1913–14 British Home Championship

Ireland v Wales during 1914 British Home Championship
Back(l-r): Val Harris, Fred McKee, Davy Rollo, Patrick O'Connoll
Front(l-r): EH Seymour, Sam Young, Billy Gillespie, Alex Craig, Bill Lacey, Louis Bookman, Bill McConnell

The 1913–14 British Home Championship was the last British Home Championship played before the First World War. The competition was played between January and April 1914 and won by Ireland with a team that included Patrick O’Connell, Billy Gillespie, Val Harris, Louis Bookman, Samuel Young and Bill Lacey.

1913-14 was the first time Ireland won the competition outright. The Irish had been the tournament's poorest performers over the years, but the previous year had demonstrated potential in beating England for the first time, in a 2–1 win at Windsor Park. Ireland began the 1914 tournament beating Wales 2–1 a in Wrexham on January 19 and then demolished England in England for the first time, winning 3–0 at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough. Ireland clinched the title on March 16 following a 1–1 draw with Scotland at Windsor Park while England's away victory over Wales did not salvage their poor campaign as Scotland would eventually finish as runners up, beating England 3–1 at Hampden Park. It would be six years before the trophy was again contested, and it would be with substantially different teams and in a different, increasingly global era of football.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Wales v Ireland

19 January 1914

Wales	1 – 2	Ireland
Evan Jones		Billy Gillespie 2

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

England v Ireland

14 February 1914

England	0 – 3	Ireland
		Bill Lacey 2, Billy Gillespie

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough

Scotland v Wales

28 February 1914

Scotland	0 – 0	Wales

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Ireland v Scotland

14 March 1914

Ireland	1 – 1	Scotland
Samuel Young		Joe Donnachie

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v England

16 March 1914

Wales	0 – 2	England
		Joe Smith, William Wedlock

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v England

4 April 1914

Scotland	3 – 1	England
Charlie Thomson, William Reid, Jimmy McMenemy		Harold Fleming

Hampden Park, Glasgow

References

British Home Championship 1914 at Rsssf
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

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