1891–92 British Home Championship

The 1891-92 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was won by England who won all three games against their rivals, even though they played two games on the same day against Wales and Ireland, providing a team of amateaur players for the Welsh match and professionals against Ireland, both teams forging solid 2–0 victories. Scotland came second, winning their matches against Wales and Ireland, who shared third place after drawing with one another.

England's double victories came shortly after the Welsh-Irish draw in Bangor and it gave them an immediate advantage over their opponents. The Scottish team then played their games, narrowly beating Ireland in Belfast and defeating Wales by a crushing 6–1 scoreline to equal England's points tally and become favourites. In the final match at Glasgow, England and Scotland played out a decider which England won easily, scoring four early goals to which Scotland could only reply with a single goal of their own.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
Wales	1	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Wales v Ireland

27 February 1892

Wales	1 – 1	Ireland
Benjamin Lewis		Olphie Stanfield

Penrhyn Park, Bangor

Wales v England

5 March 1892

Wales	0 – 2	England
		Arthur Henfrey, Rupert Sandilands

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Ireland v England

5 March 1892

Ireland	0 – 2	England
		Harry Daft 2

Solitude, Belfast

Ireland v Scotland

19 March 1892

Ireland	2 – 3	Scotland
James Williamson, George Gaffkin		Sandy McMahon, William Lambie, James Ellis

Solitude, Belfast

Scotland v Wales

26 March 1892

Scotland	6 – 1	Wales
James Hamilton 2, John McPherson 2, William Thomson, David Baird		Benjamin Lewis

Tynecastle, Edinburgh

Scotland v England

2 April 1892

Scotland	1 – 4	England
Jack Bell		Johnny Goodall 2, Edgar Chadwick, Jack Southworth

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

References

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

British Home Championship

Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Competitors	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Seasons	1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 Second World War 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Rous Cup Nations Cup Home Nation matches since 1984

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