1903–04 British Home Championship

The 1903–04 British Home Championship football tournament was a low scoring affair, won by a powerful England side who were followed by the unfancied Irish in second place. The tournament was played during the second half of the British domestic season and was, for the time, surprisingly low-scoring.

England began well, with a hard-fought draw with Wales and a 3–1 victory over Ireland in their opening games. Scotland were unable to match this success, only managing draws against both sides. The Irish recovered from their early loss in their draw with Scotland and managed to beat the Welsh 1–0 in Bangor to claim second place. In the final game, England and Scotland played out a close encounter which England won 1–0 thanks to a goal by Steve Bloomer.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

29 February 1904

Wales	2 – 2	England
Walter Watkins Lloyd Davies		Alf Common Joseph Bache

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

12 March 1904

Ireland	1 – 3	England
Jack Kirwan		Alf Common Joseph Bache George Davis

Solitude, Belfast

12 March 1904

Scotland	1 – 1	Wales
Bobby Walker 5'		65' Bobby Atherton

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Frederick Thomas Kirkham (England)

21 March 1904

Wales	0 – 1	Ireland
		Billy McCracken

Penryhn Park, Bangor

26 March 1904

Ireland	1 – 1	Scotland
James Sheridan 70'		22' RC Hamilton

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Frederick Thomas Kirkham (England)

9 April 1904

Scotland	0 – 1	England
		64' Steve Bloomer

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: William Nunnerley (Wales)

References

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

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