship agreements with all four home nations after talks with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Its deal with the FA is expected to be worth in the region of £20m, as the country with the largest market share, with the other nations sharing a similar amount between them.

Yet the car manufacturer has been pushing the potential return of the British championships and hopes to make the tournament a key part of its involvement with the various federations. "Conversations are taking place between the home nations," said an FA source. "While nothing concrete has been decided as yet, those talks have been progressing for some time and are ongoing.

"The tournament under discussion would not necessarily be played out along exactly the same lines as before, but it's possible something could well be done. Indeed, while it is unlikely to take place before Euro 2012, it could potentially coincide with the FA's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2013."

The home internationals have been only partially restored in a new biennial competition under the title of the Carling Nations Cup, involving Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, with fixtures scheduled for February and May this year. The FA, in contrast, has traditionally been reluctant to revive a tournament that was disbanded in 1984 amid an increasingly cluttered international fixture list.

The Rous Cup, the annual competition between Scotland and England – with occasional South American guests – was abandoned some five years later. Yet there is a recognition within the FA now that the home internationals would attract the required large crowds to Wembley and, most likely, catch the imagination of a new generation of supporters who have been starved of collisions between the countries in recent years.

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