- 1928 British Home Championship
The 1928
British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1927/28 season between the BritishHome Nations . The competition was won by Wales who did not lose a game and only dropped a single point during the tournament. This championship is most notable for what became known as the "Wembley Wizards " when a scratch Scottish team crushed a highly-regarded England side 5-1 at the English national stadium of Wembley.England had endured a dreadful run of form in the years following the
First World War , only managing to even share the trophy once in the previous eight years. This trend reached its nadir in 1928, as they bega the campaign with a 2-0 defeat to Ireland inBelfast . Wales and Scotland both began well, with a competitive 2-2 draw inWrexham , Wales following this by defeating England 2-1 inBurnley to take the lead in the competition, a position they made unassailable by beat Ireland by the same scoreline in their final match. Ireland nevertheless still claimed second place by beating the Scots by a single goal in their own final match. In the last game, between England and Scotland at Wembley, Scotland decimated England with powerful attacking football from a team only recently brought together following the defeat to Ireland.Table
The points system worked as follows:
* 2 points for a win
* 1 point for a drawResults
footballbox
date =October 22 ,1927
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =Jackie Mahood , "Own Goal "
goals2 =
stadium =Windsor Park ,Belfast ----footballbox
date =October 29 ,1927
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =Ernie Curtis , Jimmy Gibson ("Own Goal ")
goals2 =Hugh Gallacher , John Hutton (P)
stadium =Racecourse Ground ,Wrexham ----footballbox
date =November 28 ,1927
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = "Own Goal "
goals2 =Wilf Lewis , "Own Goal "
stadium =Turf Moor ,Burnley ----footballbox
date =February 4 ,1928
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 =Jimmy Chambers
goals2 =Wilf Lewis , Willie Davies
stadium =Windsor Park ,Belfast ----footballbox
date =February 25 ,1928
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 =
goals2 =Jimmy Chambers
stadium =Firhill Park ,Glasgow ----footballbox
date =March 31 1928
time = 12:30
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1 – 5 (HT : 0 - 2)
report =
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Bob Kelly goal|89
goals2 =Alex Jackson goal|3 goal|65 goal|85
Alex James goal|44 goal|74
stadium = Wembley Stadium ,London
referee =Willie Bell (flagicon|ScotlandScotland )
attendance = 80,868References
*cite book
author= Guy Oliver| title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
date=1992
publisher=Guinness
id=ISBN 0-851129-54-4
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