British Home Championship

Football tournament

British Home Championship

The Jubilee Trophy, awarded from 1935 onward.

Founded| 1884
Abolished| 1984
Region| British Isles
Number of teams| 4
Qualifier for| FIFA World Cup (1950–54)
European Championship (1968)
Related competitions| Rous Cup
2011 Nations Cup
Last champions|  Northern Ireland (1983–84)
Most successful team(s)|  England (54 titles)
Mural in Belfast celebrating the three outright wins of the British Home Championship by (Northern) Ireland; five shared wins are ignored.

The British Home Championship[a] (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (the last of whom competed as Northern Ireland starting from the late 1950s). Beginning during the 1883–84 season, it is the oldest international association football tournament in the world and it was contested until the 1983–84 season, when it was abolished after 100 years.

## History

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### Overview

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The first international association football match, between Scotland and England, took place in November 1872. Following that contest, a schedule of international matches between the four home nations gradually developed, the games taking place between January and April of each year. In 1884, for the first time, all six possible matches were played. This schedule (the climax usually being the England v Scotland fixture, the outcome of which was often pivotal in determining the champion) continued without interruption until the First World War.

Development of the international football calendar  Year  | England v Scotland  | Scotland v Wales  | England v Wales  | England v Ireland  | Wales v Ireland  | Scotland v Ireland

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1875  | March  |  |  |  |  |
1876  | March  | March  |  |  |  |
1877  | March  | March  |  |  |  |
1878  | March  | March  |  |  |  |
1879  | April  | April  | January  |  |  |
1880  | March  | March  | March  |  |  |
1881  | March  | March  | February  |  |  |
1882  | March  | March  | March  | February  | February  |
1883  | March  | March  | February  | February  | March  |
1884  | March  | March  | March  | February  | February  | January
1885  | March  | March  | March  | February  | April  | March

### Development

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Recognition of the international season as constituting a single tournament came slowly. Early reports focused on the rivalries between the two teams in each match, rather than any overall title.[2] Talk of a "championship" began to emerge gradually during the 1890s,[3][4] with some writers suggesting the use of a league table between the nations, with 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw (as had been in use for the Football League since 1888).[5][6] By 1908 a list of "International Champions" extending all the way back to 1884 was published.[7]

The championship, although increasingly recognised as such, had no official prize until 1935 (see below), when a trophy for the "British International Championship" was created in honour of the silver jubilee of King George V.[8]

The dates of the fixtures varied, but they tended to bunch towards the end of the season (sometimes the entire competition was held in a few days at the end of the season), except between the World Wars, when some fixtures were played before Christmas. The rise of other international competitions, especially the World Cup and European Championships, meant that the British Home Championship lost much of its prestige as the years went on.

However, the new international tournaments meant that the Championship took on added importance in certain years. The 1949–50 and 1953–54 Championships doubled up as qualifying groups for the 1950 and 1954 World Cups respectively, and the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 Championships were used to determine which team would progress to the second qualifying round of Euro 1968.

The British Home Championship was discontinued after the 1983–84 competition. There were a number of reasons for the tournament's demise, including it being overshadowed by the World Cup and European Championships, falling attendances at all but the England v Scotland games, fixture congestion, the rise of hooliganism, the Troubles in Northern Ireland (civil unrest led to the 1980–81 competition being abandoned), and England's desire to play against 'stronger' teams. The fate of the competition was settled when the (English) Football Association, swiftly followed by the Scottish Football Association, announced in 1983 that they would not be entering after the 1983–84 Championship. The British Home Championship trophy remains the property of the Irish FA, as Northern Ireland were the most recent champions.

The Championship was replaced by the smaller Rous Cup, which involved just England, Scotland and, in later years, an invited guest team from South America. That competition, however, ended after just five years.

Since then, there have been many proposals to resurrect the British Home Championship, with advocates pointing to rising attendances and a significant downturn in football-related violence. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations are keen on the idea, but the English association are less enthusiastic, claiming that they agree in principle, but that fixture congestion makes a revived tournament impractical.

Therefore, the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales and the Irish Football Association, with the Republic of Ireland's Football Association of Ireland, pressed ahead and organised a tournament similar to the British Home Championship. The Nations Cup, between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, was launched in Dublin in 2011. It was discontinued after one tournament because of poor attendance.[9]

## Format and rules

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Early example of a printed league table showing the final positions of the teams (Dundee Courier, 1895–96)

Each team played every other team once (making for a total of three matches per team and six matches in total). Generally, each team played either one or two matches at home and the remainder away, with home advantage between two teams alternating each year (so if England played Scotland at home one year, they played them away the next).

A team received two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The team with the most points was declared the winner. If two or more teams were equal on points, that position in the league table was shared (as was the Championship if it occurred between the top teams). In 1956, uniquely, all teams finished with the same number of points, leading to the Championship being shared between all four home nations. From the 1978–79 Championship onwards, however, goal difference (total goals scored minus total goals conceded) was used to differentiate between teams level on points. If goal difference was equal, then total goals scored was used.

## Trophy

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Early editions of the tournament had no trophy. In 1935, a trophy was presented to King George V by the Football Association in recognition of the monarch's silver jubilee.[8] It was first awarded, as the "Jubilee Trophy", to Scotland, victors of the 1935–36 competition.[10] The trophy was of solid silver, consisting of a pedestal supporting a football surmounted by a winged figure. It bore the words "British International Championship".[8]

As winners of the final tournament, Northern Ireland retained the trophy, but for many years had no suitable venue in which to display it. It was exhibited in the Scottish Football Museum[11] and then the National Football Museum in Manchester.[12] In 2018 it was finally put in display at the Northern Ireland Education and Heritage Centre at the National Stadium.[13]

## Notable moments

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### 1902: Tragedy at Ibrox

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The Scotland v England match of 5 April 1902 became known as the Ibrox Disaster of 1902. The match took place at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow. During the first half, a section of the terracing in the overcrowded West Stand collapsed, killing 25 and injuring over 500. Play was stopped, but was restarted after 20 minutes, with most of the crowd not knowing what had happened. The match was later declared void and replayed at Villa Park, Birmingham.

### 1950–54: World Cup qualification

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The 1949–50 British Home Championship was used as a qualification group for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, with the teams finishing both first and second qualifying. England and Scotland were guaranteed the top two places and World Cup qualification with one match to go, when the Scottish Football Association declared that it would only go to the 1950 World Cup if they were the British champions. Scotland played England at Hampden Park on 15 April in the final game and lost 1–0 to a goal by Chelsea's Roy Bentley. Scotland finished second and withdrew from what would have been their first-ever World Cup appearance.

The 1953–54 British Home Championship was used as a qualification group for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, with England and Scotland both qualifying.

### 1967: Scotland become ‘World Champions’

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The 1966–67 British Home Championship was the first since England's victory at the World Cup 1966. Naturally, England were favourites for the Championship title. In the end, the outcome of the entire Championship rested on the final game: England v Scotland at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 April. If England won or drew, they would win the Championship; if Scotland won, they would triumph. Scotland beat the World Cup winners 3–2. The match was followed by a large, but relatively harmless, pitch invasion by the jubilant Scottish fans, who were quick to waggishly declare Scotland the 'World Champions', as the game was England's first defeat since winning the World Cup. The Scots' joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships.

### 1966–68: European Football Championship qualification

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One of the qualifying groups for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship was formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship. The group winners were England, who advanced to the UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals where they defeated Spain to qualify for the final tournament, hosted by Italy.[14]

### 1977: Wembley pitch invasion

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Again, the 1976–77 Championship came down to the final game between England and Scotland at Wembley on 4 June. Scotland won the game 2–1, making them champions. As in 1967, a pitch invasion by the overjoyed Scottish fans followed, but this time vandalism ensued: the pitch was ripped up and taken back to Scotland in small pieces,[15] along with one of the broken crossbars.[16]

### 1981: The unfinished Championship

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The Troubles in Northern Ireland had affected the British Home Championship before, with things turning so hostile that Northern Ireland often had to play their 'home' games in Liverpool or Glasgow. The entire 1980–81 Championship was held in May 1981, which coincided with a large amount of civil unrest in Northern Ireland surrounding the hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Northern Ireland's two home matches, against England and Wales, were not moved, so both teams refused to travel to Belfast to play. As not all the matches were completed, that year's competition was declared void with no winner; only Scotland completed all their matches. It was the only time in the Championship's history, apart from during World War I and World War II, that it was not awarded.

### 1984: The final Championship

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The Home Championships came to an end, with England and Scotland announcing that the 1983–84 British Home Championship would be their last. They cited waning interest in the games, crowded international fixture lists and a sharp rise in hooliganism for their decision. The final match of the Championship was held at Hampden Park between Scotland and England in which the winners of the game would win the final Championship. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, allowing Northern Ireland to win the Championship on goal difference after all the teams ended on three points each; Wales came second on goals scored.

## List of winners

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Where teams finished in a joint position, the level teams are listed in order of better goal difference.
#  | Year  | Champions  | Second  | Third  | Fourth  | Topscorer  | Goals

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1  | 1883–84 |  Scotland (1)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |  Harry Cursham | 3
2  | 1884–85 |  Scotland (2)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |  Joseph Lindsay | 4
3  | 1885–86 |  Scotland (3) —  England (1)  |  Wales |  Ireland |

Various

Charles Heggie
Benjamin Spilsbury

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4  | 1886–87 |  Scotland (4)  |  England |  Ireland |  Wales |  Tinsley Lindley | 6
5  | 1887–88 |  England (2)  |  Scotland |  Wales |  Ireland |  Jack Doughty | 6
6  | 1888–89 |  Scotland (5)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |

Various

Willie Groves
Jack Yates
John Goodall

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7  | 1889–90 |  England (3) —  Scotland (6)  |  Wales |  Ireland |  Willie Paul | 4
8  | 1890–91 |  England (4)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |  Olphert Stanfield | 4
9  | 1891–92 |  England (5)  |  Scotland |  Ireland —  Wales |

Various

Harry Daft
John McPherson
James Hamilton
John Goodall (2)

| 2
10  | 1892–93 |  England (6)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |  Fred Spiksley | 6
11  | 1893–94 |  Scotland (7)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |  John Veitch | 3
12  | 1894–95 |  England (7)  |  Wales —  Scotland |  Ireland |

Various

Steve Bloomer
Harry Trainer
Frank Becton
William Sherrard
John Goodall (3)

| 2
13  | 1895–96 |  Scotland (8)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |  Steve Bloomer (2)  | 6
14  | 1896–97 |  Scotland (9)  |  England |  Ireland |  Wales |  Steve Bloomer (3)  | 4
15  | 1897–98 |  England (8)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Steve Bloomer (4)
James Gillespie

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16  | 1898–99 |  England (9)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |  Bob McColl | 6
17  | 1899–1900 |  Scotland (10)  |  Wales —  England |  Ireland |  Bob McColl (2)  | 6
18  | 1900–01 |  England (10)  |  Scotland |  Wales |  Ireland |

Various

Steve Bloomer (5)
Robert Hamilton

| 5
19  | 1901–02 |  Scotland (11)  |  England |  Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Andrew Gara
Jimmy Settle
Robert Hamilton (2)

| 3
20  | 1902–03 |  England (11) —  Ireland (1) —  Scotland (12)  |  Wales |  Vivian Woodward | 4
21  | 1903–04 |  England (12)  |  Ireland |  Scotland —  Wales |

Various

Joe Bache
George Davis

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22  | 1904–05 |  England (13)  |  Wales |  Scotland —  Ireland |  Charles Thomson | 3
23  | 1905–06 |  England (14) —  Scotland (13)  |  Wales |  Ireland |

Various

Harold Sloan
Arthur Green

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24  | 1906–07 |  Wales |  England |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Lot Jones | 2
25  | 1907–08 |  England (15) —  Scotland (14)  |  Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Jimmy Quinn
Vivian Woodward (2)

| 4
26  | 1908–09 |  England (16)  |  Wales |  Scotland |  Ireland |

Various

William Davies
George Wall
Harry Paul
George Hilsdon
Vivian Woodward (3)

| 2
27  | 1909–10 |  Scotland (15)  |  England —  Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Robert Evans
Grenville Morris

| 2
28  | 1910–11 |  England (17)  |  Scotland |  Wales |  Ireland |  Grenville Morris (2)  | 3
29  | 1911–12 |  England (18) —  Scotland (16)  |  Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Harold Fleming
George Holley

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30  | 1912–13 |  England (19)  |  Scotland —  Wales |  Ireland |  Grenville Morris (3)  | 3
31  | 1913–14 |  Ireland (2)  |  Scotland |  England |  Wales |  Billy Gillespie | 3
\-  | 1914–19  | Not held due to the First World War.
32  | 1919–20 |  Wales (2)  |  Scotland —  England |  Ireland |

Various

Stan Davies
Bob Kelly
Tom Miller

| 3
33  | 1920–21 |  Scotland (17)  |  Wales —  England |  Ireland |  Andrew Wilson | 4
34  | 1921–22 |  Scotland (18)  |  Wales —  England |  Ireland |

Various

Andrew Wilson (2)
Billy Gillespie (2)

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35  | 1922–23 |  Scotland (19)  |  England |  Ireland |  Wales |  Harry Chambers | 3
36  | 1923–24 |  Wales (3)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  England |  Willie Davies | 2
37  | 1924–25 |  Scotland (20)  |  England |  Wales —  Ireland |  Hughie Gallacher | 5
38  | 1925–26 |  Scotland (21)  |  Ireland |  Wales |  England |  Hughie Gallacher (2)  | 3
39  | 1926–27 |  Scotland (22) —  England (20)  |  Wales —  Ireland |  Dixie Dean | 4
40  | 1927–28 |  Wales (4)  |  Ireland |  Scotland |  England |  Alex Jackson | 3
41  | 1928–29 |  Scotland (23)  |  England |  Wales —  Ireland |  Hughie Gallacher (3)  | 7
42  | 1929–30 |  England (21)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |  Joe Bambrick | 6
43  | 1930–31 |  England (22) —  Scotland (24)  |  Wales |  Ireland |  Jimmy Hampson | 3
44  | 1931–32 |  England (23)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |  Tom Waring | 3
45  | 1932–33 |  Wales (5)  |  Scotland |  England |  Ireland |

Various

Dai Astley
Jimmy McGrory

| 3
46  | 1933–34 |  Wales (6)  |  England |  Ireland |  Scotland |

Various

Dai Astley (2)
Boy Martin

| 2
47  | 1934–35 |  England (24) —  Scotland (25)  |  Wales —  Ireland |  Dally Duncan | 3
48  | 1935–36 |  Scotland (26)  |  Wales —  England |  Ireland |

Various

Dai Astley (3)
Fred Tilson
Tommy Walker
Dally Duncan (2)

| 2
49  | 1936–37 |  Wales (7)  |  Scotland |  England |  Ireland |  Pat Glover | 4
50  | 1937–38 |  England (25)  |  Scotland —  Ireland |  Wales |  George Mills | 3
51  | 1938–39 |  England (26) —  Wales (8) —  Scotland (27)  |  Ireland |  Willie Hall | 5
\-  | 1939–45  | Not held due to the Second World War.
\-  | 0 1945–46[b] |  Scotland |  Ireland —  England —  Wales |

Various

Davy Walsh
Billy Liddell

| 2
52  | 1946–47 |  England (27)  |  Ireland |  Scotland —  Wales |  Wilf Mannion | 5
53  | 1947–48 |  England (28)  |  Wales |  Ireland |  Scotland |

Various

Sammy Smyth
Stan Mortensen

| 2
54  | 1948–49 |  Scotland (28)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |  Davy Walsh | 4
55  | 1949–50 |  England (29)  |  Scotland |  Wales —  Ireland |  Jack Rowley | 4
56  | 1950–51 |  Scotland (29)  |  England |  Wales |  Ireland |  Billy Steel | 4
57  | 1951–52 |  Wales (9) —  England (30)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |

Various

Nat Lofthouse
Bobby Johnstone
Stan Pearson
Ivor Allchurch

| 2
58  | 1952–53 |  Scotland (30) —  England (31)  |  Wales —  Ireland |

Various

Nat Lofthouse (2)
Lawrie Reilly

| 3
59  | 1953–54 |  England (32)  |  Scotland |  Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Nat Lofthouse (3)
John Charles

| 3
60  | 1954–55 |  England (33)  |  Scotland |  Wales |  Ireland |  John Charles (2)  | 5
61  | 1955–56 |  England (34) —  Scotland (31) —  Wales (10) —  Ireland (3)  |

Various

Dennis Wilshaw
Bobby Johnstone (2)

| 2
62  | 1956–57 |  England (35)  |  Scotland |  Wales —  Northern Ireland |

Various

Johnny Brooks
Duncan Edwards
Tom Finney
Johnny Haynes
Derek Kevan
Stanley Matthews
Jimmy McIlroy
Willie Fernie
Lawrie Reilly
Tommy Ring
Alex Scott
John Charles
Trevor Ford
Terry Medwin

| 1
63  | 1957–58 |  England (36) —  Northern Ireland (4)  |  Scotland —  Wales |

Various

Johnny Haynes
Derek Kevan
Billy Simpson

| 2
64  | 1958–59 |  Northern Ireland (5) —  England (37)  |  Scotland |  Wales |  Bobby Charlton | 3
65  | 1959–60 |  Scotland (32) —  England (38) —  Wales (11)  |  Northern Ireland (0) |

Various

Billy Bingham
Terry Medwin
Graham Leggat

| 2
66  | 1960–61 |  England (39)  |  Wales |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland |  Jimmy Greaves | 7
67  | 1961–62 |  Scotland (33)  |  Wales |  England |  Northern Ireland |  Alex Scott | 3
68  | 1962–63 |  Scotland (34)  |  England |  Wales |  Northern Ireland |  Denis Law | 5
69  | 1963–64 |  England (40) —  Scotland (35) —  Northern Ireland (6)  |  Wales |  Jimmy Greaves (2)  | 5
70  | 1964–65 |  England (41)  |  Wales |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland |  Jimmy Greaves (3)  | 4
71  | 1965–66 |  England (42)  |  Northern Ireland (0) |  Scotland |  Wales |  Willie Irvine | 3
72  | 1966–67 |  Scotland (36)  |  England |  Wales |  Northern Ireland |

Various

Jack Charlton
Geoff Hurst

| 2
73  | 1967–68 |  England (43)  |  Scotland |  Wales —  Northern Ireland |

Various

Bobby Charlton (2)
Martin Peters

| 2
74  | 1968–69 |  England (44)  |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland (0) |  Wales |

Various

Colin Stein
Geoff Hurst (2)
Martin Peters
Ron Davies

| 3
75  | 1969–70 |  England (45) —  Wales (12) —  Scotland (37)  |  Northern Ireland |

Various

Bobby Charlton
Geoff Hurst
Francis Lee
Martin Peters
George Best
John O'Hare
Dick Krzywicki
Ronnie Rees

| 1
76  | 1970–71 |  England (46)  |  Northern Ireland |  Wales |  Scotland |  Martin Chivers | 2
77  | 1971–72 |  Scotland (38) —  England (47)  |  Northern Ireland |  Wales |  Peter Lorimer | 2
78  | 1972–73 |  England (48)  |  Northern Ireland |  Scotland |  Wales |  Martin Chivers (2)  | 3
79  | 1973–74 |  Scotland (39) —  England (49)  |  Wales —  Northern Ireland |

Various

Stan Bowles
Kevin Keegan
Keith Weller
Tommy Cassidy
Kenny Dalglish
Sandy Jardine
David Smallman

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80  | 1974–75 |  England (50)  |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland |  Wales |  David Johnson | 3
81  | 1975–76 |  Scotland (40)  |  England |  Wales |  Northern Ireland |  Mick Channon | 3
82  | 1976–77 |  Scotland (41)  |  Wales |  England |  Northern Ireland |  Kenny Dalglish | 3
83  | 1977–78 |  England (51)  |  Wales |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland |  Derek Johnstone | 2
84  | 1978–79 |  England (52)  |  Wales |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland |  John Toshack | 3
85  | 1979–80 |  Northern Ireland (7)  |  England |  Wales |  Scotland |

Various

Trevor Brooking
Steve Coppell
Paul Mariner
Noel Brotherston
Terry Cochrane
Billy Hamilton
Willie Miller
Leighton James
Mickey Thomas
Ian Walsh

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\-  | 1980–81 | Abandoned due to civil unrest in Northern Ireland.
86  | 1981–82 |  England (53)  |  Scotland |  Wales |  Northern Ireland |

Various

Trevor Francis
Glenn Hoddle
Kevin Keegan
Paul Mariner
Bryan Robson
Ray Wilkins
Sammy McIlroy
Asa Hartford
John Wark
Alan Curtis
Peter Nicholas
Ian Rush

| 1
87  | 1982–83 |  England (54)  |  Scotland |  Northern Ireland |  Wales |

Various

Terry Butcher
Gordon Cowans
Phil Neal
Bryan Robson
Alan Brazil
Andy Gray
Gordon Davies
Ian Rush

| 1
88  | 1983–84 |  Northern Ireland (8)  |  Wales |  England |  Scotland |

Various

Tony Woodcock
Mark Hughes

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## Total wins

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Team | Wins
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England | 54 | 34 | 20
Scotland | 41 | 24 | 17
Wales | 12 | 7 | 5
Ireland[c] | 8 | 3 | 5

## Medals

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Exclude 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship and 1980–81 British Home Championship.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  England| 54| 22| 6| 82
2|  Scotland| 41| 25| 15| 81
3|  Wales| 12| 15| 33| 60
4|  Northern Ireland| 8| 7| 31| 46
Totals (4 entries)| 115| 69| 85| 269

88 (+1 (1980-81)) editions But have many Shared Medals.

## Summary

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Exclude 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship but Include 1980–81 British Home Championship.

Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points

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1 |  England | 89 | 266 | 161 | 56 | 49 | 661 | 282 | +379 | 378
2 |  Scotland | 89 | 267 | 141 | 57 | 69 | 574 | 342 | +232 | 339
3 |  Wales | 89 | 266 | 70 | 62 | 134 | 360 | 545 | -185 | 202
4 |  Northern Ireland | 89 | 265 | 48 | 49 | 168 | 284 | 710 | -426 | 145

## Players record

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### All-time top goalscorers

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Rank  | Name  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Steve Bloomer | England | 22
2  |  Hughie Gallacher | Scotland | 21
3  |  Jimmy Greaves | England | 16
4  |  Robert Hamilton | Scotland | 15
5  |  Vivian Woodward | England | 14
6  |  John Charles | Wales | 13
Andrew Wilson | Scotland | 13
8  |  John Goodall | England | 12
9  |  Martin Peters | England | 10
10  |  Stan Mortensen | England | 9
Billy Meredith | Wales | 9
Grenville Morris | Wales | 9
Dai Astley | Wales | 9
14  |  Nat Lofthouse | England | 8
14  |  Geoff Hurst | England | 8

### Topscorer wins

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Rank  | Name  | Team  | Wins

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1  |  Steve Bloomer | England | 5
2  |  Vivian Woodward | England | 3
Hughie Gallacher | Scotland
Grenville Morris | Wales
Dai Astley | Wales
Jimmy Greaves | England
John Goodall | England
Nat Lofthouse | England
9  |  Geoff Hurst | England | 2
Dally Duncan | Scotland
Bobby Johnstone | Scotland
Bob McColl | Scotland
Robert Hamilton | Scotland
Martin Chivers | England
Stan Mortensen | England
John Charles | Wales
Bobby Charlton | England

## Managers record

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### Championship wins

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Rank  | Manager  | Wins  | Editions

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1  |  Walter Winterbottom | 7  | 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1960–61
2  |  Alf Ramsey | 6  | 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968-69, 1970–71, 1972–73
3  |  Peter Doherty | 3  | 1955–56, 1957–58, 1958–59
Ron Greenwood | 3  | 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82
5  |  Ian McColl | 2  | 1961–62, 1962–63
Billy Bingham | 2  | 1979–80, 1983–84

## See also

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* Football in the United Kingdom (1984–present)
* Victory Shield
* Victory International
* Nations Cup
* Rous Cup
* Home Nations Futsal Championship

## Notes

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1. ^ Name of the Home Championship in the languages of participating countries:
* Home International Championship, Home Internationals, British Championship
* Irish: An Comórtas Idirnáisiúnta
* Scots: Hame Internaitional Kemp
* Scottish Gaelic: Farpais lìg eadar-nàiseanta
* Welsh: Pencampwriaeth y Pedair Gwlad[1]
2. ^ Unofficial edition, part of the Victory Internationals.
3. ^ Competed as Northern Ireland from 1956–57 to 1983–84.

## References

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1. ^ Cymru yn fyw ar S4C. Archived 20 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine www.sgorio.cymru. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
2. ^ For example:
* "Scotland v England". Leeds Mercury: 3. 7 April 1890. describes the decisive 1890 Scotland v England match only as the "last international match of the season".
* "Friendly Matches: England v. Scotland". Lichfield Mercury: 3. 10 April 1891. describes the decisive 1891 England v Scotland match as a "friendly".
* Ingram, Thomas Allan; Hall, Hammond; Palmer, William; Price, E. D. (1892). "Hazell's Annual for 1892". Hazell Annual and Almanack. London: Hazell, Watson & Viney: 276. hdl:2027/umn.31951002481791v. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2019. "Altogether England had an exceptionally successful season, winning all three matches, but especial care was taken that no chance of turning the tables on Scotland should be lost"
3. ^ "Scotland v. England". Sheffield and Rotherham Independent: 7. 4 April 1892. "[O]n the result of the match in question the championship depended"
4. ^ "Nottingham and General". Nottingham Evening Post: 2. 7 April 1894. "England and Scotland will meet on Saturday to play for the international championship"
5. ^ "Football". The Sketch: 44. 3 April 1895.
6. ^ "Results of Previous Matches". Dundee Courier: 6. 6 April 1896.
7. ^ Sport and Athletics in 1908. London: Chapman and Hall. 1908. p. 241\. hdl:2027/uiug.30112088954117. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
8. ^ a b c "British Home Championship Trophy, 1935". Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
9. ^ 4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011 Archived 5 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Football Association of Ireland, 18 September 2008
10. ^ "Jubilee Trophy for Scotland". Western Daily Press: 4. 6 April 1936.
11. ^ "Football: It's coming home". Belfast Telegraph. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
12. ^ "Emotional farewell as IFA setting sail for new pastures". Belfast Telegraph. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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## External links

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* RSSSF: British Home Championship Overview
* England in the British Home Championship England Football Online
* Northern Ireland Football Project BHC Resource
* Northern Ireland – British Champions Our Wee Country
* Wembley 1977 BBC Scotland (requires RealPlayer)
* The British Home Championship at the National Football Museum
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