1926–27 British Home Championship

1926–27 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	20 October 1926 – 9 April 1927
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	England; Scotland (shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	24 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dixie Dean (4 goals)
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1926–27 season. It was shared by England and Scotland after a series of high scoring draws in the opening matches left England, Wales and Ireland well behind with Scotland ahead, only for England to defeat Scotland in the deciding game with a late winning goal by Dixie Dean – the first time the Scots had lost since 1924, and their first loss at home since 1906.^[1]

Table[edit]

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Co-champions

Results[edit]

20 October 1926^[2]

England	3–3^[2]	Ireland
Brown Spence Bullock		Gillespie Irvine Davey

Anfield, Liverpool^[2]

30 October 1926

Scotland	3–0	Wales
Gallacher 20' Jackson 35', 73'	Scottish FA

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,500

Referee: John G. Forshaw (England)

12 February 1927

Wales	3–3	England
L. Davies Lewis		Dean Walker

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

21 February 1927

Ireland	0–2	Scotland
		Morton 45', 89'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: George Noel Watson (England)

2 April 1927^[3]

Scotland	1–2	England
Morton 48'	Scottish FA	Dean 65', 88'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 111,214

Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

9 April 1927

Wales	2–2	Ireland
Williams		Johnson

Ninian Park, Cardiff

References[edit]

^ All Scotland Results by Date, London Hearts Supporters Club
^ ^a ^b ^c "England's Matches: 1919-30". England Football Online. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ "Scotland 1 England 2". England Football Online. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

British Home Championship 1919-20 to 1938-1939 - dates, results, tables and top scorers at RSSSF
Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

External links[edit]

Scotland v England video footage from Pathé News (no sound)

[1] All Scotland Results by Date, London Hearts Supporters Club

[eng-2] "England's Matches: 1919-30". England Football Online. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[3] "Scotland 1 England 2". England Football Online. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

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