1975 British Home Championship

The 1975 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It resulted in a resounding victory for an England team which was going through one of the poorest periods of consistent play in their history. The tournament saw several draws, including two dramatic 2-2 ties for the Welsh team against England and Scotland and a goalless draw between England and Northern Ireland. The Scots had begun better, beating the Irish 3-0 in their second game and so entered the final match with a real chance of victory. The Welsh, like the English, had a 2 point advantage in their final match, but failed to capitalise on this, losing to Northern Ireland and ending in last place. The final game, between England and Scotland was in the end a one-sided affair, the English crushing the Scots in a 5-1 rout and winning the tournament.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = May 17, 1975
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|England
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 17, 1975
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = John Toshack, Brian Flynn
goals2 = Bruce Rioch, Colin Jackson
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = May 20, 1975
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Ted MacDougall, Derek Parlane, Kenny Dalglish
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = May 21, 1975
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = David Johnson 2
goals2 = John Toshack, Arfon Griffiths
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = May 23, 1975
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Thomas Finney
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = May 24, 1975
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 5–1
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Gerry Francis 2, David Johnson, Kevin Beattie, Colin Bell
goals2 = Bruce Rioch (P)
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