1974 British Home Championship

The 1974 British Home Championship Home Nations football tournament was, like the two championships which preceded it, subject to rescheduled matches due to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Scotland, who should have visited Belfast to play their match against Northern Ireland, instead hosted the game in Edinburgh as the previous years solution of matches being played in Liverpool was not taken up. Bereft of home advantage, the Irish struggled to contain their opponents, although they did begin well with a narrow win over the Scots. In their first matches, England enjoyed their home advantage to claim victories over the Welsh and Irish while the Welsh crashed to defeat against England and Scotland. With the confusing schedule, by the final match England seemed to be favourites, only needing a draw with the Scots in Glasgow to claim the trophy while a loss would still tie the series (goal difference was not at this stage used to calculate position). The Northern Irish, who could still have sneaked the championship, lost a close game to the Welsh, leaving England and Scotland to battle for the final placements, the Scots reaching parity in the competition thanks to a 2-0 victory.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = May 11, 1974
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 =
goals2 = Thomas Cassidy
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = May 11, 1974
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|England
goals1 =
goals2 = Stan Bowles, Kevin Keegan
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = May 14, 1974
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Kenny Dalglish, Sandy Jardine (P)
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = May 15, 1974
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Keith Weller
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = May 18, 1974
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = David Smallman
goals2 =
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = May 18, 1974
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = Joe Jordan, "Own Goal" (Colin Todd)
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

References

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