1972–73 British Home Championship

September 2020 1972–73 British Home Championship 12–19 May 1973 4 ENG 48 NIR 6 13 ENG Martin Chivers (3) 1971–72 1973–74 October 2023 The 1972–73 British Home Championship international Home Nations football tournament was, like its predecessor in 1972, a victim of The Troubles in Northern Ireland which had erupted following Bloody Sunday the previous year. As with the previous year in the rugby union 1972 Five Nations Championship, threats were made by Republican activists against visiting British teams, which in this year meant England and Wales. To prevent violence but keep the tournament running, Northern Ireland's "home" games were transferred to Goodison Park, the home of Everton F.C. in Liverpool in England. This step meant that Ireland played just a short ferry ride from Belfast (where the match was originally scheduled) in a city with a substantial Irish population, but where the police were able to exercise a greater measure of control over who was able to attend. The shift to England did not substantially hinder the Irish, who claimed a rare and respectable second place behind England, who achieved yet another whitewash of their near neighbours. Beating the Irish in Liverpool to match Scotland's win over Wales, England then inflicted defeat on the same team at Wembley, whilst the Irish recovered from their first game to beat the Scots in Scotland. In the final two games, Northern Ireland beat Wales, setting up a close encounter in the final game, in which a draw or win would give England the tournament. The game was a close encounter, made more interesting by an English 5–0 thrashing of Scotland two months earlier in a testimonial match celebrating one hundred years of international football. England however, eventually triumphed by a single goal from Martin Peters, winning the trophy for another year. Table main WDL n 2 ENG ENG NIR NIR SCO SCO WAL WAL 3 0 0 6 1 C 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 6 #ccffcc C complete 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Results 12 May 1973 WAL 0–2 SCO Graham 60 70 James Lawther (Northern Ireland) Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 18,682 12 May 1973 NIR 1–2 ENG Clements 22 pen. Chivers 9 82 Clive Thomas (Wales) Goodison Park, Liverpool 29,865 15 May 1973 ENG 3–0 WAL Chivers 24 Channon 32 Peters 75 John Patterson (Scotland) Wembley Stadium, London 38,000 16 May 1973 SCO 1–2 NIR Dalglish 89 O'Neill 3 Anderson 16 Ken Burns (England) Hampden Park, Glasgow 39,018 19 May 1973 NIR 1–0 WAL Hamilton 14 Bobby Davidson (Scotland) Goodison Park, Liverpool 4,946 19 May 1973 ENG 1–0 SCO Peters 54 Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) Wembley Stadium, London 95,950 References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 External links Full Results and Line-ups 1972–73 Home Championship Category:1972–73 in European men's international football Category:1972–73 in Scottish football Category:1972–73 in Welsh football Category:1972–73 in Northern Ireland association football Category:May 1973 sports events in the United Kingdom