1920 British Home Championship

The 1920 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1919/1920 season between the British Home Nations. Wales eventually took the trophy as the first of three victories they claimed during the 1920s, their last undisputed triumphs. The competition marked an important watershed in British football as part of the first full season played following the First World War, which had killed, wounded or retired many prominent players of the 1914 competition.

In the first British game after the war in October 1919, England and Ireland drew at Windsor Park, Wales and Scotland doing likewise at their first game in February 1920, shortly after Wales and Ireland had drawn in Belfast. Scotland and Wales then exerted the dominance they would disply in the ensuing decade, Scotland beating Ireland 3-0 as Wales defeated England 2-1 away. In the final game, Wales relied on England to beat Scotland in order for them to win the trophy, a result which came only at the end of an exhausting encouter which finished 5-4.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 25, 1919
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = James Ferris
goals2 = Jack Cock
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = February 14, 1920
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Jack McCandless, Billy Emerson
goals2 = Stan Davies 2
stadium = The Oval, Belfast----footballbox
date = February 26, 1920
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = John Evans
goals2 = Tommy Cairns
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = March 13, 1920
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Andrew Wilson, Alan Morton, Andy Cunningham
goals2 =
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 15, 1920
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Charles Buchan
goals2 = Stan Davies, Dick Richards
stadium = Highbury, London----footballbox
date = April 10, 1920
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 5–4
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Bob Kelly 2, Jack Cock, Alf Quantrill, Fred Morris
goals2 = Tom Miller 2, Alex Donaldson, Andrew Wilson
stadium = Hillsborough, Sheffield

References

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