1904 British Home Championship

The 1904 British Home Championship football tournament was a low scoring affair, won by a powerful England side who were followed by the unfancied Irish in second place. The tournament was played during the second half of the British domestic season and was, for the time, surprisingly low-scoring.

England began well, with a hard-fought draw with Wales and a 3-1 victory over Ireland in their opening games. Scotland were unable to match this success, only managing draws against both sides. The Irish recovered from their early loss in their draw with Scotland and managed to beat the Welsh 1-0 in Bangor to claim second place. In the final game, England and Scotland played out a close encounter which England won 1-0 thanks to a goal by Steve Bloomer.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 29, 1904
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Walter Watkins, Lloyd Davies
goals2 = Alf Common, Joseph Bache
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 12, 1904
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jack Kirwan
goals2 = Alf Common, Joseph Bache, George Davis
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 12, 1904
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Bobby Walker
goals2 = Robert Atherton
stadium = Dens Park, Dundee----footballbox
date = March 26, 1904
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = James Sheridan
goals2 = Bob Hamilton
stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin----footballbox
date = March 21, 1904
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 =
goals2 = Billy McCracken
stadium = Farrar Road, Bangor----footballbox
date = April 9, 1904
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Steve Bloomer
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow

References

*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4