1890–91 British Home Championship

The 1890-91 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. Despite strong showings from all four teams, England eventually won the trophy with victories in all three games including, as at the 1890 and 1892 competitions, matches against Wales and Ireland played simultaneously. Ireland notched up one of their highest ever wins, 7–2 over Wales, but still only finished third, whilst the Welsh ran Scotland close in their encounter, but untimately scored zero points.

Scotland and Ireland began the tournament with the Scots securing a narrow win in Glasgow. They extended their lead in Wrexham despite Wales playing well and nearly taking a draw, eventually going down 3–4. England then played their double on 7 March, scoring an aggregate of 10–2 as both the amateur and professional sides easily won their games over Wales and Ireland. Ireland and Wales played for pride in their final game, Ireland routing the Welsh in Belfast and finishing five goals ahead. In the tournament decider in Blackburn, England were too strong for the Scots in a close game and the result was an England victory, giving them the trophy undisputed.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	12	3	+9
Scotland	4	3	2	1	7	6	+1
Ireland	2	3	1	2	9	10	−1
Wales	0	3	0	3	6	15	−9

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v Wales

7 February 1891

Ireland	7 – 2	Wales
William Dalton 3, Olphie Stanfield 2, George Gaffkin 2		Albert Davies, Jack Bowdler

Ulsterville, Belfast

England v Ireland

7 March 1891

England	6 – 1	Ireland
Tinsley Lindley 2, Billy Bassett, George Cotterill, Arthur Henfrey, Harry Daft		T. Whiteside

Molineux, Wolverhampton

England v Wales

7 March 1891

England	4 – 1	Wales
Johnny Goodall, Jack Southworth, Edgar Chadwick, Alf Milward		Ned Howell

Newcastle Road, Sunderland

Wales v Scotland

21 March 1891

Wales	3 – 4	Scotland
Jack Bowdler 2, William Owen		Bob Boyd 2, James Logan, Robert Buchanan

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v Ireland

28 March 1891

Scotland	2 – 1	Ireland
James Low, Tom Waddell		Olphie Stanfield

Celtic Park, Glasgow

England v Scotland

6 April 1891

England	2 – 1	Scotland
Johnny Goodall, Edgar Chadwick		Frank Watt

Ewood Park, Blackburn

References

Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

British Home Championship

Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Competitors	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Seasons	1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 Second World War 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Rous Cup Nations Cup Home Nation matches since 1984