1976–77 British Home Championship

The 1976-77 British Home Championship exemplified a new era in Home Nations football during its final game, when jubilant Scottish fans invaded the pitch at Wembley Stadium following their team's surprise victory. Unlike a similar occasion in the 1967 British Home Championship, family football had given way to hooliganism and extensive damage was done to the stadium and riots in London throughout the night followed the occasion. It was events like this which eventually led to the tournament's cancellation in 1984.

The tournament itself was an open affair, with an opening victory for England cancelled out by a Scottish win over Northern Ireland and English defeat to Wales. The Welsh stood a good chance of winning the tournament outright for the first time since 1937, but could not beat the Irish in their final match, and ended up in a rare second place position. The Scots and English thus faced each other in the final match knowing the winner would take the trophy, the Scots achieving a victory on England's home ground to take the trophy for the second year in a row and demonstrate their dominance in British football. The match was followed by a mass pitch invasion by Scottish supporters.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Wales v Scotland

28 May 1977

Wales	0 – 0	Scotland
	Report (Page 24)

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Northern Ireland v England

28 May 1977

Northern Ireland	1 – 2	England
Chris McGrath	Report	Mick Channon, Dennis Tueart

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Wales

31 May 1977

England	0 – 1	Wales
		Leighton James

Wembley Stadium, London

Scotland v Northern Ireland

1 June 1977

Scotland	3 – 0	Northern Ireland
Kenny Dalglish 2, Gordon McQueen	Report (Page 18)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Northern Ireland v Wales

3 June 1977

Northern Ireland	1 – 1	Wales
Sammy Nelson		Nick Deacy

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Scotland

4 June 1977

England	1 – 2	Scotland
Mick Channon (P)	Report (Page 16)	Kenny Dalglish, Gordon McQueen

Wembley Stadium, London

References

Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

External links

Full Results and Line-ups

British Home Championship

Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

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