1912 British Home Championship

The 1912 British Home Championship was a football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1911/12 season. England and Scotland shared the trophy after both beat Wales and Ireland and then drew the deciding match at Hampden Park. Ireland took third place after beating Wales in an exciting 3-2 win away in Cardiff. Wales, who came last with zero points, lost all three matches and conceded six goals.

England began the competition with a 6-1 thrashing of Ireland in Dublin, giving them the immediate advantage and making them favourites for the title, having won four of the previous five tournaments. Scotland too began with a win, a more subdued 1-0 victory over the Welsh. Scotland followed this with a 4-1 win in Belfast, briefly taking the top of the table before England joined them by beating Wales 2-0 in Wrexham. In the deciding game in Glasgow, Scotland and England played out a tough 1-1 draw. As neither side had broken the deadlock, both shared the tournament. In the final match, Wales and Ireland played a gripping game for third place, the Irish taking it by a single goal.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 10, 1912
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–6
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Michael Hamill
goals2 = Harold Fleming 3, George Holley, Bert Freeman, Jock Simpson
stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin----footballbox
date = March 2, 1912
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Jimmy Quinn
goals2 =
stadium = Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh----footballbox
date = March 16, 1912
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–4
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = James McKnight (P)
goals2 = Walter Aitkenhead 2, William Reid, Bobby Walker
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 11, 1912
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = George Holley, Bert Freeman
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 23, 1912
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Andrew Wilson
goals2 = George Holley
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = April 13, 1912
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Billy Davies, David Davies
goals2 = Jack McCandless 2, B. Brennan
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff

References

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