1927 British Home Championship

The 1927 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1926/27 season. It was shared by England and Scotland after a series of high scoring draws in the opening matches left England, Wales and Ireland well behind with Scotland ahead, only for England to defeat Scotland in the final, deciding game.

Scotland began the strongest team in the competition, beating Wales 3-0 in Glasgow to take an early lead after England failed to defeat the Irish in Liverpool, Ireland battling to a 3-3 draw. In the second round of matches, Scotland again impressed with a strong victory over Ireland in Belfast, whilst England were again unable to take both points, being held to another 3-3 draw in Wales. In the final matches, Ireland and Wales played out their own 2-2 draw to take joint third place whilst England travelled to Glasgow knowing that only a win would give them a share in the trophy. Against the odds, England beat the Scots 2-1 at Hampden Park to secure a half share in the championship, their first trophy of any kind since 1913. It was the sixth time in seven years that Scotland had won the tournament.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 20, 1926
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 3–3
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = George Brown, Joe Spence, Norman Bullock
goals2 = Billy Gillespie, Bobby Irvine, Hugh Davey
stadium = Anfield, Liverpool----footballbox
date = October 30, 1926
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Alex Jackson 2, Hugh Gallacher
goals2 =
stadium = Ibrox Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = February 12, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 3–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Len Davies 2, Wilf Lewis
goals2 = Dixie Dean 2, Billy Walker
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = February 21, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Alan Morton 2
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 2, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Alan Morton
goals2 = Dixie Dean 2
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = April 9, 1927
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Rees Williams 2
goals2 = Harold Johnson 2
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff

References

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