1975 British Home Championship

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The 1975 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It resulted in a resounding victory for an England team which was going through one of the poorest periods of consistent play in their history. The tournament saw several draws, including two dramatic 2-2 ties for the Welsh team against England and Scotland and a goalless draw between England and Northern Ireland. The Scots had begun better, beating the Irish 3-0 in their second game and so entered the final match with a real chance of victory. The Welsh, like the English, had a 2 point advantage in their final match, but failed to capitalise on this, losing to Northern Ireland and ending in last place. The final game, between England and Scotland was in the end a one-sided affair, the English crushing the Scots in a 5-1 rout and winning the tournament.

[edit] Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

May 17, 1975	Northern Ireland	0–0	England	Windsor Park, Belfast
				Windsor Park, Belfast

May 17, 1975	Wales	2–2	Scotland	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	John Toshack, Brian Flynn		Bruce Rioch, Colin Jackson	Ninian Park, Cardiff

May 20, 1975	Scotland	3–0	Northern Ireland	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Ted MacDougall, Derek Parlane, Kenny Dalglish			Hampden Park, Glasgow

May 21, 1975	England	2–2	Wales	Wembley Stadium, London
	David Johnson 2		John Toshack, Arfon Griffiths	Wembley Stadium, London

May 23, 1975	Northern Ireland	1–0	Wales	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Thomas Finney			Windsor Park, Belfast

May 24, 1975	England	5–1	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, London
	Gerry Francis 2, David Johnson, Kevin Beattie, Colin Bell		Bruce Rioch (P)	Wembley Stadium, London