1921–22 British Home Championship

1921–1922 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	23 October 1921 –11 April 1922
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Scotland (12th title)
Runners-up	Shared: England/ Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrew Wilson and Billy Gillespie (3 goals)

The 1921–22 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1921–22 season between the British Home Nations. Scotland were victorious as part of a string of seven victories during the 1920s. England and Wales came joint second with Ireland coming last.

The competition began with Wales, the other strong side of the decade, gaining an immediate advantage, capitalising on a weak draw between England and Ireland to take two points from Scotland at home. This momentum was not sustained however, and Scotland bounced back to beat Ireland as Wales lost 1–0 to England in Liverpool. In the final matches all four teams could still claim victory, but a tame draw between Wales and Ireland left the deciding game between England and Scotland. Despite a strong performance from England, the Scots proved the better side, running out 1–0 winners to claim the trophy. By virtue of their draws with Ireland, England and Wales were equal on points in second places whilst the same draws gave Ireland their only points of the competition.

Table

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

22 October 1921

Ireland	1 – 1	England
28' Billy Gillespie		33' Billy Kirton

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alex Jackson (Scotland)

4 February 1922

Wales	2 – 1	Scotland
Len Davies 7' Stan Davies 25'		66' Sandy Archibald

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

4 March 1922

Scotland	2 – 1	Ireland
Andrew Wilson 61', 83'		43' Billy Gillespie

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

13 March 1922

England	1 – 0	Wales
3' Bob Kelly

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Joe Forshaw (England)

1 April 1922

Ireland	1 – 1	Wales
7' Billy Gillespie		87' Len Davies

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

8 April 1922

England	0 – 1	Scotland
		62' Andrew Wilson

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 33,646

Referee: Thomas R. Dougray (Scotland)

References

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

"British Championship 1921-1922". EU-Football. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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