1912–13 British Home Championship

The 1912-13 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. An evenly matched tournament, all four sides won at least one game and the competition could have gone any way, as Ireland showed the following year when they won their first undisputed tournament. In the event, the trophy went to England courtesy of a single goal victory over Scotland at Stamford Bridge in the final match. Scotland shared second place with Wales after both teams achieved three points and Ireland finished last with two.

Wales began the strongest team, beating Ireland 1–0 in Belfast. Ireland responded well to this defeat, winning against eventual champions England 2–1 in a tough game at Windsor Park. Wales and Scotland played out a scoreless draw in their match, leaving Wales on top of the table temporarily and Scotland flagging. The Scots recovered in their match against Ireland with a 2–1 victory away in Dublin before England recovered after a faltering start to win a gripping match against Wales 4–3 in Bristol. In the final game of the competition, England were trailing Scotland by a single point and knew that a loss could give the trophy to Scotland and Wales while a draw would leave all three teams sharing the championship. In another tough game, both sides played well but England snatched victory 1–0 and became champions for the third year in a row.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v Wales

18 January 1913

Ireland	0 – 1	Wales
		James Roberts

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Ireland v England

15 February 1913

Ireland	2 – 1	England
Billy Gillespie 2		Charles Buchan

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v Scotland

3 March 1913

Wales	0 – 0	Scotland

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Ireland v Scotland

15 March 1913

Ireland	1 – 2	Scotland
James McKnight		William Reid, Alex Bennett

Dalymount Park, Dublin

England v Wales

17 March 1913

England	4 – 3	Wales
Harold Fleming, Eddie Latheron, Joseph McCall, Harry Hampton		Walter Davis, Ernest Peake, Billy Meredith

Ashton Gate, Bristol

England v Scotland

5 April 1913

England	1 – 0	Scotland
Harry Hampton

Stamford Bridge, London

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