1935 British Home Championship

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The 1935 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1934/35 season. Scotland and England shared the trophy after a dramatic final match in which the Scots beat England to claim a share of the cup after having seemingly come adrift following their early defeat to Ireland.

It was England and Ireland who began strongest, England thumping the trophy-holders Wales 4-0 in Cardiff whils the Irish defeated the Scots in Belfast 2-1. Scotland recovered in the second game, beating Wales 3-2 at home to reenter the race for the tournament as England beat Ireland in a close game in Liverpool to become favourites. In the final matches, Ireland failed to take the necessary points from Wales to push for a joint top spot, falling 3-1 in Wrexham. The Scots and the English played in Glasgow, knowing that a draw for the English would be enough to secure them an undisputed victory. This was not to be as by dint of great effort, the Scottish team overcame their Southern rivals 2-0. As goal difference was not at this stage used to separate teams in the British Home Championship, the honours were shared by England and Scotland, whilst Ireland and Wales shared third place.

[edit] Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	2	1	6	3	+3
Scotland	4	3	2	1	6	4	+2
Ireland	2	3	1	2	4	6	-2
Wales	2	3	1	2	5	8	-3

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

September 29, 1934	Wales	0–4	England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
			Fred Tilson 2, Eric Brook, Stanley Matthews	Ninian Park, Cardiff

October 20, 1934	Ireland	2–1	Scotland	Windsor Park, Belfast
	D.K. Martin, Jackie Coulter		Patrick Gallacher	Windsor Park, Belfast

November 21, 1934	Scotland	3–2	Wales	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
	Charlie Napier 2, Dally Duncan		Charlie Phillips, Dai Astley	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

February 6, 1935	England	2–1	Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool
	Cliff Bastin 2		Alex Stevenson	Goodison Park, Liverpool

March 27, 1935	Wales	3–1	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Wilson Jones, Charlie Phillips, Idris Hopkins		Joe Bambrick	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham