1922 British Home Championship

The 1922 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1921/22 season between the British Home Nations. Scotland were victorious as part of a string of seven victories during the 1920s. England and Wales came joint second with Ireland coming last.

The competition began with Wales, the other strong side of the decade, gaining an immediate advantage, capitalising on a weak draw between England and Ireland to take two points from Scotland at home. This momentum was not sustained however, and Scotland bounced back to beat Ireland as Wales lost 1-0 to England in Liverpool. In the final matches all four teams could still claim victory, but a tame draw between Wales and Ireland left the deciding game between England and Scotland. Despite a strng performance from England, the Scots proved the better side, running out 1-0 winners to claim the trophy. By virtue of their draws with Ireland, England and Wales were equal on points in second places whilst the same draws gave Ireland their only points of the competition.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 22, 1921
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Billy Gillespie
goals2 = Billy Kirton
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = February 4, 1922
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =Len Davies, Stan Davies
goals2 = Alexander Archibald
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 4, 1922
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Andrew Wilson 2
goals2 = Billy Gillespie
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 13, 1922
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Bob Kelly
goals2 =
stadium = Anfield, Liverpool----footballbox
date = April 1, 1922
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Billy Gillespie
goals2 = Len Davies
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 8, 1922
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Andrew Wilson
stadium = Villa Park, Birmingham

References

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