1907 British Home Championship

The 1907 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. For the first time ever it was won undisputed by the Welsh team, who secured two victories and a draw to take them to the top of the table. They were followed by England and Scotland, who both played well but could not overhaul the Welsh points advantage. All three teams beat Ireland, who finished without a point.

As usual, England and Ireland began the tournament, England winning a close game by a single goal from Harold Hardman. In Belfast during thesecond match, despite a close contest and five goals, Wales managed to beat the Irish 3-2 and join England at the top of the table. Wales then beat Scotland in a surprise result, winning 1-0 in Wrexham by a goal from veteran Grenville Morris to become tournament favourites. Scotland recovered in their second game with a three goal rout of Ireland, finishing a miserable tournament for the Irish. Wales and England then played, the Welsh needing a win to take the competition undisputed whilst a draw would leave them waiting for the result of the England versus Scotland game. In the venet the match finished 1-1 and England played Scotland in Newcastle needing a win to draw level with Wales. In the event, Scotland proved too good and the game finished with a 2-2 draw, handing the trophy to Wales for the first time.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 16, 1907
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Harold Hardman
goals2 =
stadium = Goodison Park, Liverpool----footballbox
date = February 23, 1907
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–3
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Charlie O'Hagan, Harold Sloan
goals2 = Richard Morris, Billy Meredith, William Jones
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast----footballbox
date = March 4, 1907
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Grenville Morris
goals2 =
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 16, 1907
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Francis O'Rourke, Bobby Walker, Charlie Thomson (P)
goals2 =
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 18, 1907
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Jimmy Stewart
goals2 = William Jones
stadium = Craven Cottage, London----footballbox
date = April 6, 1907
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Steve Bloomer
goals2 = "Own Goal" (Robert Crompton)
stadium = St James' Park, Newcastle

References

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