1938–39 British Home Championship

The 1938-39 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1938–39 seasons and was the last edition of the tournament to be completed before the outbreak of the Second World War in August 1939 suspended all professional sporting competitions. As a result, this was the final opportunity for many spectators to see their sporting heroes in an international setting, as players such as Wales's Dai Astley or Scotland's Tommy Walker would no longer be young enough to play for their country by the time professional football began again in 1946.

The opening matches saw an immediate advantage for Wales and Scotland who beat England and Northern Ireland respectively. Scotland then followed by beating the Welsh in their second match during a close contest whilst England succeeded in victory over the Irish by a seven goal margin to bring them into joint second place behind the Scots. During the match, Willie Hall scored five goals, an English record that has been equalled but never broken as of 2007. In the final games, Wales beat the Irish resulting in a whitewash of three defeats for Ireland and joint first place for the Welsh. England joined Wales and Scotland on four points with a 2–1 victory over Scotland in Glasgow to share the title between the three nations, as goal difference was not at this stage used to determine position. The win was sealed by a goal from Tommy Lawton, who scored in all of England's matches

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	2	1	11	5	+6
Wales	4	3	2	1	9	6	+3
Scotland	4	3	2	1	6	4	+2
Ireland	0	3	0	3	1	12	−11

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Ireland v Scotland

8 October 1938

Ireland	0 – 2	Scotland
		Jimmy Delaney, Tommy Walker

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v England

22 October 1938

Wales	4 – 2	England
Dai Astley 2, Barrie Jones, Idris Hopkins		Stanley Matthews, Tommy Lawton (P)

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v Wales

9 November 1938

Scotland	3 – 2	Wales
Tommy Walker 2, Torrance Gillick		Dai Astley, Leslie Jones

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

England v Ireland

16 November 1938

England	7 – 0	Ireland
Willie Hall 5, Stanley Matthews, Tommy Lawton

Manchester

Wales v Ireland

15 March 1939

Wales	3 – 1	Ireland
Horace Cumner, Pat Glover, Les Boulter		Dudley Milligan

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Scotland v England

15 April 1939

Scotland	1 – 2	England
Jimmy Dougal		Albert Beasley, Tommy Lawton

Hampden 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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