1951 British Home Championship

1951 British Home Championship

The 1951 British Home Championship football tournament was the Home Nations follow-up to England's disastrous appearance at their first World Cup, the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. There the much vaunted English had been beaten by the USA and Spain. The Scots had refused to go, and the Welsh and the Northern Irish had failed to qualify. The Scots went on to capitalise on the demoralised English by taking the Home Championship away from them too.

The tournament began with wins for the favourites away from home, England beating the Irish and Scotland the Welsh. In the second matches, this dominance was emphasised with powerful wins by England in Sunderland over the Welsh and Scotland who beat the Northern Irish 6-1 including four goals from Billy Steel. In the final game at Wembley Stadium, a tense and furious game brought the trophy to Scotland, who finished 3-2 winners. Wales had already beaten Northern Ireland to claim third spot.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 7, 1950
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–4
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = Edward McMorran
goals2 = Eddie Baily 2, Jackie Lee, Billy Wright
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
----footballbox
date = October 21, 1950
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Aubrey Powell
goals2 = Lawrie Reilly 2, Billy Liddell
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff
----footballbox
date = November 1, 1950
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 6–1
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Billy Steel 4, John McPhail 2
goals2 = Kevin McGarry
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
----footballbox
date = November 15, 1950
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 4–2
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Eddie Baily 2, Stan Mortensen, Jackie Milburn
goals2 = Trevor Ford 2
stadium = Roker Park, Sunderland
----footballbox
date = March 7, 1951
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Billy Simpson
goals2 = Roy Clarke 2
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast
----footballbox
date = April 14, 1951
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Harold Hassall, Tom Finney
goals2 = Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Billy Liddell
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


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