1963 British Home Championship

The 1963 British Home Championship football tournament came after disappointment for the home nations in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, for which only England qualified, only to be beaten 3-1 in the quarter-finals by eventual winners Brazil. The Home Championship was won by a Scottish team which dominated all their matches and whitewashed their opponents for the second year in a row as part of a period of temporary but pronounced dominance.

The Scots and English both started strongly, beating Wales and Northern Ireland away respectively. This was followed with similar victories at home in the second fixture, England comprehensively outplaying Wales in a 4-0 win, whilst a Denis Law inspired Scotland hammered the Irish 5-1 with Law scoring four times. In the final games, Wales gained some points by beating Northern Ireland, but the deciding match of the tournament was closely fought between England and Scotland at Hampden Park, from which Scotland emerged eventual 2-1 winners to claim the championship.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 20, 1962
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = Hughie Barr
goals2 = Michael O'Grady 2, Jimmy Greaves
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 20, 1962
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Ivor Allchurch, John Charles
goals2 = Eric Caldow, Denis Law, Willie Henderson
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = November 7, 1962
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 5–1
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Denis Law 4, Willie Henderson
goals2 = Billy Bingham
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 21, 1962
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 4–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Alan Peacock 2, Jimmy Greaves, John Connelly
goals2 =
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = April 3, 1963
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–4
team2 = fb-rt|Wales
goals1 = Martin Harvey
goals2 = Cliff Jones 3, Phil Woosnam
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 6, 1963
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 1–2
team2 = fb-rt|Scotland
goals1 = Bryan Douglas
goals2 = Jim Baxter 2
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