1921–22 British Home Championship

The 1921-22 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1921–22 season between the British Home Nations. Scotland were victorious as part of a string of seven victories during the 1920s. England and Wales came joint second with Ireland coming last.

The competition began with Wales, the other strong side of the decade, gaining an immediate advantage, capitalising on a weak draw between England and Ireland to take two points from Scotland at home. This momentum was not sustained however, and Scotland bounced back to beat Ireland as Wales lost 1–0 to England in Liverpool. In the final matches all four teams could still claim victory, but a tame draw between Wales and Ireland left the deciding game between England and Scotland. Despite a strng performance from England, the Scots proved the better side, running out 1–0 winners to claim the trophy. By virtue of their draws with Ireland, England and Wales were equal on points in second places whilst the same draws gave Ireland their only points of the competition.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v England

22 October 1921

Ireland	1 – 1	England
Billy Gillespie		Billy Kirton

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v Scotland

4 February 1922

Wales	2 – 1	Scotland
Len Davies, Stan Davies		Alexander Archibald

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v Ireland

4 March 1922

Scotland	2 – 1	Ireland
Andrew Wilson 2		Billy Gillespie

Celtic Park, Glasgow

England v Wales

13 March 1922

England	1 – 0	Wales
Bob Kelly

Anfield, Liverpool

Ireland v Wales

1 April 1922

Ireland	1 – 1	Wales
Billy Gillespie		Len Davies

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Scotland

8 April 1922

England	0 – 1	Scotland
		Andrew Wilson

Villa Park, Birmingham

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

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