1967–68 British Home Championship

The 1967-68 British Home Championship football was the final stage of the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying for the Home Nations, and provided revenge for an England team smarting from a defeat on their home ground to the Scots just months after winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup which cost them the 1967 British Home Championship. The English victories against Wales and Northern Ireland national football team in the first two games meant that going into the final match they only required a draw, which they eventually achieved in a hard fought match, winning the tournament and the place in the European Championship. The Scots started badly against the unfancied Irish, losing in Belfast, and never recovered, scraping a win against Wales and needing a win against a dominant England team. The Irish were unable to capitalise on an excellent start, losing to England and Wales and coming fourth, whilst the Welsh managed a win against Ireland in their final game to scrape into joint third place after a terrible start.

Table

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

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

21 October 1967

Wales	0 – 3	England
		Bobby Charlton, Martin Peters, Alan Ball

Ninian Park, Cardiff

21 October 1967

Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Scotland
Dave Clements

Windsor Park, Belfast

22 November 1967

Scotland	3 – 2	Wales
Alan Gilzean 2, Ronnie McKinnon		Ron Davies, Alan Durban

Hampden Park, Glasgow

22 November 1967

England	2 – 0	Northern Ireland
Geoff Hurst, Bobby Charlton

Wembley Stadium, London

24 February 1968

Scotland	1 – 1	England
John Hughes		Martin Peters

Hampden Park, Glasgow

28 February 1968

Wales	2 – 0	Northern Ireland
Ronnie Rees, Wyn Davies

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References

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

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