1908–09 British Home Championship

1908–1909 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	13 February – 3 April 1909
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	England (10th title)
Runners-up	Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	7 Players (2 goals)

The 1908–09 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. England dominated the competition with three wins over their opponents. When placed in the context of their overseas tours to Europe in 1908 and 1909, this made a run of ten victories for the English side led by prolific goalscorer Vivian Woodward. Wales, who were enjoying one of their most successful periods of international football, came second with two victories and Scotland finished third. Ireland finished last with no points and only two goals.

England and Ireland began the tournament with England starting well, scoring four without reply. Wales and Scotland began their competition in March, the Welsh winning a close game in Wrexham 3–2. Scotland's response was a 5–0 thumping of the Irish in a strong display of goalscoring ability. England reaffirmed their position as favourites with a 2–0 win over Wales before Wales too made a final push for the title, becoming the only team in this edition of the tournament to win a match away, beating Ireland 3–2 in Belfast. In the final game, England needed only a draw to win the trophy undisputed. In the event they did better, scoring twice against Scotland without reply to take the trophy.

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	3	0	8	0	+8	6
Wales	3	2	1	6	6	0	4
Scotland	3	1	2	7	5	+2	2
Ireland	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0

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) Champion.

Results

13 February 1909

England	4 – 0	Ireland
60', 80' Vivian Woodward 50', 87' (pen.) George Hilsdon

Park Avenue, Bradford

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: James Stark (Scotland)

1 March 1909

Wales	3 – 2	Scotland
William Davies 23', 39' Lot Jones 26'		70' Bobby Walker 73' Harold Paul

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Thomas P. Campbell (England)

15 March 1909

Scotland	5 – 0	Ireland
Jimmy McMenemy 15', 77' Sandy MacFarlane 20' Charlie Thomson 48' Harold Paul 84'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: James Mason (England)

15 March 1909

England	2 – 0	Wales
15' George Holley 42' Bert Freeman

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: David Philp (Scotland)

20 March 1909

Ireland	2 – 3	Wales
30' Bill Lacey 75' Andy Hunter		42' Lot Jones 62' George Wynn 67' Billy Meredith

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: James B. Stark (Scotland)

3 April 1909

England	2 – 0	Scotland
George Wall 3', 10'

The Crystal Palace, London

Attendance: 23,667

Referee: James B. Stark (Scotland)

References

"British Championship 1909". EU-Football.Info. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

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