1928 British Home Championship

The 1928 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1927/28 season between the British Home Nations. The competition was won by Wales who did not lose a game and only dropped a single point during the tournament. This championship is most notable for what became known as the "Wembley Wizards" when a scratch Scottish team crushed a highly-regarded England side 5-1 at the English national stadium of Wembley.

England had endured a dreadful run of form in the years following the First World War, only managing to even share the trophy once in the previous eight years. This trend reached its nadir in 1928, as they bega the campaign with a 2-0 defeat to Ireland in Belfast. Wales and Scotland both began well, with a competitive 2-2 draw in Wrexham, Wales following this by defeating England 2-1 in Burnley to take the lead in the competition, a position they made unassailable by beat Ireland by the same scoreline in their final match. Ireland nevertheless still claimed second place by beating the Scots by a single goal in their own final match. In the last game, between England and Scotland at Wembley, Scotland decimated England with powerful attacking football from a team only recently brought together following the defeat to Ireland.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 22, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jackie Mahood, "Own Goal"
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 29, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Ernie Curtis, Jimmy Gibson ("Own Goal")
goals2 = Hugh Gallacher, John Hutton (P)
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = November 28, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = "Own Goal"
goals2 = Wilf Lewis, "Own Goal"
stadium = Turf Moor, Burnley----footballbox
date = February 4, 1928
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Jimmy Chambers
goals2 = Wilf Lewis, Willie Davies
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = February 25, 1928
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 =
goals2 = Jimmy Chambers
stadium = Firhill Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 31 1928
time = 12:30
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1 – 5 (HT : 0 - 2)
report =
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Bob Kelly goal|89
goals2 = Alex Jackson goal|3 goal|65 goal|85
Alex James goal|44 goal|74
stadium = Wembley Stadium , London
referee = Willie Bell (flagicon|Scotland Scotland)
attendance = 80,868

References

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