1967 British Home Championship

The 1967 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 desposed of Wales and Northern 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 and claimed a 3-2 victory, thus becoming "World Champions" in the words of many enthusiastic Scottish supporters, who invaded and stole much of the pitch after the game. In contrast to later pitch invasions, this was conducted in a light-hearted spirit and merited 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

The points system worked as follows:
* 2 points for a win
* 1 point for a draw

Results

footballbox
date = October 22, 1966
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|England
goals1 =
goals2 = Roger Hunt, Martin Peters
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 22, 1966
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Ron Davies
goals2 = Denis Law
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = November 16, 1966
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Bobby Murdoch, Bobby Lennox
goals2 = Jimmy Nicholson
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 16, 1966
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 5–1
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Geoff Hurst 2, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton,
"Own Goal"
goals2 = Wyn Davies
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = April 12, 1967
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 15, 1967
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Jack Charlton, Geoff Hurst
goals2 = Denis Law, Bobby Lennox, Jim McCalliog
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

References

*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4