1937 British Home Championship

The 1937 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1936/37 seasons. The trophy was won by Wales with Scotland coming second. This was the last Home Championship that Wales would win exclusively, all subsequent victories would be shared with one of the other Home Nations. Wales began the competition by beating England and followed it with a similar 2-1 victory against Scotland. With the two favourites beaten Wales only required a draw with Ireland to complete a rare tournament success. They ultimately took the title in style, winning 4-1 at home. Scotland recovered from their loss to Wales in their final game with a commanding 3-1 victory over England in Glasgow to come second, whilst England's only points came from their own 3-1 defeat of the disappointing Irish.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 31, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Norman Kernaghan
goals2 = Alex Munro, Charles Napier, David McCulloch
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 17, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Pat Glover, Seymour Morris
goals2 = Cliff Bastin
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = December 2, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Tommy Walker
goals2 = Pat Glover 2
stadium = Dens Park, Dundee----footballbox
date = November 18, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Raich Carter, Cliff Bastin, Fred Worrall
goals2 = Tom Davis
stadium = Victoria Ground, Stoke----footballbox
date = March 17, 1937
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Pat Glover 2, Barrie Jones, Freddie Warren
goals2 = Alex Stevenson
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = April 17, 1937
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Bob McPhail 2, Francis O'Donnell
goals2 = Fred Steele
stadium = Hampden 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