The 1969–70 British Home Championship Home Nations international football tournament was a heavily contested series which contradicted the common view that it would be little more than a warm-up for the English team prior to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, at which they were to defend the title they had won on home soil four years earlier. They had won the two previous tournaments and were considered much stronger than the other three home nations, none of whom had qualified for the finals in Mexico. The English however struggled in their opening fixture, drawing with the Welsh away, and although they subsequently beat the Irish, were unable to overcome the Scots.
The 1969–70 British Home Championship Home Nations international football tournament was a fiercely competitive series that challenged the prevailing assumption that it would be a mere warm-up for the English team before the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where they were to defend their title won on home soil four years earlier. They had dominated the previous two tournaments and were considered significantly stronger than the other three home nations, none of whom had qualified for the finals in Mexico. The English however struggled in their opening fixture, drawing with the Welsh away, and although they subsequently beat the Irish, were unable to overcome the Scots.