1936 British Home Championship

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The 1936 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1935/36 season. It was won by Scotland after a close contest between Scotland, Wales and England. England began the tournament the stronger team, with a 3-1 win over Ireland in Belfast while Scotland struggled to a 1-1 draw with Wales. Scotland recovered to beat Ireland in their second match whilst England dropped position after defeat by Wales. Wales and Ireland played a tough, high-scoring game which might have given Wales the title, but was ultimately won by the Irish, whilst Scotland came to London knowing that only a win would be enough to give them the trophy. In a furious attacking game the end result; 1-1, was enough to give Scotland an undisputed tournament success.

[edit] Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	4	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
England	3	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Wales	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Ireland	2	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

[edit] Results

October 5, 1935	Wales	1–1	Scotland	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Charlie Phillips		Dally Duncan	Ninian Park, Cardiff

October 19, 1935	Ireland	1–3	England	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Jackie Brown		Fred Tilson 2, Eric Brook	Windsor Park, Belfast

November 13, 1935	Scotland	2–1	Ireland	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
	Tommy Walker, Dally Duncan		Jimmy Kelly	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

February 5, 1936	England	1–2	Wales	Molineux, Wolverhampton
	Ray Bowden		Dai Astley, Bryn Jones	Molineux, Wolverhampton

March 11, 1936	Ireland	3–2	Wales	Celtic Park, Belfast
	James Gibb, Alex Stevenson, Norman Kernaghan		Dai Astley, Charlie Phillips	Celtic Park, Belfast