1910 British Home Championship

The 1910 British Home Championship was an annual football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1909/10 season. It was won by Scotland after a very close three way competition between the Scots, England and Ireland which Scotland only won by a single point, Ireland and England coming joint second with Wales trailing, again by a single point.

England and Ireland were well matched throughout the contest, drawing in their opening match, a result which gave Scotland the advantage after they narrowly beat Wales in Kilmarnock during their opening game. Their challenge faltered in the second game as Ireland beat them by the same scoreline in Belfast. England too achieved a 1-0 win, over Wales in Cardiff. This put England and Ireland at the head of the table, but they were soon surpassed by the Scots, who defeated England 2-0 in Glasgow. Ireland's bid for the trophy was forestalled by Wales in the final match of the competition, who won 4-1 to score their only points of the competition in a powerful performance.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = March 12, 1910
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Frank Thompson
goals2 = Harold Fleming
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 5, 1910
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Andrew Devine
goals2 =
stadium = Rugby Park, Kilmarnock----footballbox
date = March 19, 1910
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Frank Thompson
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 14, 1910
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Andrew Ducat
stadium = Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = April 2, 1910
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jimmy McMenemy, Jimmy Quinn
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = April 11, 1910
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Grenville Morris 2, Robert Evans 2
goals2 = Johnny Darling
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

References

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