1958–59 British Home Championship

April 2022 October 2023 1958–59 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 4 October 1958 – 11 April 1959 4 ENGNIR Ireland 6 23 ENG Bobby Charlton (3) 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It came the year after the notable failure of England and Scotland to impress at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, for which all four nations qualified for the only time. Wales and Northern Ireland were the only achievers, both reaching the quarter-finals after playoffs. Many of these problems stemmed also from the deaths of a number of international players from some teams in the Munich air disaster the year before. During the Home Championship, the Ireland team took the unusual step of flying to Madrid for a friendly game against Spain between the matches against England and Scotland. The trip was, however, not a success, the Irish losing 2–6 with goals from Billy Bingham and Jimmy McIlroy. For the second successive year, the tournament was tied between England and Ireland, as both managed a draw and a win against the other two teams in addition to the high-scoring mutual draw which began the competition. Scotland came second after comfortably beating Wales, drawing with the Irish but then narrowly losing to England in London, which cost them a share of first place. Wales recovered from their defeat to the Scots to draw with England in the second match but lost heavily to the Irish in their final game, and so finished last. Table main WDL n 2 NIR NIR Ireland ENG England SCO Scotland WAL Wales 1953 1 2 0 9 6 C 1 2 0 6 5 C 1 1 1 5 3 0 1 2 3 9 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 4 October 1958 NIR Ireland 3–3 England Cush Peacock Casey Charlton Finney Windsor Park, Belfast 18 October 1958 Wales 1953 0–3 Scotland   Leggat Law Collins Ninian Park, Cardiff 5 November 1958 Scotland 2–2 NIR Ireland Collins Herd McIlroy Caldow o.g. Hampden Park Glasgow 26 November 1958 England 2–2 Wales 1953 Broadbent Tapscott Allchurch Villa Park, Birmingham 22 April 1959 NIR Ireland 4–1 Wales 1953 McParland Peacock McIlroy Tapscott Windsor Park, Belfast 11 April 1959 England 1–0 Scotland Charlton   Wembley Stadium, London References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1958–59 Home Championship Category:1958–59 in European men's international football Category:1958–59 in Scottish football Category:1958–59 in Welsh football Category:1958–59 in Northern Ireland association football