1969 British Home Championship

The 1969 British Home Championship was the third edition of the tournament to be held whilst England were World Champions following their victory in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was reverted back to its pre-First World War format, being played at the end of the season in a short period of time, to relax the demands on the players during the competitive season. England re-emphasised their dominance over the British game with a second comfortable win in a row. The tournament began with the favourites England and Scotland securing comfortable (if dramatic) wins over their weaker opponents, before England repeated the feat in a tougher game against Wales and Scotland were held to a draw by the Irish. Going into the final game needing a win, the Scots were thoroughly beaten by a strong English team, who took the trophy in a 4-1 victory.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = May 3, 1969
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 3–5
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Ron Davies 2, John Toshack
goals2 = Billy Bremner, Colin Stein, Billy McNeill, Thomas McLean, Alan Gilzean
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = May 3, 1969
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = Eric McMordie
goals2 = Martin Peters, Francis Lee, Geoff Hurst (P)
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 6, 1969
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Colin Stein
goals2 = Eric McMordie
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = May 7, 1969
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Bobby Charlton, Francis Lee
goals2 = Ron Davies
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = May 10, 1969
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 10, 1968
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Martin Peters 2, Geoff Hurst 2 (1P)
goals2 = Colin Stein
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

References

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