1909–10 British Home Championship

1909–1910 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	12 February – 11 April 1910
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Scotland (10th title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grenville Morris and Robert Evans (2 goals)

The 1909–10 British Home Championship was an annual football competition played between the British Home Nations during the second half of the 1909/10 season. It was won by Scotland after a very close three-way competition between the Scots, England and Ireland which Scotland only won by a single point, Ireland and England coming joint second with Wales trailing, again by a single point.

England and Ireland were well matched throughout the contest, drawing in their opening match, a result which gave Scotland the advantage after they narrowly beat Wales in Kilmarnock during their opening game. Their challenge faltered in the second game as Ireland beat them by the same scoreline in Belfast. England too achieved a 1–0 win, over Wales in Cardiff. This put England and Ireland at the head of the table, but they were soon surpassed by the Scots, who defeated England 2–0 in Glasgow. Ireland's bid for the trophy was forestalled by Wales in the final match of the competition, who won 4–1 to score their only points of the competition in a powerful performance.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland (C)	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
England	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
Ireland	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	3
Wales	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2

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

12 February 1910

Ireland	1 – 1	England
43' Frank Thompson		51' Harold Fleming

Solitude, Belfast

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Alex Jackson (Scotland)

5 March 1910

Scotland	1 – 0	Wales
Archie Devine 86'

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Herbert S. Bamlett (England)

14 March 1910

Wales	0 – 1	England
		66' Andrew Ducat

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: James Stark (Scotland)

19 March 1910

Ireland	1 – 0	Scotland
Frank Thompson 54'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: John Thomas Howcroft (England)

2 April 1910

Scotland	2 – 0	England
Jimmy McMenemy 20' Jimmy Quinn 32'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 106,205

Referee: James Mason (England)

11 April 1910

Wales	4 – 1	Ireland
45', 72' Grenville Morris 24', 30' Robert Evans		47' (pen.) Johnny Darling

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: James Mason (England)

References

"British Championship 1910". 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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