1919–20 British Home Championship

The 1919–20 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1919–20 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 display 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 encounter which finished 5–4.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Wales	4	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Scotland	3	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2
England	3	3	1	1	1	7	7	0
Ireland	2	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

25 October 1919

Ireland	1 – 1	England
Jimmy Ferris 70'		1' Jack Cock

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Thomas R. Dougray (Scotland)

14 February 1920

Ireland	2 – 2	Wales
Jack McCandless Billy Emerson		Stan Davies 2

The Oval, Belfast

26 February 1920

Wales	1 – 1	Scotland
John Evans 5'		78' Tommy Cairns

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: James Mason (England)

13 March 1920

Scotland	3 – 0	Ireland
Andrew Wilson 8' Alan Morton 42' Andy Cunningham 55'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 39,757

Referee: James Mason (England)

15 March 1920

England	1 – 2	Wales
Charles Buchan		Stan Davies Dick Richards

Highbury, London

10 April 1920

England	5 – 4	Scotland
Jack Cock 9' Alf Quantrill 15' Bob Kelly 57', 73' Fred Morris 67'		13', 40' Tom Miller 21' Andrew Wilson 31' Alex Donaldson

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Thomas Dougray (Scotland)

References

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

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