1888–89 British Home Championship

June 2020 1888–89 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 23 February – 27 April 1889 4 SCO 5 ENG 6 28 SCO Willie GrovesENG Billy BassettWAL 1807 Richard JarrettENG John Yates (3 goals) 1887–88 1889–90 The 1888–89 British Home Championship was the sixth international football tournament between the British Home Nations and as with all but one of the previous tournaments, Scotland won, beating England by one point to take the championship. Wales achieved third place whilst Ireland finished bottom, as they had for five of the previous competitions. England began the strongest team, scoring ten goals in their first two matches against Wales and Ireland for just two in reply. Scotland then showed their intent with a 7–0 defeat of Ireland at home in their first game. In what would turn out to be the deciding game of the competition, England and Scotland then played out a very fast-paced match which Scotland won 3–2 despite England's home advantage. Only needing a single point against Wales in their last match, Scotland only just achieved it, finishing with a rare scoreless draw. Ireland and Wales then played the decider for last place, Wales comfortably beating the Irish 3–1. Table main WDL n 2 SCO SCO ENG ENG WAL WAL 1807 IRE IRE 2 1 0 10 2 2 0 1 12 5 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 3 2 16 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. #ccffcc C complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhc1884-99.html British Home Championship 1884–1899 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Macario Reyes Neil Morrison 1 October 1999 17 August 2019 http://www.scotlandfootballstats.co.uk/competitions/british-championships/1889 British Championships 1889 Scotland Football Stats 6 October 2022 Results 23 February 1889 ENG 4–1 WAL 1807 Johnny Goodall Dewhurst Southworth Bassett Owen Victoria Ground, Stoke 6,000 John Campbell(Scotland) 2 March 1889 ENG 6–1 IRE Yates Shelton Lofthouse Brodie James Wilton Anfield, Liverpool 6,500 Alfred Davies(Wales) 9 March 1889 SCO 7–0 IRE Watt 7 10Black 25Groves 32 50 70McInnes 88   Ibrox Park, Glasgow 6,000 William H. Stacey (England) 13 April 1889 ENG 2–3 SCO Billy Bassett 15 17 Munro 55Oswald 82McLaren 90 Kennington Oval, London 10,000 John Sinclair (Ireland) 15 April 1889 WAL 1807 0–0 SCO     Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 6,000 John Sinclair (Ireland) 27 April 1889 IRE 1–3 WAL 1807 Lemon Jarrett Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast 1,500 Thomas Park (Scotland) Winning squad SCO NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WAL 1807WALMon 15 Apr 1889 Wales 0 Scotland 0, London Hearts Supporters Club IREIRESat 09 Mar 1889 Scotland 7 Ireland 0, London Hearts Supporters Club ENGENGSat 13 Apr 1889 England 2 Scotland 3, London Hearts Supporters Club Apps GoalsFrank Watt11/222Willie Groves1/313James McLaren1/111Jimmy Oswald1/111Neil Munro1/111Tom McInnes1/111David Black1/111Walter Arnott110William Berry110Geordie Dewar110James Kelly110Alex Latta110John McPherson110Bob Smellie110James Wilson110James Adams110Bob Boyd110John Buchanan110David Calderhead110Ned Doig110Thomas McKeown110Thomas Robertson110John Auld110Harry Campbell110Jimmy Hannah110William Johnston110Alexander Lochhead110John McLeod110Willie Paul110John Rae110Allan Stewart110Andrew Thomson110 References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1888–89 Home Championship Category:1888–89 in European men's international football Category:1888–89 in Scottish football Category:1888–89 in Welsh football Category:1888–89 in Irish association football