1968 British Home Championship

The 1968 British Home Championship football was the final stage of the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying for the Home Nations, and provided revenge for an England team smarting from a defeat on their home ground to the Scots just months after winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup which cost them the 1967 British Home Championship. The English victories against Wales and Northern Ireland in the first two games meant that going into the final match they only required a draw, which they eventually achieved in a hard fought match, winning the tournament and the place in the European Championship. The Scots started badly against the unfancied Irish, losing in Belfast, and never recovered, scraping a win against Wales and needing a win against a dominant England team. The Irish were unable to capitalise on an excellent start, losing to England and Wales and coming fourth, whilst the Welsh managed a win against Ireland in their final game to scrape into joint third place after a terrible start.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 21, 1967
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 0–3
team2 = fb|England
goals1 =
goals2 = Bobby Charlton, Martin Peters, Alan Ball
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = October 21, 1967
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Dave Clements
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = November 22, 1967
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 3–2
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Alan Gilzean 2, Ronnie McKinnon
goals2 = Ron Davies, Alan Durban
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 22, 1967
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Geoff Hurst, Bobby Charlton
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

----footballbox
date = February 24, 1968
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = John Hughes
goals2 = Martin Peters
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = February 28, 1968
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Ronnie Rees, Wyn Davies
goals2 =
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