1957 British Home Championship

The 1957 British Home Championship was the final full championship before the Munich air disaster would kill senior members of all four squads mid-wat through the following tournament. A close-fought competition between England and Scotland, the tournament also featured some very good performances from Wales and Northern Ireland. For tournaments of the day, this was considered a low scoring affair, although the performances were consistently high.

England won the championship in a close final match, but after the first round and tea could have taken the trophy, Northern Ireland holding England to a draw and the Scots doing likewise with the Welsh. In the second games, Wales were well beaten by England, but Scotland were forced to struggle to a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland. In the final matches, any team could still have taken the trophy, but Wales and Northern Ireland outplayed each other in their match and as a result drew 0-0, leaving the final game to be the decider between the English and the Scots. England triumphed eventually in a tough 2-1 win.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 6, 1956
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|England
goals1 = Jimmy McIlroy
goals2 = Stanley Matthews
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 20, 1956
team1 = fb-rt|Wales
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Trevor Ford, Terry Medwin
goals2 = Lawrie Reilly, Willie Fernie
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = November 7, 1956
team1 = fb-rt|Scotland
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|Northern Ireland
goals1 = Alex Scott
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 14, 1956
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 = Johnny Haynes, Johnny Brooks, Tom Finney
goals2 = John Charles
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = April 10, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|Northern Ireland
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|Wales
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 6, 1957
team1 = fb-rt|England
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|Scotland
goals1 = Derek Kevan, Duncan Edwards
goals2 = Thomas Ring
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