1904–05 British Home Championship

The 1904-05 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It was competed in the second half of the 1904–05 football season and saw England win the championship for the third time in a row with two victories and a draw. Wales, despite losing to England, came in second as part of a strong run which would result in victory at the 1907 British Home Championship. Scotland and Ireland came joint third with two points a piece.

England and Ireland kicked off the competition in February 1905 with a hard fought 1–1 draw in Middlesbrough. In early March, Wales and Scotland began their tournaments with Wales easily beating the Scots in Wrexham and taking the top of the table. Scotland responded to the defeat with a 4–0 rout of the Irish in their second game, and England then moved to the head of the table with a 3–1 victory over the Welsh at home. England then beat Scotland in London to make them winners unless Wales could win against Ireland in Belfast. In the culminating match the Welsh played hard and scored twice, but it was not enough to secure victory and the trophy went to England.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

England v Ireland

25 February 1905

England	1 – 1	Ireland
Steve Bloomer		Own Goal

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough

Wales v Scotland

6 March 1905

Wales	3 – 1	Scotland
Walter Watkins, Grenville Morris, Billy Meredith		John Robertson

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v Ireland

18 March 1905

Scotland	4 – 0	Ireland
Charlie Thomson 2 (2P), Bobby Walker, Jimmy Quinn

Celtic Park, Glasgow

England v Wales

27 March 1905

England	3 – 1	Wales
Vivian Woodward 2, Stanley Harris		Grenville Morris

Anfield, Liverpool

England v Scotland

1 April 1905

England	1 – 0	Scotland
Joe Bache

The Crystal Palace, London

Ireland v Wales

8 April 1905

Ireland	2 – 2	Wales
Charlie O'Hagan, John Murphy		Walter Watkins, Bobby Atherton

Solitude, Belfast

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