List of football matches between British national teams

The national football teams of the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom have played each other more times than any other footballing nations in the world. The world's first international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow in 1872 (a 0–0 draw). From then on, all four teams started playing regular friendlies against each other. In 1883 a formal competition between the UK's teams, the British Home Championship, was introduced, guaranteeing that each team would play the other three at least once a season. The Championship was discontinued in 1984, partly due to problems of crowd trouble, and partly due to the desire of England (and to a lesser extent Scotland) to contest international fixtures against larger and more powerful nations.

While the British Home Championship was being played, the UK teams were also drawn together on a number of occasions during qualification competitions for the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championships. Early tournaments simply used the British Championship as a qualifying group, but during qualification for the 1974 World Cup, England and Wales were drawn in the same group. Subsequent to this, three more qualification tournaments saw UK teams drawn together while the British Championship was being played. Since the end of the British Home Championship, the teams have played each other mainly when drawn together in international competitions such as the European Championship or the World Cup, with occasional friendly fixtures.[1][2][3][4]

Teams –

FIFA World Cup
Date Competition Score Venue Notes
1949–10–01 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying Ireland  2–8  Scotland Windsor Park, Belfast Also 1950 British Home Championship
1949–10–15 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  1–4  England Ninian Park, Cardiff Also 1950 British Home Championship
1949–11–09 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  2–0  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow Also 1950 British Home Championship
1949–11–16 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  9–2  Ireland Maine Road, Manchester Also 1950 British Home Championship
1950–03–08 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  0–0  Ireland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Also 1950 British Home Championship
1950–04–15 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  0–1  England Hampden Park, Glasgow Also 1950 British Home Championship
1953–10–03 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying Northern Ireland  1–3  Scotland Windsor Park, Belfast Also 1954 British Home Championship
1953–10–10 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  1–4  England Ninian Park, Cardiff Also 1954 British Home Championship
1953–11–04 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  3–3  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow Also 1954 British Home Championship
1953–11–11 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  3–1  Northern Ireland Goodison Park, Liverpool Also 1954 British Home Championship
1954–03–31 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  1–2  Northern Ireland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Also 1954 British Home Championship
1954–04–03 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  2–4  England Hampden Park, Glasgow Also 1954 British Home Championship
1972–11–15 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  0–1  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
1973–01–24 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  1–1  Wales Wembley Stadium, London
1976–11–17 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  1–0  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
1977–10–12 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  0–2  Scotland Anfield, Liverpool
1981–03–25 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  1–1  Northern Ireland Hampden Park, Glasgow
1981–10–14 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying Northern Ireland  0–0  Scotland Windsor Park, Belfast
1985–02–27 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying Northern Ireland  0–1  England Windsor Park, Belfast
1985–03–27 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  0–1  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
1985–09–10 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  1–1  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
1986–02–27 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  0–0  Northern Ireland Wembley Stadium, London
2004–09–08 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  2–2  Northern Ireland Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2004–10–08 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying Northern Ireland  2–3  Wales Windsor Park, Belfast
2004–10–09 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  2–0  Wales Old Trafford, Manchester
2005–03–26 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  4–0  Northern Ireland Old Trafford, Manchester
2005–09–03 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  0-1  England Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2005–09–07 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying Northern Ireland  1–0  England Windsor Park, Belfast
2012–10–12 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Wales  2–1  Scotland Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
2013–03–22 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  1–2  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
2016–11–11 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying England  3–0  Scotland Wembley Stadium, London
2017–06–10 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying Scotland  2–2  England Hampden Park, Glasgow

UEFA European Championships
Date Competition Score Venue Notes
1979–02–07 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying England  4–0  Northern Ireland Wembley Stadium, London
1979–10–17 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Northern Ireland  1–5  England Windsor Park, Belfast
1986–10–15 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying England  3–0  Northern Ireland Wembley Stadium, London
1987–04–01 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Northern Ireland  0–2  England Windsor Park, Belfast
1996–06–15 UEFA Euro 1996 finals – group stage Scotland  0–2  England Wembley Stadium, London
1999–11–13 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Scotland  0–2  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1999–11–17 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying England  0–1  Scotland Wembley Stadium, London
2011–03–26 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Wales  0–2  England Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2011–09–06 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying England  1–0  Wales Wembley Stadium, London
2016–06–16 UEFA Euro 2016 finals – group stage England  2–1  Wales Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
2016–06–25 UEFA Euro 2016 finals – round of 16 Wales  1–0  Northern Ireland Parc des Princes, Paris

British Home Championship
Main article: British Home Championship

The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship, the Home Internationals and the British Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for most of the competition's history). Starting during the 1883–84 season, it was the oldest international football tournament and it was contested until the 1983–84 season, when it was abolished after 100 years.

The 1949–50 and 1953–54 championships doubled up as qualifying stages for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1954 FIFA World Cup respectively.

Friendlies
Date Score Venue Notes
1872–11–30 Scotland  0–0  England Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
1873–03–08 England  4–2  Scotland Kennington Oval, London
1874–03–07 Scotland  2–1  England Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
1875–03–06 England  2–2  Scotland Kennington Oval, London
1876–03–04 Scotland  3–0  England Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
1876–03–25 Scotland  4–0  Wales Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
1877–03–03 England  1–3  Scotland Kennington Oval, London
1877–03–05 Wales  0–2  Scotland Acton Park, Wrexham
1878–03–02 Scotland  7–2  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1878–03–23 Scotland  9–0  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
1879–01–18 England  2–1  Wales Kennington Oval, London
1879–04–05 England  5–4  Scotland Kennington Oval, London
1879–04–07 Wales  0–3  Scotland Acton Park, Wrexham
1880–03–13 Scotland  5–4  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1880–03–15 Wales  2–3  England Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
1880–03–27 Scotland  5–1  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
1881–01–18 England  0–1  Wales Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn
1881–03–12 England  1–6  Scotland Kennington Oval, London
1881–03–14 Wales  1–5  Scotland Acton Park, Wrexham
1882–02–18 Ireland  0–13  England Knock Ground, Belfast
1882–02–25 Wales  7–1  Ireland Wrexham
1882–03–11 Scotland  5–1  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1882–03–13 Wales  5–3  England Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
1882–03–25 Scotland  5–0  Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
1883–02–03 England  5–0  Scotland Kennington Oval, London
1883–02–24 England  7–0  Ireland Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool
1883–03–10 England  2–3  Scotland Bramall Lane, Sheffield
1883–03–12 Wales  0–3  Scotland Acton Park, Wrexham
1882–03–17 Wales  1–1  Ireland Belfast
1973–02–14 Scotland  0–5  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1976–03–24 Wales  1–2  England Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
1992–02–18 Scotland  1–0  Northern Ireland Hampden Park, Glasgow
1997–05–27 Scotland  0–1  Wales Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
2004–02–18 Wales  4–0  Scotland Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2007–02–06 Northern Ireland  0–0  Wales Windsor Park, Belfast
2008–08–20 Scotland  0–0  Northern Ireland Hampden Park, Glasgow
2009–11–14 Wales  3–0  Scotland Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
2013–08–14 England  3–2  Scotland Wembley Stadium, London
2014–11–18 Scotland  1–3  England Celtic Park, Glasgow
2015–03–25 Scotland  1–0  Northern Ireland Hampden Park, Glasgow
2016–03–24 Wales  1–1  Northern Ireland Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Others
Date Competition Score Venue Notes
1985–05–25 Rous Cup Scotland  1–0  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1986–04–23 Rous Cup England  2–1  Scotland Wembley Stadium, London
1987–05–23 Rous Cup Scotland  0–0  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
1988–05–21 Rous Cup England  1–0  Scotland Wembley Stadium, London
1989–05–27 Rous Cup Scotland  0–2  England Hampden Park, Glasgow
2011–02–09 2011 Nations Cup Northern Ireland  0–3  Scotland Aviva Stadium, Dublin
2011–05–25 2011 Nations Cup Wales  1–3  Scotland Aviva Stadium, Dublin
2011–05–25 2011 Nations Cup Wales  2–0  Northern Ireland Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Head to head

England
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost W%
 Northern Ireland987516776.53
 Scotland11247244141.96
 Wales10267211465.69

Northern Ireland
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost W%
 England98716757.14
 Scotland9515176315.79
 Wales9628244429.17

Scotland
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost W%
 England11241244736.61
 Northern Ireland9563171566.32
 Wales10761232357.01

Wales
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost W%
 England10214216713.73
 Northern Ireland9644242845.83
 Scotland10723236121.5

British overseas territories

Seven British overseas territories have a national football team affiliated to FIFA - Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands. All play within the CONCACAF (North American) area, with the exception of Gibraltar, making fixtures between the Home Nations and the overseas territories rare.

In 2013, the Gibraltar Football Association became a member of UEFA enabling their national team to play international fixtures. This opened the possibility of Gibraltar playing against a Home Nation during the qualification phase of major international competitions. To date, there have only been two matches between Gibraltar and one of the Home Nations – Scotland played them twice as part of their UEFA Euro 2016 qualification group, beating them on both occasions. These fixtures are the only occasions when a Home Nation and an overseas territory have played each other in an official international match.

Date Competition Score Venue Notes
2016–03–29 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Scotland  6–1  Gibraltar Hampden Park, Glasgow
2016–10–11 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar  0–6  Scotland Estádio Algarve, Faro

See also

References
  1. "Scotland – International Results". rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. "England – International Results". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2003. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. "(Northern) Ireland – International Results". rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. "International matches of Wales". rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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