The 1982–83 British Home Championship was the penultimate in the series of football tournaments between the British Home Nations which stretched back 99 years to 1884. In 1983 England and then Scotland announced their withdrawal from future competition after the 1984 competition with the arrangement of the Rous Cup between the two nations to eliminate Wales and Northern Ireland, who were seen as weaker opposition.
The 1982–83 British Home Championship marked the final installment of a long-running series of football tournaments between the British Home Nations that started in 1884. In 1983, England and Scotland opted out of future competitions after the 1984 tournament, with Wales and Northern Ireland being excluded through the Rous Cup.