1948 British Home Championship

1948 British Home Championship was the second edition of this annual football tournament to be played in the post-war period. It was conducted during the 1947/48 football season between the four Home Nations of the British Isles and resulted in a victory for England for the second year in a row.

England began the competition as they finished it, with a strong win over Wales in Cardiff, whilst Scotland were defeated 2-0 by Ireland in Belfast. The second round saw Scotland again defeated, this time by Wales at their home stadium in Glasgow. England meanwhile were held 2-2 by Ireland, leaving three teams still able to win at least a share in the trophy. In the final matches, Wales put an end to Ireland's hopes with a 2-0 victory but England managed to beat Scotland to clinch a whitewash of the Home Nations and the championship.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 4, 1947
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Samuel Smyth 2
goals2 =
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 18, 1947
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Tom Finney, Stan Mortensen, Tommy Lawton
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = November 12, 1947
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Andrew McLaren
goals2 = Trevor Ford, George Lowrie
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = November 5, 1947
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Tommy Lawton, Wilf Mannion
goals2 = Peter Doherty, Davy Walsh
stadium = Goodison Park, Liverpool----footballbox
date = March 10, 1948
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = George Lowrie, George Edwards
goals2 =
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = May 10, 1948
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Stan Mortensen, Tom Finney
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