1933 British Home Championship

The 1933 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1932/33 season. It was won by the strong Welsh side which claimed several tournaments during the 1930s, the last undisputed victories Wales would achieve.

The tournament began with victories by both Scotland and England over Ireland, who endured a miserable competition, losing all their games and conceding nine goals. Scotland in particular began well with a 4-0 victory in Belfast. Scotland were however in for a shock in their second game in Edinburgh as they were demolished by a commanding Welsh display, losing 5-2. England by contrast managed to hold the Welsh to a scoreless draw in Wrexham and England and Wales emerged as favourites going into the final matches. Wales maintained their strong run of form, by crushing Ireland 4-1 in their final game, requiring England to beat Scotland in Glasgow to draw for the trophy. This effort proved too much for England, who went down 2-1 to the Scots, who took second place.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = September 17, 1932
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–4
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Bob McPhail 2, Jimmy McGrory, James King
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = October 20, 1932
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Bobby Barclay
goals2 =
stadium = Bloomfield Road, Blackpool----footballbox
date = October 26, 1932
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–5
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Neil Dewar, Dally Duncan
goals2 = Eugene O'Callaghan 2, Dai Astley, Tommy Griffiths, John Thomson ("Own Goal")
stadium = Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh----footballbox
date = November 16, 1932
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = December 7, 1932
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Walter Robbins 2, Dai Astley 2
goals2 = Sam English
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = April 1, 1933
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jimmy McGrory 2
goals2 = George Hunt
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