1924 British Home Championship

The 1924 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1923/24 season between the British Home Nations. It was won by the excellent Welsh team of the early 1920s who achieved a whitewash of the other three home nations over the tournament, scoring five goals for just one in return.

Wales and Ireland began the competition the strongest, both beating their opponents. Ireland won 2-1 over England in Belfast, whilst Wales took Scotland 2-0 at Ninian Park. Scotland recovered in their second game with a strong display against Ireland at home whilst England slumped 2-0 against Wales in Blackburn. With Ireland needing a win at home to end level on points with the Welsh, a furious game in Belfast was eventually decided by a Moses Russell penalty in favour of the Welsh, who claimed the trophy. Playing for pride, England and Scotland struggled to a 1-1 draw in the final match which handed second place to the Scots.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 20, 1923
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Billy Gillespie, Tucker Croft
goals2 = Joe Bradford
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = February 16, 1924
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =Willie Davies, Len Davies
goals2 =
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = March 1, 1924
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Andy Cunningham, David Morris
goals2 =
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 3, 1924
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Tommy Roberts
goals2 = Willie Davies, Ted Vizard
stadium = Ewood Park, Blackburn----footballbox
date = March 15, 1924
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 =
goals2 = Moses Russell (P)
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = April 12, 1924
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Billy Walker
goals2 = Ted Taylor ("Own Goal")
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