1885โ€“86 British Home Championship

The 1885โ€“86 British Home Championship was the third annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. As common for the time, the matches were punctuated by some high scorelines and for the first time two teams finished level on points at the top of the table, thus sharing the championship as goal difference would not be introduced to separate teams for over nearly 90 years.

England and Scotland were the joint winners, with Wales third and Ireland last with zero points. The tournament began in February 1886 with a match between Wales and Ireland which Wales won comfortably 5โ€“0. Ireland next played against England and Scotland, suffering two heavy defeats in which they conceded 13 goals for three in reply. With the three leaders therefore equal on points, England and Scotland played their match, sharing points in a 1โ€“1 draw. Wales then played against England and Scotland in the final games but lost both, resulting in England and Scotland sharing the title.

Table

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Scotland 53210124+8
 England 53210103+7
 Wales 23102770
 Ireland 03003318โˆ’15

The points system worked as follows:

Results

27 February 1886
Wales  5โ€“0  Ireland
Bill Roberts, Job Wilding, Richard Hersee, Thomas Bryan, Herbert Sisson  


20 March 1886
Ireland  2โ€“7  Scotland
John Condy, Sam Johnson Charles Heggie 4, John Lambie, Michael Dunbar, James Gourlay


29 March 1886
Wales  1โ€“3  England
William Lewis George Brann, Fred Dewhurst, Andrew Amos

10 April 1886
Scotland  4โ€“1  Wales
Bob McCormick, James McCall, David Allan, William Harrower John Owen Vaughan

References

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