1921 British Home Championship

The 1921 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1920/21 season. The second tournament played since the hiatus of the First World War, the 1921 competition was dominated by Scotland, who won the first of seven championships they would claim throughout the decade. England and reigning champions Wales came joint second as goal difference was not at this stage used to separate teams.

England and Ireland kicked off the competition in October 1920, with England gaining an early advantage through a 2-0 victory. Action resumed the following February when Scotland beat current champions Wales at home and then Ireland away, to top the table. Wales and England both needed victory in their match to have a chance of catching Scotland, but both sides nullified each other and the result was a scoreless draw, requiring an English victory over the Scots in their final game to beat Scotland's lead. In the final games played simultaneously on the 9 April, Wales beat Ireland to elevate themselves into joint second place as England crashed 3-0 to a superior Scottish side in Glasgow, thus making Scotland British Champions.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = October 23, 1920
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Bob Kelly, Billy Walker
goals2 =
stadium = Roker Park, Sunderland----footballbox
date = February 12, 1921
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Andrew Wilson 2
goals2 = David Collier
stadium = Pittodrie, Aberdeen----footballbox
date = February 26, 1921
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Andrew Wilson (P), Joe Cassidy
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 14, 1921
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = April 9, 1921
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Andrew Wilson, Andy Cunningham, Alan Morton
goals2 =
stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = April 9, 1921
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Billy Hole, Stan Davies
goals2 = Jimmy Chambers
stadium = Vetch Field, Swansea

References

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