1907–08 British Home Championship

The 1907-08 British Home Championship was an annual football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1907–08 season. England and Scotland shared the trophy, having each beaten Wales and Ireland in their opening matches before drawing 1–1 with each other in the final game.

England began the strongest side, although all four teams played well in their opening games, both Ireland and Wales running their opponents close. In the second matches however, England and Scotland's quality told, as England beat Wales 7–1 in Wrexham and Ireland succumbed 5–0 in Dublin. In the final matches Ireland and Wales, playing for pride both fought hard, with Ireland clinching a 1–0 win while England and Scotland were unable to break the deadlock and so drew the game and competition, as goal difference was not at this stage used to differentiate teams.

England followed this tournament by becoming the first Home Nation to play a non-British nation with a tour of Central Europe, playing against Austria twice Hungary and Bohemia. In October the England amateur team followed this by winning gold in the football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, held in London.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	5	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8
Scotland	5	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
Ireland	2	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6
Wales	0	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v England

15 February 1908

Ireland	1 – 3	England
Denis Hannon		George Hilsdon 2, Vivian Woodward

Solitude, Belfast

Scotland v Wales

7 March 1908

Scotland	2 – 1	Wales
Willie Lennie, Alexander Bennett		Lot Jones

Dens Park, Dundee

Ireland v Scotland

14 March 1908

Ireland	0 – 5	Scotland
		Jimmy Quinn 4, James Galt

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Wales v England

16 March 1908

Wales	1 – 7	England
Billy Davies		Vivian Woodward 3, George Hilsdon 2, Jimmy Windridge, William Wedlock

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Wales v Ireland

11 April 1908

Wales	0 – 1	Ireland
		Harold Sloan

Athletic Ground, Aberdare

Scotland v England

4 April 1908

Scotland	1 – 1	England
Andrew Wilson		Jimmy Windridge

Hampden Park, Glasgow

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