British Home Championship
The British Home Championship[a] (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (the last of whom competed as Northern Ireland starting from the late 1950s). Beginning during the 1883–84 season, it is the oldest international association football tournament in the world and it was contested until the 1983–84 season, when it was abolished after 100 years.
| Founded | 1884 |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 1984 |
| Region | British Isles |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Last champions | Northern Ireland (1983–84) |
| Most successful team(s) | England (54 titles) |
History
Overview
The first international association football match, between Scotland and England, took place in November 1872. Following that contest, a schedule of international matches between the four home nations gradually developed, the games taking place between January and April of each year. In 1884, for the first time, all six possible matches were played. This schedule (the climax usually being the England v Scotland fixture, the outcome of which was often pivotal in determining the champion) continued without interruption until the First World War.
| Year | England v Scotland | Scotland v Wales | England v Wales | England v Ireland | Wales v Ireland | Scotland v Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | ||||||
| 1872 | November | |||||
| 1873 | March | |||||
| 1874 | March | |||||
| 1875 | March | |||||
| 1876 | March | March | ||||
| 1877 | March | March | ||||
| 1878 | March | March | ||||
| 1879 | April | April | January | |||
| 1880 | March | March | March | |||
| 1881 | March | March | February | |||
| 1882 | March | March | March | February | February | |
| 1883 | March | March | February | February | March | |
| 1884 | March | March | March | February | February | January |
| 1885 | March | March | March | February | April | March |
Development
Recognition of the international season as constituting a single tournament came slowly. Early reports focused on the rivalries between the two teams in each match, rather than any overall title.[2] Talk of a "championship" began to emerge gradually during the 1890s,[3][4] with some writers suggesting the use of a league table between the nations, with 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw (as had been in use for the Football League since 1888).[5][6] By 1908, we find a published list of "International Champions" extending all the way back to 1884.[7]
The championship, although increasingly recognized as such, had no official prize until 1935 (see below), when a trophy for the "British International Championship" was created in honour of the silver jubilee of King George V.[8]
The dates of the fixtures varied, but they tended to bunch towards the end of the season (sometimes the entire competition was held in a few days at the end of the season), except between the World Wars, when some fixtures were played before Christmas. The rise of other international competitions, especially the World Cup and European Championships, meant that the British Home Championship lost much of its prestige as the years went on.
However, the new international tournaments meant that the Championship took on added importance in certain years. The 1949–50 and 1953–54 Championships doubled up as qualifying groups for the 1950 and 1954 World Cups respectively, and the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 Championships were used to determine which team would progress to the second qualifying round of Euro 1968.
The British Home Championship was discontinued after the 1983–84 competition. There were a number of reasons for the tournament's demise, including it being overshadowed by the World Cup and European Championships, falling attendances at all but the England v Scotland games, fixture congestion, the rise of hooliganism, the Troubles in Northern Ireland (civil unrest led to the 1980–81 competition being abandoned), and England's desire to play against 'stronger' teams. The fate of the competition was settled when the (English) Football Association, swiftly followed by the Scottish Football Association, announced in 1983 that they would not be entering after the 1983–84 Championship. The British Home Championship trophy remains the property of the Irish FA, as Northern Ireland were the most recent champions.
The Championship was replaced by the smaller Rous Cup, which involved just England, Scotland and, in later years, an invited guest team from South America. That competition, however, ended after just five years.
Since then, there have been many proposals to resurrect the British Home Championship, with advocates pointing to rising attendances and a significant downturn in football-related violence. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations are keen on the idea, but the English association are less enthusiastic, claiming that they agree in principle, but that fixture congestion makes a revived tournament impractical.
Therefore, the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales and the Irish Football Association, with the Republic of Ireland's Football Association of Ireland, pressed ahead and organised a tournament similar to the British Home Championship. The Nations Cup, between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, was launched in Dublin in 2011. It was discontinued after one tournament because of poor attendance.[9]
Format and rules
Each team played every other team once (making for a total of three matches per team and six matches in total). Generally, each team played either one or two matches at home and the remainder away, with home advantage between two teams alternating each year (so if England played Scotland at home one year, they played them away the next).
A team received two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The team with the most points was declared the winner. If two or more teams were equal on points, that position in the league table was shared (as was the Championship if it occurred between the top teams). In 1956, uniquely, all teams finished with the same number of points, leading to the Championship being shared between all four home nations. From the 1978–79 Championship onwards, however, goal difference (total goals scored minus total goals conceded) was used to differentiate between teams level on points. If goal difference was equal, then total goals scored was used.
Trophy
Early editions of the tournament had no trophy. In 1935, a trophy was presented to King George V by the Football Association in recognition of the monarch's silver jubilee.[8] It was first awarded, as the "Jubilee Trophy", to Scotland, victors of the 1935–36 competition.[10] The trophy was of solid silver, consisting of a pedestal supporting a football surmounted by a winged figure. It bore the words "British International Championship".[8]
As winners of the final tournament, Northern Ireland retained the trophy, but for many years had no suitable venue in which to display it. It was exhibited in the Scottish Football Museum[11] and then the National Football Museum in Manchester.[12] In 2018 it was finally put in display at the Northern Ireland Education and Heritage Centre at the National Stadium.[13]
Notable moments
1902: Tragedy at Ibrox
The Scotland v England match of 5 April 1902 became known as the Ibrox Disaster of 1902. The match took place at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow. During the first half, a section of the terracing in the overcrowded West Stand collapsed, killing 25 and injuring over 500. Play was stopped, but was restarted after 20 minutes, with most of the crowd not knowing what had happened. The match was later declared void and replayed at Villa Park, Birmingham.
1950: World Cup qualification
The 1950 British Home Championship was used as a qualification group for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, with the teams finishing both first and second qualifying. England and Scotland were guaranteed the top two places and World Cup qualification with one match to go, when the Scottish Football Association declared that it would only go to the 1950 World Cup if they were the British champions. Scotland played England at Hampden Park on 15 April in the final game and lost 1–0 to a goal by Chelsea's Roy Bentley. Scotland finished second and withdrew from what would have been their first-ever World Cup appearance.
1967: Scotland become ‘World Champions’
The 1966–67 British Home Championship was the first since England's victory at the World Cup 1966. Naturally, England were favourites for the Championship title. In the end, the outcome of the entire Championship rested on the final game: England v Scotland at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 April. If England won or drew, they would win the Championship; if Scotland won, they would triumph. Scotland beat the World Cup winners 3–2. The match was followed by a large, but relatively harmless, pitch invasion by the jubilant Scottish fans, who were quick to waggishly declare Scotland the 'World Champions', as the game was England's first defeat since winning the World Cup. The Scots' joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships.
1977: Wembley pitch invasion
Again, the 1976–77 Championship came down to the final game between England and Scotland at Wembley on 4 June. Scotland won the game 2–1, making them champions. As in 1967, a pitch invasion by the overjoyed Scottish fans followed, but this time vandalism ensued: the pitch was ripped up and taken back to Scotland in small pieces,[14] along with one of the broken crossbars.[15]
1981: The unfinished Championship
The Troubles in Northern Ireland had affected the British Home Championship before, with things turning so hostile that Northern Ireland often had to play their 'home' games in Liverpool or Glasgow. The entire 1980–81 Championship was held in May 1981, which coincided with a large amount of civil unrest in Northern Ireland surrounding the hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Northern Ireland's two home matches, against England and Wales, were not moved, so both teams refused to travel to Belfast to play. As not all the matches were completed, that year's competition was declared void with no winner; only Scotland completed all their matches. It was the only time in the Championship's history, apart from during World War I and World War II, that it was not awarded.
1984: The final Championship
The Home Championships came to an end, with England and Scotland announcing that the 1983–84 British Home Championship would be their last. They cited waning interest in the games, crowded international fixture lists and a sharp rise in hooliganism for their decision. The final match of the Championship was held at Hampden Park between Scotland and England in which the winners of the game would win the final Championship. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, allowing Northern Ireland to win the Championship on goal difference after all the teams ended on three points each; Wales came second on goals scored.
List of winners
- Where teams finished in a joint position, the level teams are listed in order of better goal difference.
| Year | Champions | Second | Third | Fourth | Topscorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883–84 | Scotland | England | Wales | Ireland | Harry Cursham | 3 |
| 1884–85 | Scotland (2) | England | Wales | Ireland | Joseph Lindsay | 4 |
| 1885–86 | Scotland (3) — England | Wales | Ireland | Various | 4 | |
| 1886–87 | Scotland (4) | England | Ireland | Wales | Tinsley Lindley | 6 |
| 1887–88 | England (2) | Scotland | Wales | Ireland | Jack Doughty | 6 |
| 1888–89 | Scotland (5) | England | Wales | Ireland | Various | 3 |
| 1889–90 | England (3) — Scotland (6) | Wales | Ireland | Willie Paul | 4 | |
| 1890–91 | England (4) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Olphert Stanfield | 4 |
| 1891–92 | England (5) | Scotland | Ireland — Wales | Various | 2 | |
| 1892–93 | England (6) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Fred Spiksley | 6 |
| 1893–94 | Scotland (7) | England | Wales | Ireland | John Veitch | 3 |
| 1894–95 | England (7) | Wales — Scotland | Ireland | 2 | ||
| 1895–96 | Scotland (8) | England | Wales | Ireland | Steve Bloomer (2) | 6 |
| 1896–97 | Scotland (9) | England | Ireland | Wales | Steve Bloomer (3) | 4 |
| 1897–98 | England (8) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Various | 3 |
| 1898–99 | England (9) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Bob McColl | 6 |
| 1899–1900 | Scotland (10) | Wales — England | Ireland | Bob McColl (2) | 6 | |
| 1900–01 | England (10) | Scotland | Wales | Ireland | Various | 5 |
| 1901–02 | Scotland (11) | England | Ireland | Wales | Various | 3 |
| 1902–03 | England (11) — Ireland — Scotland (12) | Wales | Vivian Woodward | 4 | ||
| 1903–04 | England (12) | Ireland | Scotland — Wales | Various | 2 | |
| 1904–05 | England (13) | Wales | Scotland — Ireland | Charles Thomson | 3 | |
| 1905–06 | England (14) — Scotland (13) | Wales | Ireland | Various | 3 | |
| 1906–07 | Wales | England | Scotland | Ireland | Lot Jones | 2 |
| 1907–08 | England (15) — Scotland (14) | Ireland | Wales | Various | 4 | |
| 1908–09 | England (16) | Wales | Scotland | Ireland | Various | 2 |
| 1909–10 | Scotland (15) | England — Ireland | Wales | Various | 2 | |
| 1910–11 | England (17) | Scotland | Wales | Ireland | Grenville Morris (2) | 3 |
| 1911–12 | England (18) — Scotland (16) | Ireland | Wales | Various | 3 | |
| 1912–13 | England (19) | Scotland — Wales | Ireland | Grenville Morris (3) | 3 | |
| 1913–14 | Ireland (2) | Scotland | England | Wales | Billy Gillespie | 3 |
| 1914–19 | Not held due to the First World War. | |||||
| 1919–20 | Wales (2) | Scotland — England | Ireland | Various | 3 | |
| 1920–21 | Scotland (17) | Wales — England | Ireland | Andrew Wilson | 4 | |
| 1921–22 | Scotland (18) | Wales — England | Ireland | Various | 3 | |
| 1922–23 | Scotland (19) | England | Ireland | Wales | Harry Chambers | 3 |
| 1923–24 | Wales (3) | Scotland | Ireland | England | Willie Davies | 2 |
| 1924–25 | Scotland (20) | England | Wales — Ireland | Hughie Gallacher | 5 | |
| 1925–26 | Scotland (21) | Ireland | Wales | England | Hughie Gallacher (2) | 3 |
| 1926–27 | Scotland (22) — England (20) | Wales — Ireland | Dixie Dean | 4 | ||
| 1927–28 | Wales (4) | Ireland | Scotland | England | Alex Jackson | 3 |
| 1928–29 | Scotland (23) | England | Wales — Ireland | Hughie Gallacher (3) | 7 | |
| 1929–30 | England (21) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Joe Bambrick | 6 |
| 1930–31 | England (22) — Scotland (24) | Wales | Ireland | Jimmy Hampson | 3 | |
| 1931–32 | England (23) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Tom Waring | 3 |
| 1932–33 | Wales (5) | Scotland | England | Ireland | Various | 3 |
| 1933–34 | Wales (6) | England | Ireland | Scotland | Various | 2 |
| 1934–35 | England (24) — Scotland (25) | Wales — Ireland | Dally Duncan | 3 | ||
| 1935–36 | Scotland (26) | Wales — England | Ireland | Various | 2 | |
| 1936–37 | Wales (7) | Scotland | England | Ireland | Pat Glover | 4 |
| 1937–38 | England (25) | Scotland — Ireland | Wales | George Mills | 3 | |
| 1938–39 | England (26) — Wales (8) — Scotland (27) | Ireland | Willie Hall | 5 | ||
| 1939–45 | Not held due to the Second World War. | |||||
| 1945–46[b] | Scotland | Ireland — England — Wales | Various | 2 | ||
| 1946–47 | England (27) | Ireland | Scotland — Wales | Wilf Mannion | 5 | |
| 1947–48 | England (28) | Wales | Ireland | Scotland | Various | 2 |
| 1948–49 | Scotland (28) | England | Wales | Ireland | Stan Mortensen (2) | 3 |
| 1949–50 | England (29) | Scotland | Wales — Ireland | Jack Rowley | 4 | |
| 1950–51 | Scotland (29) | England | Wales | Ireland | Billy Steel | 4 |
| 1951–52 | Wales (9) — England (30) | Scotland | Ireland | 2 | ||
| 1952–53 | Scotland (30) — England (31) | Wales — Ireland | Various | 3 | ||
| 1953–54 | England (32) | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Various | 3 |
| 1954–55 | England (33) | Scotland | Wales | Ireland | John Charles (2) | 5 |
| 1955–56 | England (34) — Scotland (31) — Wales (10) — Ireland (3) | Various | 2 | |||
| 1956–57 | England (35) | Scotland | Wales — Northern Ireland | 1 | ||
| 1957–58 | England (36) — Northern Ireland (4) | Scotland — Wales | Derek Kevan | 2 | ||
| 1958–59 | Northern Ireland (5) — England (37) | Scotland | Wales | Bobby Charlton | 3 | |
| 1959–60 | Scotland (32) — England (38) — Wales (11) | Northern Ireland | Various | 2 | ||
| 1960–61 | England (39) | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Jimmy Greaves | 7 |
| 1961–62 | Scotland (33) | Wales | England | Northern Ireland | Alex Scott | 3 |
| 1962–63 | Scotland (34) | England | Wales | Northern Ireland | Denis Law | 5 |
| 1963–64 | England (40) — Scotland (35) — Northern Ireland (6) | Wales | Jimmy Greaves (2) | 5 | ||
| 1964–65 | England (41) | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Jimmy Greaves (3) | 4 |
| 1965–66 | England (42) | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Various | 2 |
| 1966–67 | Scotland (36) | England | Wales | Northern Ireland | Various | 2 |
| 1967–68 | England (43) | Scotland | Wales — Northern Ireland | Various | 2 | |
| 1968–69 | England (44) | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Wales | Various | 3 |
| 1969–70 | England (45) — Wales (12) — Scotland (37) | Northern Ireland | 1 | |||
| 1970–71 | England (46) | Northern Ireland | Wales | Scotland | Martin Chivers | 2 |
| 1971–72 | Scotland (38) — England (47) | Northern Ireland | Wales | Peter Lorimer | 2 | |
| 1972–73 | England (48) | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Martin Chivers (2) | 3 |
| 1973–74 | Scotland (39) — England (49) | Wales — Northern Ireland | 1 | |||
| 1974–75 | England (50) | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Wales | David Johnson | 3 |
| 1975–76 | Scotland (40) | England | Wales | Northern Ireland | Mick Channon | 3 |
| 1976–77 | Scotland (41) | Wales | England | Northern Ireland | Kenny Dalglish | 3 |
| 1977–78 | England (51) | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Derek Johnstone | 2 |
| 1978–79 | England (52) | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | John Toshack | 3 |
| 1979–80 | Northern Ireland (7) | England | Wales | Scotland | Noel Brotherston | 2 |
| 1980–81 | Abandoned due to civil unrest in Northern Ireland. | |||||
| 1981–82 | England (53) | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | 1 | |
| 1982–83 | british, home, championship, historically, known, british, international, championship, simply, international, championship, annual, football, competition, contested, between, united, kingdom, four, national, teams, england, scotland, wales, ireland, last, who. The British Home Championship a historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom s four national teams England Scotland Wales and Ireland the last of whom competed as Northern Ireland starting from the late 1950s Beginning during the 1883 84 season it is the oldest international association football tournament in the world and it was contested until the 1983 84 season when it was abolished after 100 years British Home ChampionshipFounded1884Abolished1984RegionBritish IslesNumber of teams4Last champions Northern Ireland 1983 84 Most successful team s England 54 titles Contents 1 History 1 1 Overview 1 2 Development 2 Format and rules 3 Trophy 4 Notable moments 4 1 1902 Tragedy at Ibrox 4 2 1950 World Cup qualification 4 3 1967 Scotland become World Champions 4 4 1977 Wembley pitch invasion 4 5 1981 The unfinished Championship 4 6 1984 The final Championship 5 List of winners 6 Total wins 7 Medals 8 Summary 9 Players record 9 1 All time top goalscorers 9 2 Topscorer wins 10 Managers record 10 1 Championship wins 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksHistory EditOverview Edit The first international association football match between Scotland and England took place in November 1872 Following that contest a schedule of international matches between the four home nations gradually developed the games taking place between January and April of each year In 1884 for the first time all six possible matches were played This schedule the climax usually being the England v Scotland fixture the outcome of which was often pivotal in determining the champion continued without interruption until the First World War Development of the international football calendar Year England v Scotland Scotland v Wales England v Wales England v Ireland Wales v Ireland Scotland v Ireland18711872 November1873 March1874 March1875 March1876 March March1877 March March1878 March March1879 April April January1880 March March March1881 March March February1882 March March March February February1883 March March February February March1884 March March March February February January1885 March March March February April MarchDevelopment Edit Recognition of the international season as constituting a single tournament came slowly Early reports focused on the rivalries between the two teams in each match rather than any overall title 2 Talk of a championship began to emerge gradually during the 1890s 3 4 with some writers suggesting the use of a league table between the nations with 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw as had been in use for the Football League since 1888 5 6 By 1908 we find a published list of International Champions extending all the way back to 1884 7 The championship although increasingly recognized as such had no official prize until 1935 see below when a trophy for the British International Championship was created in honour of the silver jubilee of King George V 8 The dates of the fixtures varied but they tended to bunch towards the end of the season sometimes the entire competition was held in a few days at the end of the season except between the World Wars when some fixtures were played before Christmas The rise of other international competitions especially the World Cup and European Championships meant that the British Home Championship lost much of its prestige as the years went on However the new international tournaments meant that the Championship took on added importance in certain years The 1949 50 and 1953 54 Championships doubled up as qualifying groups for the 1950 and 1954 World Cups respectively and the results of the 1966 67 and 1967 68 Championships were used to determine which team would progress to the second qualifying round of Euro 1968 The British Home Championship was discontinued after the 1983 84 competition There were a number of reasons for the tournament s demise including it being overshadowed by the World Cup and European Championships falling attendances at all but the England v Scotland games fixture congestion the rise of hooliganism the Troubles in Northern Ireland civil unrest led to the 1980 81 competition being abandoned and England s desire to play against stronger teams The fate of the competition was settled when the English Football Association swiftly followed by the Scottish Football Association announced in 1983 that they would not be entering after the 1983 84 Championship The British Home Championship trophy remains the property of the Irish FA as Northern Ireland were the most recent champions The Championship was replaced by the smaller Rous Cup which involved just England Scotland and in later years an invited guest team from South America That competition however ended after just five years Since then there have been many proposals to resurrect the British Home Championship with advocates pointing to rising attendances and a significant downturn in football related violence The Scottish Welsh and Northern Irish football associations are keen on the idea but the English association are less enthusiastic claiming that they agree in principle but that fixture congestion makes a revived tournament impractical Therefore the Scottish Football Association the Football Association of Wales and the Irish Football Association with the Republic of Ireland s Football Association of Ireland pressed ahead and organised a tournament similar to the British Home Championship The Nations Cup between Scotland Wales Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was launched in Dublin in 2011 It was discontinued after one tournament because of poor attendance 9 Format and rules Edit Early example of a printed league table showing the final positions of the teams Dundee Courier 1895 96 Each team played every other team once making for a total of three matches per team and six matches in total Generally each team played either one or two matches at home and the remainder away with home advantage between two teams alternating each year so if England played Scotland at home one year they played them away the next A team received two points for a win one for a draw and none for a loss The team with the most points was declared the winner If two or more teams were equal on points that position in the league table was shared as was the Championship if it occurred between the top teams In 1956 uniquely all teams finished with the same number of points leading to the Championship being shared between all four home nations From the 1978 79 Championship onwards however goal difference total goals scored minus total goals conceded was used to differentiate between teams level on points If goal difference was equal then total goals scored was used Trophy EditEarly editions of the tournament had no trophy In 1935 a trophy was presented to King George V by the Football Association in recognition of the monarch s silver jubilee 8 It was first awarded as the Jubilee Trophy to Scotland victors of the 1935 36 competition 10 The trophy was of solid silver consisting of a pedestal supporting a football surmounted by a winged figure It bore the words British International Championship 8 As winners of the final tournament Northern Ireland retained the trophy but for many years had no suitable venue in which to display it It was exhibited in the Scottish Football Museum 11 and then the National Football Museum in Manchester 12 In 2018 it was finally put in display at the Northern Ireland Education and Heritage Centre at the National Stadium 13 Notable moments Edit1902 Tragedy at Ibrox Edit The Scotland v England match of 5 April 1902 became known as the Ibrox Disaster of 1902 The match took place at Ibrox Park now Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow During the first half a section of the terracing in the overcrowded West Stand collapsed killing 25 and injuring over 500 Play was stopped but was restarted after 20 minutes with most of the crowd not knowing what had happened The match was later declared void and replayed at Villa Park Birmingham 1950 World Cup qualification Edit The 1950 British Home Championship was used as a qualification group for the 1950 FIFA World Cup with the teams finishing both first and second qualifying England and Scotland were guaranteed the top two places and World Cup qualification with one match to go when the Scottish Football Association declared that it would only go to the 1950 World Cup if they were the British champions Scotland played England at Hampden Park on 15 April in the final game and lost 1 0 to a goal by Chelsea s Roy Bentley Scotland finished second and withdrew from what would have been their first ever World Cup appearance 1967 Scotland become World Champions Edit The 1966 67 British Home Championship was the first since England s victory at the World Cup 1966 Naturally England were favourites for the Championship title In the end the outcome of the entire Championship rested on the final game England v Scotland at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 April If England won or drew they would win the Championship if Scotland won they would triumph Scotland beat the World Cup winners 3 2 The match was followed by a large but relatively harmless pitch invasion by the jubilant Scottish fans who were quick to waggishly declare Scotland the World Champions as the game was England s first defeat since winning the World Cup The Scots joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships 1977 Wembley pitch invasion Edit Again the 1976 77 Championship came down to the final game between England and Scotland at Wembley on 4 June Scotland won the game 2 1 making them champions As in 1967 a pitch invasion by the overjoyed Scottish fans followed but this time vandalism ensued the pitch was ripped up and taken back to Scotland in small pieces 14 along with one of the broken crossbars 15 1981 The unfinished Championship Edit The Troubles in Northern Ireland had affected the British Home Championship before with things turning so hostile that Northern Ireland often had to play their home games in Liverpool or Glasgow The entire 1980 81 Championship was held in May 1981 which coincided with a large amount of civil unrest in Northern Ireland surrounding the hunger strike in the Maze Prison Northern Ireland s two home matches against England and Wales were not moved so both teams refused to travel to Belfast to play As not all the matches were completed that year s competition was declared void with no winner only Scotland completed all their matches It was the only time in the Championship s history apart from during World War I and World War II that it was not awarded 1984 The final Championship Edit The Home Championships came to an end with England and Scotland announcing that the 1983 84 British Home Championship would be their last They cited waning interest in the games crowded international fixture lists and a sharp rise in hooliganism for their decision The final match of the Championship was held at Hampden Park between Scotland and England in which the winners of the game would win the final Championship The match ended in a 1 1 draw allowing Northern Ireland to win the Championship on goal difference after all the teams ended on three points each Wales came second on goals scored List of winners EditWhere teams finished in a joint position the level teams are listed in order of better goal difference Year Champions Second Third Fourth Topscorer Goals1883 84 Scotland England Wales Ireland Harry Cursham 31884 85 Scotland 2 England Wales Ireland Joseph Lindsay 41885 86 Scotland 3 England Wales Ireland Various Charles Heggie Benjamin Spilsbury 41886 87 Scotland 4 England Ireland Wales Tinsley Lindley 61887 88 England 2 Scotland Wales Ireland Jack Doughty 61888 89 Scotland 5 England Wales Ireland Various Willie Groves Jack Yates John Goodall 31889 90 England 3 Scotland 6 Wales Ireland Willie Paul 41890 91 England 4 Scotland Ireland Wales Olphert Stanfield 41891 92 England 5 Scotland Ireland Wales Various Harry Daft John McPherson James Hamilton John Goodall 2 21892 93 England 6 Scotland Ireland Wales Fred Spiksley 61893 94 Scotland 7 England Wales Ireland John Veitch 31894 95 England 7 Wales Scotland Ireland Various Steve Bloomer Harry Trainer Frank Becton William Sherrard John Goodall 3 21895 96 Scotland 8 England Wales Ireland Steve Bloomer 2 61896 97 Scotland 9 England Ireland Wales Steve Bloomer 3 41897 98 England 8 Scotland Ireland Wales Various Steve Bloomer 4 James Gillespie 31898 99 England 9 Scotland Ireland Wales Bob McColl 61899 1900 Scotland 10 Wales England Ireland Bob McColl 2 61900 01 England 10 Scotland Wales Ireland Various Steve Bloomer 5 Robert Hamilton 51901 02 Scotland 11 England Ireland Wales Various Andrew Gara Jimmy Settle Robert Hamilton 2 31902 03 England 11 Ireland Scotland 12 Wales Vivian Woodward 41903 04 England 12 Ireland Scotland Wales Various Joe Bache George Davis 21904 05 England 13 Wales Scotland Ireland Charles Thomson 31905 06 England 14 Scotland 13 Wales Ireland Various Harold Sloan Arthur Green 31906 07 Wales England Scotland Ireland Lot Jones 21907 08 England 15 Scotland 14 Ireland Wales Various Jimmy Quinn Vivian Woodward 2 41908 09 England 16 Wales Scotland Ireland Various William Davies George Wall Harry Paul George Hilsdon Vivian Woodward 3 21909 10 Scotland 15 England Ireland Wales Various Robert Evans Grenville Morris 21910 11 England 17 Scotland Wales Ireland Grenville Morris 2 31911 12 England 18 Scotland 16 Ireland Wales Various Harold Fleming George Holley 31912 13 England 19 Scotland Wales Ireland Grenville Morris 3 31913 14 Ireland 2 Scotland England Wales Billy Gillespie 31914 19 Not held due to the First World War 1919 20 Wales 2 Scotland England Ireland Various Stan Davies Bob Kelly Tom Miller 31920 21 Scotland 17 Wales England Ireland Andrew Wilson 41921 22 Scotland 18 Wales England Ireland Various Andrew Wilson 2 Billy Gillespie 2 31922 23 Scotland 19 England Ireland Wales Harry Chambers 31923 24 Wales 3 Scotland Ireland England Willie Davies 21924 25 Scotland 20 England Wales Ireland Hughie Gallacher 51925 26 Scotland 21 Ireland Wales England Hughie Gallacher 2 31926 27 Scotland 22 England 20 Wales Ireland Dixie Dean 41927 28 Wales 4 Ireland Scotland England Alex Jackson 31928 29 Scotland 23 England Wales Ireland Hughie Gallacher 3 71929 30 England 21 Scotland Ireland Wales Joe Bambrick 61930 31 England 22 Scotland 24 Wales Ireland Jimmy Hampson 31931 32 England 23 Scotland Ireland Wales Tom Waring 31932 33 Wales 5 Scotland England Ireland Various Dai Astley Jimmy McGrory 31933 34 Wales 6 England Ireland Scotland Various Dai Astley 2 Boy Martin 21934 35 England 24 Scotland 25 Wales Ireland Dally Duncan 31935 36 Scotland 26 Wales England Ireland Various Dai Astley 3 Fred Tilson Tommy Walker Dally Duncan 2 21936 37 Wales 7 Scotland England Ireland Pat Glover 41937 38 England 25 Scotland Ireland Wales George Mills 31938 39 England 26 Wales 8 Scotland 27 Ireland Willie Hall 51939 45 Not held due to the Second World War 0 1945 46 b Scotland Ireland England Wales Various Davy Walsh Billy Liddell 21946 47 England 27 Ireland Scotland Wales Wilf Mannion 51947 48 England 28 Wales Ireland Scotland Various Sammy Smyth Stan Mortensen 21948 49 Scotland 28 England Wales Ireland Stan Mortensen 2 31949 50 England 29 Scotland Wales Ireland Jack Rowley 41950 51 Scotland 29 England Wales Ireland Billy Steel 41951 52 Wales 9 England 30 Scotland Ireland Various Nat Lofthouse Bobby Johnstone Stan Pearson Ivor Allchurch 21952 53 Scotland 30 England 31 Wales Ireland Various Nat Lofthouse 2 Lawrie Reilly 31953 54 England 32 Scotland Ireland Wales Various Nat Lofthouse 3 John Charles 31954 55 England 33 Scotland Wales Ireland John Charles 2 51955 56 England 34 Scotland 31 Wales 10 Ireland 3 Various Dennis Wilshaw Bobby Johnstone 2 21956 57 England 35 Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Various Johnny Brooks Duncan Edwards Tom Finney Johnny Haynes Derek Kevan Stanley Matthews Jimmy McIlroy Willie Fernie Lawrie Reilly Tommy Ring Alex Scott John Charles Trevor Ford Terry Medwin 11957 58 England 36 Northern Ireland 4 Scotland Wales Derek Kevan 21958 59 Northern Ireland 5 England 37 Scotland Wales Bobby Charlton 31959 60 Scotland 32 England 38 Wales 11 Northern Ireland 0 Various Billy Bingham Terry Medwin Graham Leggat 21960 61 England 39 Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Jimmy Greaves 71961 62 Scotland 33 Wales England Northern Ireland Alex Scott 31962 63 Scotland 34 England Wales Northern Ireland Denis Law 51963 64 England 40 Scotland 35 Northern Ireland 6 Wales Jimmy Greaves 2 51964 65 England 41 Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Jimmy Greaves 3 41965 66 England 42 Northern Ireland 0 Scotland Wales Various Alan Gilzean Jimmy Johnstone Willie Irvine 21966 67 Scotland 36 England Wales Northern Ireland Various Jack Charlton Geoff Hurst 21967 68 England 43 Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Various Bobby Charlton 2 Martin Peters 21968 69 England 44 Scotland Northern Ireland 0 Wales Various Colin Stein Geoff Hurst 2 Ron Davies 31969 70 England 45 Wales 12 Scotland 37 Northern Ireland Various Bobby Charlton Geoff Hurst Francis Lee Martin Peters George Best John O Hare Dick Krzywicki Ronnie Rees 11970 71 England 46 Northern Ireland Wales Scotland Martin Chivers 21971 72 Scotland 38 England 47 Northern Ireland Wales Peter Lorimer 21972 73 England 48 Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Martin Chivers 2 31973 74 Scotland 39 England 49 Wales Northern Ireland Various Stan Bowles Kevin Keegan Keith Weller Tommy Cassidy Kenny Dalglish Sandy Jardine David Smallman 11974 75 England 50 Scotland Northern Ireland Wales David Johnson 31975 76 Scotland 40 England Wales Northern Ireland Mick Channon 31976 77 Scotland 41 Wales England Northern Ireland Kenny Dalglish 31977 78 England 51 Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Derek Johnstone 21978 79 England 52 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