1905 British Home Championship

The 1905 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It was competed in the second half of the 1904/05 football season and saw England win the championship for the third time in a row with two victories and a draw. Wales, despite losing to England, came in second as part of a strong run which would result in victory at the 1907 British Home Championship. Scotland and Ireland came joint third with two points a piece.

England and Ireland kicked off the competition in February 1905 with a hard fought 1-1 draw in Middlesbrough. In early March, Wales and Scotland began their tournaments with Wales easily beating the Scots in Wrexham and taking the top of the table. Scotland responded to the defeat with a 4-0 rout of the Irish in their second game, and England then moved to the head of the table with a 3-1 victory over the Welsh at home. England then beat Scotland in London to make them winners unless Wales could win against Ireland in Belfast. In the culminating match the Welsh played hard and scored twice, but it was not enough to secure victory and the trophy went to England.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = February 25, 1905
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Steve Bloomer
goals2 = "Own Goal"
stadium = Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough----footballbox
date = March 6, 1905
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Walter Watkins, Grenville Morris, Billy Meredith
goals2 = John Robertson
stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham----footballbox
date = March 18, 1905
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 4–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Charlie Thomson 2 (2P), Bobby Walker, Jimmy Quinn
goals2 =
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 27, 1905
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Vivian Woodward 2, Stanley Harris
goals2 = Arthur Morris
stadium = Anfield, Liverpool----footballbox
date = April 1, 1905
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Joe Bache
goals2 =
stadium = The Crystal Palace, London----footballbox
date = April 8, 1905
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Charlie O'Hagan, Neil Murphy
goals2 = Walter Watkins, Robert Atherton
stadium = Solitude Ground, Belfast

References

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