1911 British Home Championship

The 1911 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. After a close competition between England, Scotland and Wales, England won by a single point. Scotland and Wales followed with another point between them above Ireland who failed to gain a single point and only scored two goals.

Wales and Ireland began the tournament with the Welsh winning a close match in Belfast. England played Ireland in the second game with the same scoreline, leaving England and Wales equal at the head of the table. Wales and Scotland drew a hard fought game before Scotland finished Ireland's tournament with a 2-0 win. England and Wales played a match in London in which a Welsh win would have given them the trophy but the English side was too strong and ran out 3-0. In the final game between England and Scotland a win for either side would gain them the championship but England would also win with a draw, a result they achieved at home in Liverpool.

Table

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

Results

footballbox
date = January 28, 1911
team1 = fb-rt|IRE
score = 1–2
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Billy Halligan
goals2 = Billy Davies, Grenville Morris
stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast----footballbox
date = February 11, 1911
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = Albert Shepherd, Robert Evans
goals2 = James McAuley
stadium = Baseball Ground, Derby----footballbox
date = March 6, 1911
team1 = fb-rt|WAL
score = 2–2
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Grenville Morris 2
goals2 = Bob Hamilton 2
stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff----footballbox
date = March 18, 1911
team1 = fb-rt|SCO
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|IRE
goals1 = William Reid, Jimmy McMenemy
goals2 =
stadium = Celtic Park, Glasgow----footballbox
date = March 13, 1911
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|WAL
goals1 = Vivian Woodward 2, George Webb
goals2 =
stadium = The Den, London----footballbox
date = April 3, 1911
team1 = fb-rt|ENG
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|SCO
goals1 = Jimmy Stewart
goals2 = Alexander Higgins
stadium = Goodison Park, Liverpool

References

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