1938–39 British Home Championship

August 2020 1938–39 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 8 October 1938 – 15 April 1939 4 ENGSCOWAL 1807 6 27 ENG Willie Hall (5) 1937–38 1946–47 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 among 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 main WDL n 2 ENG ENG WAL WAL 1807 SCO SCO IRE IRE 2 0 1 11 5 C 2 0 1 9 6 C 2 0 1 6 4 C 0 0 3 1 12 Co-champions #ccffcc C C C complete 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Results 8 October 1938 IRE 0–2 SCO   Delaney 34Walker 49 Windsor Park, Belfast 40,000 Herbert R. A. Mortimer (England) 22 October 1938 WAL 1807 4–2 ENG Astley B. Jones Hopkins Matthews Lawton pen. Ninian Park, Cardiff 9 November 1938 SCO 3–2 WAL 1807 Gillick 38Walker 83 84 Astley 17L. Jones 85 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh 34,810 Thomas J. Thompson (England) 16 November 1938 ENG 7–0 https://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=222 IRE Lawton 8Hall 36 38 40 55 65Matthews 75 Old Trafford, Manchester 40,386https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6108 England vs Northern Ireland, 16 November 1938 EU-Football Reginald Mortimer (England) 15 March 1939 WAL 1807 3–1 IRE Cumner Glover Boulter Milligan Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 15 April 1939 SCO 1–2 ENG Dougal 20 Beasley 67 Lawton 88 Hampden Park, Glasgow 149,269 William R.Hamilton (Ireland) References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1938–39 Home Championship Category:1938–39 in European men's international football Category:1938–39 in Scottish football Category:1938–39 in Welsh football Category:1938–39 in Northern Ireland association football