1971 British Home Championship

The 1971 British Home Championship was an international football competition between the British Home Nations. the tournament was low-scoring affair, reflecting trends in world football at the time, which relied on heavy defense. England won the tournament in their final match by beating Scotland following an earlier victory over the Northern Ireland national football team|Irish] and a draw with the Welsh. The England versus Scotland match saw more goals than the rest of the tournament put together, but Northern Ireland did manage to gain a rare second place position with 1-0 wins over disappointing Welsh and Scottish sides, whose own match for last place was a goalless draw resulting in a shared third position.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = May 15, 1971
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Allan Clarke
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 15, 1971
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = May 18, 1971
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 =
goals2 = "Own Goal"
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = May 19, 1971
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = May 22, 1971
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Bryan Hamilton
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 22, 1971
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Martin Chivers 2, Martin Peters
goals2 = Hugh Curran
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