1976–77 British Home Championship

April 2022 1976–77 British Home Championship 28 May – 4 June 1977 4 SCO 41 WAL 6 12 SCO Kenny Dalglish (3) 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 British Home Championship launched a brand new era in Home Nations football during its final game, when jubilant Scottish fans invaded the pitch at Wembley Stadium following their team's 2–1 victory. Unlike a similar occasion in 1967, family football had given way to hooliganism and extensive damage was done to the stadium and riots in London throughout the night followed the occasion. It was events like this which eventually led to the tournament's cancellation in 1984.October 2023 The tournament itself was an open affair, with an opening victory for England cancelled out by a Scottish win over Northern Ireland and English defeat to Wales. The Welsh stood a good chance of winning the tournament outright for the first time since 1937, but could not beat the Irish in their final match, and ended up in a rare second-place position. The Scots and English thus faced each other in the final match knowing the winner would take the trophy, the Scots achieving a victory on England's home ground to take the trophy for the second year in a row and demonstrate their dominance in British football. The match was followed by a mass pitch invasion by Scottish supporters.https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.ie/2017/06/the-british-home-championship-part.html 1977 British Home Championship Soccer Nostalgia 24 June 2017 25 July 2017 This tournament, as of 2025, is the most recent occasion when Wales defeated England away from home.England and Wales to play Wembley friendly https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy5n4vq71zpo 20 February 2025 BBC News Table main WDL n 2 SCO SCO WAL WAL ENG ENG NIR NIR 2 1 0 5 1 C 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 3 4 0 1 2 2 6 #ccffcc C complete 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Results 28 May 1977 WAL 0–0 SCO Report (Page 24) Malcolm Moffatt (Northern Ireland) Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 28 May 1977 NIR 1–2 ENG Report McGrath 4 Channon 27 Tueart 86 Brian McGinlay (Scotland) Windsor Park, Belfast 31 May 1977 ENG 0–1 WAL James 44 pen. John Gordon (Scotland) Wembley Stadium, London 1 June 1977 SCO 3–0 NIR Report (Page 18) Dalglish 37 79 McQueen 61 John Gow (Wales) Hampden Park, Glasgow 3 June 1977 NIR 1–1 WAL Nelson 46 Deacy 27 Jack Taylor (England) Windsor Park, Belfast 4 June 1977 ENG 1–2 SCO Report (Page 16) Channon 87 pen. McQueen 42 Dalglish 60 Károly Palotai (Hungary) Wembley Stadium, London Goalscorers 3 goals SCO Kenny Dalglish 2 goals ENG Mick Channon SCO Gordon McQueen 1 goal ENG Dennis Tueart NIR Chris McGrath NIR Sammy Nelson WAL Nick Deacy WAL Leighton James References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 External links Full Results and Line-ups 1976–77 Home Championship Category:1976–77 in European men's international football Category:1976–77 in Scottish football Category:1976–77 in Welsh football Category:1976–77 in Northern Ireland association football Category:May 1977 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:June 1977 sports events in the United Kingdom