1970–71 British Home Championship

The 1970-71 British Home Championship was an international football competition between the British Home Nations. the tournament was low-scoring affair, reflecting trends in world football at the time, which relied on heavy defense. England won the tournament in their final match by beating Scotland following an earlier victory over the Northern Ireland national football team and a draw with the Welsh. The England versus Scotland match saw more goals than the rest of the tournament put together, but Northern Ireland did manage to gain a rare second place position with 1–0 wins over disappointing Welsh and Scottish sides, whose own match for last place was a goalless draw resulting in a shared third position.

Table

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

Northern Ireland v England

15 May 1971

Northern Ireland	0 – 1	England
		Allan Clarke

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v Scotland

15 May 1971

Wales	0 – 0	Scotland

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v Northern Ireland

18 May 1971

Scotland	0 – 1	Northern Ireland
		Own Goal

Hampden Park, Glasgow

England v Wales

19 May 1971

England	0 – 0	Wales

Wembley Stadium, London

Northern Ireland v Wales

22 May 1971

Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Wales
Bryan Hamilton

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Scotland

22 May 1971

England	3 – 1	Scotland
Martin Chivers 2, Martin Peters		Hugh Curran

Wembley Stadium, 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