1955 British Home Championship

The 1955 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1954/55 football season. It was won by a strong England side which included players such as Johnny Haynes and Nat Lofthouse as well as future manager Don Revie. England and Scotland, had competed at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in the summer before the tournament began and both teams had struggled, eventually being knocked out by Uruguay, Scotland by a 7-0 margin.

England began the tournament as favourites and proved their status with a simple victory over Northern Ireland in their first match. Scotland matched this with a difficult win over Wales in their match, although only by one goal to nil. Both Wales and Northern Ireland improved in their second matches, the Irish holding Scotland to a 2-2 draw whilst the Welsh almost achieved the same against England in London, eventually losing 3-2. The final games were played at the conclusion of the domestic season, and saw Northern Ireland fall to the Welsh under their inspirational goalscorer John Charles, who netted a hat trick in a 3-2 victory. England had by this time taken the championship with a comprehensive demoilition of Scotland 7-2 in their final match, Dennis Wilshaw claiming four of the goals.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 2, 1954
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Johnny Haynes, Don Revie
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 16, 1954
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Paddy Buckley
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = November 3, 1954
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|NIR
goals1 = Jimmy Davidson, Bobby Johnstone
goals2 = Billy Bingham, Billy McAdams
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 10, 1954
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 3–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Roy Bentley 3
goals2 = John Charles 2
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = April 2, 1955
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 7–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Dennis Wilshaw 4, Nat Lofthouse 2, Don Revie
goals2 = Lawrie Reilly, Tommy Docherty
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London----footballbox
date = April 20, 1955
team1 = fb-rt|NIR
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Eddie Crossan, Jimmy Walker
goals2 = John Charles 3
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast

References

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