1950–51 British Home Championship

The 1950-51 British Home Championship football tournament was the Home Nations follow-up to England's disastrous appearance at their first World Cup, the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. There the much vaunted English had been beaten by the USA and Spain. The Scots had refused to go, and the Welsh and the Irish had failed to qualify. The Scots went on to capitalise on the demoralised English by taking the Home Championship away from them too.

The tournament began with wins for the favourites away from home, England beating the Irish and Scotland the Welsh. In the second matches, this dominance was emphasised with powerful wins by England in Sunderland over the Welsh and Scotland who beat the Irish 6–1 including four goals from Billy Steel. In the final game at Wembley Stadium, a tense and furious game brought the trophy to Scotland, who finished 3–2 winners. Wales had already beaten Ireland to claim third spot.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	6	3	3	0	12	4	+8
England	4	3	2	1	10	6	+4
Wales	2	3	1	2	5	8	−3
Ireland	0	3	0	3	3	12	−9

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

7 October 1950

Ireland	1 – 4	England
Edward McMorran		Eddie Baily 2 Jack Lee Billy Wright

Windsor Park, Belfast

21 October 1950

Wales	1 – 3	Scotland
Aubrey Powell 68'		23', 57' Lawrie Reilly 72' Billy Liddell

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

1 November 1950

Scotland	6 – 1	Ireland
John McPhail 8', 13' Billy Steel 53', 57', 66', 79'		43' Kevin McGarry

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 83,142

Referee: Benjamin Mervyn Griffiths (Wales)

15 November 1950

England	4 – 2	Wales
Eddie Baily 2 Stan Mortensen Jackie Milburn		Trevor Ford 2

Roker Park, Sunderland

7 March 1951

Ireland	1 – 2	Wales
Billy Simpson		Roy Clarke 2

Windsor Park, Belfast

14 April 1951

England	2 – 3	Scotland
Harold Hassall 26' Tom Finney 63'		33' Bobby Johnstone 48' Lawrie Reilly 54' Billy Liddell

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 98,750

Referee: George Mitchell (Scotland)

References

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

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