1970 British Home Championship

1970 British Home Championship

The 1970 British Home Championship Home Nations international football tournament was a heavily contested series which contradicted the common view that it would be little more than a warm-up for the English team prior to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, at which they were to defend the title they had won on home soil four years earlier. They had won the two previous tournaments and were considered much stronger than the other three home nations, none of whom had qualified for the finals in Mexico. The English however struggled in their opening fixture, drawing with the Welsh away, and although they subsequently beat the Irish, were unable to overcome the Scots. Scotland had a good opening to the campaign, but drew their last two games, whilst Wales salvaged parity following a victory over Northern Ireland in their final fixture. Since goal difference was not at this time used to determine position, England, Wales and Scotland shared the trophy. Had modern scoring techniques been in place, England would have won, followed by the Welsh and the Scots.

Table

The points system worked as follows:
* 2 points for a win
* 1 point for a draw

Results

footballbox
date = April 18, 1970
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = Dick Kryzwicki
goals2 = Francis Lee
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff
----footballbox
date = April 18, 1970
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 =
goals2 = John O'Hare
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
----footballbox
date = April 21, 1970
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters
goals2 = George Best
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London
----footballbox
date = April 22, 1970
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
----footballbox
date = April 25, 1970
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|England
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
----footballbox
date = April 25, 1970
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Ronnie Rees
goals2 =
stadium = Vetch Field, Swansea

References

*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4


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