1913–14 British Home Championship

1913–1914 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	18 January – 5 April 1914
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Ireland (1st title)
Runners-up	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	13 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Billy Gillespie (3 goals)
	← 1912–13 1919–20 →

The 1913–14 British Home Championship was the last British Home Championship played before the First World War. The competition was played between January and April 1914 and won by Ireland with a team that included Patrick O’Connell, Billy Gillespie, Val Harris, Louis Bookman, Samuel Young and Bill Lacey.

1913–14 was the first time Ireland won the competition outright. The Irish had been the tournament's poorest performers over the years, but the previous year had demonstrated potential in beating England for the first time, in a 2–1 win at Windsor Park. Ireland began the 1914 tournament beating Wales 2–1 a in Wrexham on 19 January and then demolished England in England for the first time, winning 3–0 at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough. Ireland clinched the title on 16 March, following a 1–1 draw with Scotland at Windsor Park, while England's away victory over Wales did not salvage their poor campaign as Scotland would eventually finish as runners up, beating England 3–1 at Hampden Park. It would be six years before the trophy was again contested, and it would be with substantially different teams and in a different, increasingly global era of football.

The third-place finish by England represented that nation's lowest ever final position in the competition up to this point.

Table

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

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Results

19 January 1914

Wales	1–2	Ireland
80' (pen.) Evan Jones		11', 70' Billy Gillespie

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Isaac Baker (England)

14 February 1914

England	0–3	Ireland
		5', 80' Bill Lacey 36' Billy Gillespie

Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Alex Jackson (Scotland)

28 February 1914

Scotland	0–0	Wales

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Harold H. Taylor (England)

14 March 1914

Ireland	1–1	Scotland
Samuel Young 89'		70' Joe Donnachie

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Herbert S. Bamlett (England)

16 March 1914

Wales	0–2	England
		50' Joe Smith 70' William Wedlock

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 17,586

Referee: Jim Mason (England)

4 April 1914

Scotland	3–1	England
Charlie Thomson 2' Jimmy McMenemy 50' William Reid 67'		15' Harold Fleming

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 105,000

Referee: Herbert S. Bamlett (England)

References

^ "British Championship 1914". EU-Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

British Home Championship 1914 at Rsssf
Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

External links

Ireland-Champions in 1914

[EUF-1] "British Championship 1914". EU-Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

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