1905–06 British Home Championship

The 1905-06 British Home Championship was the 22nd edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. The trophy was shared between the two sides which regularly dominated the competition, England and Scotland who each gained four points.

England and Ireland began the tournament in February 1906, with England scoring five goals without reply and riing to the head of the table. Wales joined them after their match with Scotland which they won in Edinburgh 2–0. Scotland recovered to beat Ireland by a single goal and England then moved ahead by beating Wales with an identical scoreline. Playing for lower rankings, Wales and Ireland fought out a thrilling 4–4 draw in Cardiff before the deciding game between England and Scotland. England needed only a draw to take the trophy undisputed, but Scotland played well and in flowing match triumphed 2–1 to share the honours.

Parts of the Wales vs Ireland match at Wrexham were filmed by the Blackburn company of Mitchell and Kenyon, and is now the oldest surviving footage of an international football match.^[1]

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	3	3	0
Wales	3	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1
Ireland	1	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v England

17 February 1906

Ireland	0 – 5	England
		Dicky Bond 2, Arthur Brown, Stanley Harris, Samuel Day

Solitude, Belfast

Scotland v Wales

3 March 1906

Scotland	0 – 2	Wales
		Lot Jones, John Love Jones

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Ireland v Scotland

17 March 1906

Ireland	0 – 1	Scotland
		Thomas Fitchie

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Wales v England

19 March 1906

Wales	0 – 1	England
		Samuel Day

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Wales v Ireland

2 April 1906

Wales	4 – 4	Ireland
William Green 3, Hugh Morgan-Owen		Jimmy Maxwell 2, Harold Sloan 2

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v England

7 April 1906

Scotland	2 – 1	England
James Howie 2		Albert Shepherd

Hampden Park, Glasgow

References

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

Notes

↑ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

British Home Championship

Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Competitors	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

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Rous Cup Nations Cup Home Nation matches since 1984

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