1924–25 British Home Championship

The 1924–25 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1924/25 season. It was one of six tournaments in seven years won by the strong Scottish team of the early 1920s, and was achieved with a whitewash of all three rivals, including England in the deciding game in Glasgow.

Both England and Scotland began well with 3–1 victories, England over Ireland and Scotland over Wales in Swansea. England went ahead by beating Wales away in their second game but were brought back level by Scotland who heavily beat Ireland 3–0 at Windsor Park. In the deciding match, the Scots outplayed their Southern rivals, winning the match and trophy 2–0 at home. Wales and Ireland were unable to decide for third place, sharing it in a scoreless draw at Wrexham.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

22 October 1924

England	3 – 1	Ireland
Bob Kelly Harry Bedford Billy Walker		Billy Gillespie

Goodison Park, Liverpool

14 February 1925

Scotland	3 – 1	Wales
David Meiklejohn 9' Hughie Gallacher 20', 63'		45' Billy Williams

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

28 February 1925

Wales	1 – 2	England
Fred Keenor		Frank Roberts 2

Vetch Field, Swansea

28 February 1925

Ireland	0 – 3	Scotland
		4' David Meiklejohn 25' Hughie Gallacher 36' James Dunn

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: George Noel Watson (England)

4 April 1925

Scotland	2 – 0	England
Hughie Gallacher 36', 85'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 92,000

Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

18 April 1925

Wales	0 – 0	Ireland

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References

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

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