1900 British Home Championship

The 1900 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual football tournament played between the British Home Nations. Conducted in the second half of the 1899/00 season, it was dominated by Scotland who achieved a whitewash of their opponents by winning all three games. Wales and England shared second place, with Ireland bringing up the rear.

Wales and Ireland began the competition in Llandudno, the Welsh side winning 2-0 to take immediate advantage. Ireland then returned to Belfast to play Scotland, where they again lost, conceding three without reply. In Cardiff, Wales and England played out a draw giving both a chance of success in the tournament before Wales' hopes were ended by a heavy 5-2 defeat by Scotland in Aberdeen. England however remained strong, beating the Irish and needing a draw to share the trophy with Scotland and a win to take it undisputed. Scotland however were much too strong, dominating the match and winning 4-1 to complete three victories and win the competition.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 3, 1900
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 5–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = David Wilson 2, Jack Bell, Bob Hamilton, Alex Smith
goals2 = Thomas Parry, William Butler
stadium = Pittodrie, Aberdeen----footballbox
date = February 24, 1900
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Thomas Parry, Billy Meredith
goals2 =
stadium = The Oval, Llandudno----footballbox
date = March 3, 1900
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–3
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = Alex Smith 2, John Campbell
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 17, 1900
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–2
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Harry Johnson, Charles Sagar
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin----footballbox
date = March 26, 1900
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Billy Meredith
goals2 = Geoffrey Wilson
stadium = Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

----footballbox
date = April 7, 1900
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 4–1
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Robert McColl 3, Jack Bell
goals2 = Steve Bloomer
stadium = Celtic 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