1907–08 British Home Championship

The 1907–08 British Home Championship was an annual football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1907–08 season. England and Scotland shared the trophy, having each beaten Wales and Ireland in their opening matches before drawing 1–1 with each other in the final game.

England began the strongest side, although all four teams played well in their opening games, both Ireland and Wales running their opponents close. In the second matches however, England and Scotland's quality told, as England beat Wales 7–1 in Wrexham and Ireland succumbed 5–0 in Dublin. In the final matches Ireland and Wales, playing for pride both fought hard, with Ireland clinching a 1–0 win while England and Scotland were unable to break the deadlock and so drew the game and competition, as goal difference was not at this stage used to differentiate teams.

England followed this tournament by becoming the first Home Nation to play a non-British nation with a tour of Central Europe, playing against Austria twice Hungary and Bohemia. In October the England amateur team followed this by winning gold in the football tournament at the 1908 Olympics, held in London.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	5	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8
Scotland	5	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
Ireland	2	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6
Wales	0	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

15 February 1908

Ireland	1 – 3	England
Denis Hannon		George Hilsdon 2 Vivian Woodward

Solitude, Belfast

7 March 1908

Scotland	2 – 1	Wales
Alexander Bennett 60' Willie Lennie 87'		30' Lot Jones

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: James Mason (England)

14 March 1908

Ireland	0 – 5	Scotland
		3', 55', 70', 75' Jimmy Quinn 23' James Galt

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: James T. Ibbotson (England)

16 March 1908

Wales	1 – 7	England
Billy Davies		Vivian Woodward 3 George Hilsdon 2 Jimmy Windridge William Wedlock

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

11 April 1908

Wales	0 – 1	Ireland
		Harold Sloan

Athletic Ground, Aberdare

4 April 1908

Scotland	1 – 1	England
Andrew Wilson 27'		75' Jimmy Windridge

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 121,452

Referee: James Mason (England)

References

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

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