1977 British Home Championship

The 1977 British Home Championship exemplified a new era in Home Nations football during its final game, when jubilant Scottish fans invaded the pitch at Wembley Stadium following their team's surprise victory. Unlike a similar occasion in the 1967 British Home Championship, family football had given way to hooliganism and extensive damage was done to the stadium and riots in London throughout the night followed the occasion. It was events like this which eventually lead to the tournament's cancellation in 1984.

The tournament itself was an open affair, with an opening victory for England cancelled out by a Scottish win over Northern Ireland and English defeat to Wales. The Welsh stood a good chance of winning the tournament outright for the first time since 1937, but could not beat the Irish in their final match, and ended up in a rare second place position. The Scots and English thus faced each other in the final match knowing the winner would take the trophy, the Scots achieving a victory on England's home ground to take the trophy for the second year in a row and demonstrate their dominance in British football. The was finished by a mass pitch invasion by Scottish supporters.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = May 28, 1977
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = May 28, 1977
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Chris McGrath
goals2 = Mick Channon, Dennis Tueart
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 31, 1977
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 =
goals2 = Leighton James
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = June 1, 1977
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 = Kenny Dalglish 2, Gordon McQueen
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = June 3, 1977
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Sammy Nelson
goals2 = Nick Deacy
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = June 4, 1977
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Mick Channon (P)
goals2 = Kenny Dalglish, Gordon McQueen
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