1911_British_Home_Championship

1910–11 British Home Championship

1910–11 British Home Championship

International football competition


The 1910–11 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.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

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 title 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

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Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Results

More information Ireland, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 12,109
Referee: Thomas Rowbotham (England)

More information England, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: David Philp (Scotland)

More information Wales, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: James Mason (England)

More information England, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: James Stark (Scotland)

More information Scotland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Herbert S. Bamlett (England)

More information England, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: William Nunnerley (Wales)

Winning squad

More information Name, Apps/Goals by opponent ...

References

  1. "British Championship 1911". EU-Football. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  • Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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