1908 British Home Championship

1908 British Home Championship

The 1908 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

The points system worked as follows:
* 2 points for a win
* 1 point for a draw

Results

footballbox
date = February 15, 1908
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Denis Hannon
goals2 = George Hilsdon 2, Vivian Woodward
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast
----footballbox
date = March 7, 1908
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = William Lennie, Alexander Bennett
goals2 = William Jones
stadium = Dens Park, Dundee
----footballbox
date = March 14, 1908
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–5
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Jimmy Quinn 4, James Galt
stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin
----footballbox
date = March 16, 1908
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–7
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Billy Davies
goals2 = Vivian Woodward 3, George Hilsdon 2, Jimmy Windridge, William Wedlock
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
----footballbox
date = April 11, 1908
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 =
goals2 = Harold Sloan
stadium = Athletic Ground, Aberdare
----footballbox
date = April 4, 1908
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Andrew Wilson
goals2 = Jimmy Windridge
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow

References

*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4


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