1909–10 British Home Championship

The 1909-10 British Home Championship was an annual football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1909/10 season. It was won by Scotland after a very close three way competition between the Scots, England and Ireland which Scotland only won by a single point, Ireland and England coming joint second with Wales trailing, again by a single point.

England and Ireland were well matched throughout the contest, drawing in their opening match, a result which gave Scotland the advantage after they narrowly beat Wales in Kilmarnock during their opening game. Their challenge faltered in the second game as Ireland beat them by the same scoreline in Belfast. England too achieved a 1–0 win, over Wales in Cardiff. This put England and Ireland at the head of the table, but they were soon surpassed by the Scots, who defeated England 2–0 in Glasgow. Ireland's bid for the trophy was forestalled by Wales in the final match of the competition, who won 4–1 to score their only points of the competition in a powerful performance.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v England

12 February 1910

Ireland	1 – 1	England
Frank Thompson		Harold Fleming

Solitude, Belfast

Scotland v Wales

5 March 1910

Scotland	1 – 0	Wales
Archie Devine

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Ireland v Scotland

19 March 1910

Ireland	1 – 0	Scotland
Frank Thompson

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v England

14 March 1910

Wales	0 – 1	England
		Andrew Ducat

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Scotland v England

2 April 1910

Scotland	2 – 0	England
Jimmy McMenemy, Jimmy Quinn

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Wales v Ireland

11 April 1910

Wales	4 – 1	Ireland
Grenville Morris 2, Robert Evans 2		Johnny Darling

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

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