1905–06 British Home Championship

June 2020 1905–06 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 17 February – 7 April 1906 4 ENGSCO (shared) 6 20 WAL 1807 William Green IRE Harold Sloan (3 goals) 1904–05 1906–07 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 rising up the rankings. Wales joined them after their match with Scotland which they won in Edinburgh by 2–0. Scotland recovered to beat Ireland by a single goal, and England then moved ahead by beating Wales with an identical scoreline in Cardiff. Playing for lower rankings, Wales and Ireland fought out a 4–4 draw in Wrexham before the deciding game between England and Scotland at Hampden Park; England needed only a draw to take the title outright, but Scotland played well and in a flowing match won 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 this is now the oldest surviving footage of an international football match.John Davies John Davies (historian) Nigel Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Baines Menna Peredur I. Lynch The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales 2008 University of Wales Press Cardiff 282 978-0-7083-1953-6 Table main WDL n 2 ENG ENG SCO SCO WAL WAL 1807 IRE IRE 2 0 1 7 2 C 2 0 1 3 3 C 1 1 1 6 5 0 1 2 4 10 Co-champions #ccffcc C C complete 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Results 17 February 1906 IRE 0–5 ENG   Bond 26 89Brown 32 Harris 56 Day 70 Solitude, Belfast 14,063 Tom Robertson (Scotland) 3 March 1906 SCO 0–2 WAL 1807   Jones 50 L. Jones 65 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh 25,000 John Lewis (England) 17 March 1906 IRE 0–1 SCO   Fitchie 52 Dalymount Park, Dublin 8,000 Frederick Bye (England) 19 March 1906 WAL 1807 0–1 ENG   Day 86 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 15,000 Robert Murray (Scotland) 2 April 1906 WAL 1807 4–4 IRE Green 13 20 28Morgan-Owen 55 Sloan 10 25 74Wales vs Ireland, 2 April 1906 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=4494 EU-Football 6 April 2020 Maxwell 72 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 5,000 Fred Kirkham (England) 7 April 1906 SCO 2–1 ENG Howie 40 55 Shepherd 81 Hampden Park, Glasgow 102,741 William Nunnerley (Wales) Winning squads ENG NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WAL 1807WALMonday, 19 March 1906 Wales 0 England 1, England Football Online IREIRESaturday, 17 February 1906 Ireland 0 England 5, England Football Online SCOSCOSaturday, 7 April 1906 Scotland 2 England 1, England Football Online Apps GoalsDickie Bond11/2132Sammy Day1/11/1132Stan Harris11/1131James Ashcroft11130Bob Crompton11130Colin Veitch11130Ben Warren11130Kelly Houlker1120Herbert Smith1120Albert Shepherd1/111Arthur Brown1/111Herbert Burgess110James Conlin110Harry Makepeace110Alf Common110Gordon Wright110Albert Gosnell110 SCO NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WAL 1807WALSat 03 Mar 1906 Scotland 0 Wales 2, London Hearts Supporters Club IREIRESat 17 Mar 1906 Ireland 0 Scotland 1, London Hearts Supporters Club ENGENGSat 07 Apr 1906 Scotland 2 England 1, London Hearts Supporters Club Apps GoalsDonald McLeod11130Thomas Fitchie11/121John May1120Jimmy Quinn1120Alex Smith1120George Stewart1120Charlie Thomson1120James Howie1/212Andy Aitken110Billy Dunlop110George Livingstone110Peter McBride110Peter McWilliam110Alex Menzies110Alex Raisbeck110Sandy MacFarlane110Alec McNair110Jimmy Raeside110Andrew Richmond110George Wilson110Gladstone Hamilton110David Hill110Harry Rennie110Bobby Walker110James Young110 References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 Notes 1905–06 Home Championship Category:1905–06 in European men's international football Category:1905–06 in Scottish football Category:1905–06 in Welsh football Category:1905–06 in Irish association football