1935 British Home Championship

The 1935 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1934/35 season. Scotland and England shared the trophy after a dramatic final match in which the Scots beat England to claim a share of the cup after having seemingly come adrift following their early defeat to Ireland.

It was England and Ireland who began strongest, England thumping the trophy-holders Wales 4-0 in Cardiff whils the Irish defeated the Scots in Belfast 2-1. Scotland recovered in the second game, beating Wales 3-2 at home to reenter the race for the tournament as England beat Ireland in a close game in Liverpool to become favourites. In the final matches, Ireland failed to take the necessary points from Wales to push for a joint top spot, falling 3-1 in Wrexham. The Scots and the English played in Glasgow, knowing that a draw for the English would be enough to secure them an undisputed victory. This was not to be as by dint of great effort, the Scottish team overcame their Southern rivals 2-0. As goal difference was not at this stage used to separate teams in the British Home Championship, the honours were shared by England and Scotland, whilst Ireland and Wales shared third place.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = September 29, 1934
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–4
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Fred Tilson 2, Eric Brook, Stanley Matthews
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = October 20, 1934
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = D.K. Martin, Jackie Coulter
goals2 = Patrick Gallacher
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = November 21, 1934
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Charlie Napier 2, Dally Duncan
goals2 = Charlie Phillips, Dai Astley
stadium = Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen----footballbox
date = February 6, 1935
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Cliff Bastin 2
goals2 = Alex Stevenson
stadium = Goodison Park, Liverpool----footballbox
date = March 27, 1935
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Wilson Jones, Charlie Phillips, Idris Hopkins
goals2 = Joe Bambrick
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = April 6, 1935
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Dally Duncan 2
goals2 =
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