1936 British Home Championship

The 1936 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1935/36 season. It was won by Scotland after a close contest between Scotland, Wales and England. England began the tournament the stronger team, with a 3-1 win over Ireland in Belfast while Scotland struggled to a 1-1 draw with Wales. Scotland recovered to beat Ireland in their second match whilst England dropped position after defeat by Wales. Wales and Ireland played a tough, high-scoring game which might have given Wales the title, but was ultimately won by the Irish, whilst Scotland came to London knowing that only a win would be enough to give them the trophy. In a furious attacking game the end result; 1-1, was enough to give Scotland an undisputed tournament success.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 5, 1935
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Charlie Phillips
goals2 = Dally Duncan
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = October 19, 1935
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jackie Brown
goals2 = Fred Tilson 2, Eric Brook
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = November 13, 1935
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Tommy Walker, Dally Duncan
goals2 = Jimmy Kelly
stadium = Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh----footballbox
date = February 5, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Ray Bowden
goals2 = Dai Astley, Bryn Jones
stadium = Molineux, Wolverhampton ----footballbox
date = March 11, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 3–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = James Gibb, Alex Stevenson, Norman Kernaghan
goals2 = Dai Astley, Charlie Phillips
stadium = Celtic Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 4, 1936
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = George Camsell
goals2 = Tommy Walker
stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

References

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