1966–67 British Home Championship

The 1966–67 British Home Championship has remained famous in the memories of British Home Nations football fans ever since the dramatic climatic match at Wembley Stadium, where an unfancied Scottish team beat England on the same turf they had won the 1966 FIFA World Cup a year before. England had comfortably disposed of Wales and Ireland in the earlier matches, whilst Scotland had struggled, drawing with Wales and only just beating the Irish. In the final match however, the Scots outplayed their illustrious opponents who were effectively reduced to 10 men with Jack Charlton hobbling and no substitutes allowed claiming a 3–2 victory, thus resulting in some over-enthusiastic Scottish supporters claiming to be "world champions with many of them invading the pitch, digging up much of the turf and stealing the goal woodwork after the game. In contrast to later pitch invasions, this was non-violent and resulted in no significant police action. The "World Champions" idea has since taken more tangible form in the Unofficial Football World Championships.

The contest was also important as it formed the first half of the qualifying stages for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship, a competition England would eventually qualify for in the following 1967–68 British Home Championship and reach the semi-finals, ultimately securing third position overall.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Scotland (C)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	5	Champions
2	England	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
3	Wales	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: EU-Football
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results

22 October 1966

Wales	1–1	Scotland
R. Davies 77'	Report	Law 86'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 33,269

Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

22 October 1966

15:00

Northern Ireland	0–2	England
	Report	Hunt 40' Peters 60'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 47,897

Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

16 November 1966

20:00

Scotland	2–1	Northern Ireland
Murdoch 14' Lennox 35'^[1]	Report	Nicholson 9'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 45,281

Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)

16 November 1966

England	5–1	Wales
Hurst 30', 34' B. Charlton 43' Hennessey 65' (o.g.) J. Charlton 84'	Report	W. Davies 36'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 75,380

Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

12 April 1967

19:30

Northern Ireland	0–0	Wales
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 17,643

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

15 April 1967

15:00

England	2–3	Scotland
J. Charlton 84' Hurst 88'	Report	Law 27' Lennox 78' McCalliog 87'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 99,063

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

References

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

External links

Full Results and Line-ups

^ Article from Scottish daily The Herald du 17/11/66

[1] Article from Scottish daily The Herald du 17/11/66

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