1966–67 British Home Championship

The 1966-67 British Home Championship has remained famous in the memories of British Home Nations football fans ever since the dramatic climatic match at Wembley Stadium, where an unfancied Scottish team beat England on the same turf they had won the 1966 FIFA World Cup a year before. England had comfortably disposed of Wales and Ireland in the earlier matches, whilst Scotland had struggled, drawing with Wales and only just beating the Irish. In the final match however, the Scots outplayed their illustrious opponents who were effectively reduced to 10 men with Jack Charlton hobbling and no substitutes allowed claiming a 3–2 victory, thus resulting in some over-enthusiastic Scottish supporters claiming to be "world champions with many of them invading the pitch, digging up much of the turf and stealing the goal woodwork after the game. In contrast to later pitch invasions, this was non-violent and resulted in no significant police action. The "World Champions" idea has since taken more tangible form in the Unofficial Football World Championships.

The contest was also important as it formed the first half of the qualifying stages for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship, a competition England would eventually qualify for in the following 1968 British Home Championship and reach the semi-finals, ultimately securing third position overall.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Scotland (C)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	5
2	England	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Wales	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: EU-Football
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results

Wales v Scotland

22 October 1966

Wales	1–1	Scotland
R. Davies 76'	Report	Law 86'

Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 33,269
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

Ireland v England

22 October 1966
15:00

Ireland	0–2	England
	Report	Hunt 40' Peters 60'

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 47,897
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Scotland v Ireland

16 November 1966
20:00

Scotland	2–1	Ireland
Murdoch 14' Lennox 35'	Report	Nicholson 9'

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 45,281
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)

England v Wales

16 November 1966

England	5–1	Wales
Hurst 30', 34' B. Charlton 43' Hennessey 65' (o.g.) J. Charlton 84'	Report	W. Davies 36'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,380
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Ireland v Wales

12 April 1967
19:30

Ireland	0–0	Wales
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 17,643
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

England v Scotland

15 April 1967
15:00

England	2–3	Scotland
J. Charlton 84' Hurst 88'	Report	Law 27' Lennox 78' McCalliog 87'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 99,063
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

References

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

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