1928–29 British Home Championship

The 1928-29 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1928–29 season. The competition was won by Scotland, who won all three matches with strong attacking football epitomised by Hughie Gallacher, who scored seven of his team's 12 goals in hat tricks over Wales and Ireland.

Both England and Scotland began strongly, England defeating the Irish at home, whilst the Scots did likewise against the Welsh in a commanding performance. England then became tournament front–runners by beating Wales away 3–2. Wales and Ireland drew 2–2 in the last game for the Welsh, a result which put both sides out of contention for tournament champion. Scotland's next match was in Ireland and the ensuing ten goal thriller made them favourites for the trophy as they put seven goals past the Irish, conceding three in return. In the final game, both England and Scotland performed strongly, but buoyed by their recent rout of the Irish in Belfast, Scotland secured the tournament with a late goal from Alec Cheyne.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	6	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7
England	4	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Wales	1	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	6	11	−5

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

England v Ireland

22 October 1928

England	2 – 1	Ireland
Joe Hulme, Dixie Dean		Joe Bambrick

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Scotland v Wales

24 October 1928

Scotland	4 – 2	Wales
Hugh Gallacher 3, James Dunn		Willie Davies 2

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Wales v England

17 November 1928

Wales	2 – 3	England
Fred Keenor, Jack Fowler		Joe Hulme 2, Ernie Hine

Vetch Field, Swansea

Wales v Ireland

2 February 1929

Wales	2 – 2	Ireland
Albert Mays, Freddie Warren		Jackie Mahood, Andy McCluggage

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Ireland v Scotland

23 February 1929

Ireland	3 – 7	Scotland
Joe Bambrick 2, Dick Rowley		Hugh Gallacher 4, Alex Jackson 2, Alex James

Windsor Park, Belfast

Scotland v England

13 April 1929

Scotland	1 – 0	England
Alec Cheyne

Hampden Park, Glasgow

References

British Home Championship 1919-20 to 1938-1939 - dates, results, tables and top scorers 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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