1956–57 British Home Championship

The 1956-57 British Home Championship was the final full championship before the Munich air disaster would kill senior members of all four squads mid-way through the following tournament. A close-fought competition between England and Scotland, the tournament also featured some very good performances from Wales and Northern Ireland. For tournaments of the day, this was considered a low scoring affair, although the performances were consistently high.

England won the championship in a close final match, but after the first round and tea could have taken the trophy, Ireland holding England to a draw and the Scots doing likewise with the Welsh. In the second games, Wales were well beaten by England, but Scotland were forced to struggle to a 1–0 win over Ireland. In the final matches, any team could still have taken the trophy, but Wales and Ireland outplayed each other in their match and as a result drew 0–0, leaving the final game to be the decider between the English and the Scots. England triumphed eventually in a tough 2–1 win.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Northern Ireland v England

6 October 1956

Northern Ireland	1 – 1	England
Jimmy McIlroy		Stanley Matthews

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v Scotland

20 October 1956

Wales	2 – 2	Scotland
Trevor Ford, Terry Medwin		Lawrie Reilly, Willie Fernie

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v Northern Ireland

7 November 1956

Scotland	1 – 0	Northern Ireland
Alex Scott

Hampden Park, Glasgow

England v Wales

14 November 1956

England	3 – 1	Wales
Johnny Haynes, Johnny Brooks, Tom Finney		John Charles

Wembley Stadium, London

England v Scotland

6 April 1957

England	2 – 1	Scotland
Derek Kevan, Duncan Edwards		Tommy Ring

Wembley Stadium, London

Northern Ireland v Wales

10 April 1957

Northern Ireland	0 – 0	Wales

Windsor Park, Belfast

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

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Rous Cup Nations Cup Home Nation matches since 1984

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