1937 British Home Championship

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The 1937 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1936/37 seasons. The trophy was won by Wales with Scotland coming second. This was the last Home Championship that Wales would win exclusively, all subsequent victories would be shared with one of the other Home Nations. Wales began the competition by beating England and followed it with a similar 2-1 victory against Scotland. With the two favourites beaten Wales only required a draw with Ireland to complete a rare tournament success. They ultimately took the title in style, winning 4-1 at home. Scotland recovered from their loss to Wales in their final game with a commanding 3-1 victory over England in Glasgow to come second, whilst England's only points came from their own 3-1 defeat of the disappointing Irish.

[edit] Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Wales	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5
Scotland	4	3	2	1	7	4	+3
England	2	3	1	2	5	6	-1
Ireland	0	3	0	3	3	10	-7

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

October 31, 1936	Ireland	1–3	Scotland	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Norman Kernaghan		Alex Munro, Charles Napier, David McCulloch	Windsor Park, Belfast

October 17, 1936	Wales	2–1	England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Pat Glover, Seymour Morris		Cliff Bastin	Ninian Park, Cardiff

December 2, 1936	Scotland	1–2	Wales	Dens Park, Dundee
	Tommy Walker		Pat Glover 2	Dens Park, Dundee

November 18, 1936	England	3–1	Ireland	Victoria Ground, Stoke
	Raich Carter, Cliff Bastin, Fred Worrall		Tom Davis	Victoria Ground, Stoke

March 17, 1937	Wales	4–1	Ireland	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Pat Glover 2, Barrie Jones, Freddie Warren		Alex Stevenson	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham