1910–11 British Home Championship

The 1910-11 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. After a close competition between England, Scotland and Wales, England won by a single point. Scotland and Wales followed with another point between them above Ireland who failed to gain a single point and only scored two goals.

Wales and Ireland began the tournament with the Welsh winning a close match in Belfast. England played Ireland in the second game with the same scoreline, leaving England and Wales equal at the head of the table. Wales and Scotland drew a hard fought game before Scotland finished Ireland's tournament with a 20 win. England and Wales played a match in London in which a Welsh win would have given them the trophy but the English side was too strong and ran out 30. In the final game between England and Scotland a win for either side would gain them the championship but England would also win with a draw, a result they achieved at home in Liverpool.

Table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 England 5321062+4
 Scotland 4312053+2
 Wales 33111462
 Ireland 03003264

The points system worked as follows:

Results

28 January 1911
Ireland  1 2  Wales
Billy Halligan Billy Davies, Grenville Morris

11 February 1911
England  2 1  Ireland
Albert Shepherd, Robert Evans James McAuley

6 March 1911
Wales  2 2  Scotland
Grenville Morris 2 Bob Hamilton 2

18 March 1911
Scotland  2 0  Ireland
William Reid, Jimmy McMenemy  

13 March 1911
England  3 0  Wales
Vivian Woodward 2, George Webb  

1 April 1911
England  1 1  Scotland
Jimmy Stewart Alexander Higgins

References

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