1898 British Home Championship

The 1898 British Home Championship was the fifteenth edition of the annual football tournament played between the British Home Nations. England won the trophy after whitewashing all three opponents and taking the maximum six points. Scotland came second after winning two of their games whilst Ireland came third following a close victory over Wales in Llandudno.

Ireland's win over Wales was the first match of the tournament and gave Ireland a short lived advantage in the competition. England ended this advantage in the second game with a close 3-2 win over the Irish in Belfast and Scotland joined the other two on two points with a 5-2 thrashing of the Welsh. Scotland then briefly took the lead with a win over Ireland in Belfast before England joined them by beating Wales by the same scoreline in Wrexham. In the final and deciding match, played at Celtic Park in Glasgow, the Scots were defeated by a fast and powerful England side who ran out 3-1 winners and took the trophy.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 19, 1898
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 =
goals2 = John Peden
stadium = The Oval, Llandudno----footballbox
date = March 5, 1898
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = John Pyper, Joe McAllen
goals2 = Gilbert Smith, Charlie Athersmith, Tommy Morren
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 19, 1898
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 5–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = James Gillespie 3, James McKie 2
goals2 = Thomas Thomas, Morgan Morgan-Owen
stadium = Fir Park, Motherwell----footballbox
date = March 26, 1898
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 0–3
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 =
goals2 = William Stewart 2, Bob McColl
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 28, 1898
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 0–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 =
goals2 = Fred Wheldon 2, Gilbert Smith
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = April 2, 1898
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 1–3
team2 = fb|ENG
goals1 = Jimmy Millar
goals2 = Steve Bloomer 2, Fred Wheldon
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