1948–49 British Home Championship

August 2020 October 2023 British Home Championship 1948–49 United Kingdom 9 October 1948 – 9 April 1949 4 SCO ENG 6 24 IRE 1783 Davy Walsh (4) 1947–48 1949–50 The 1948–49 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations. The tournament was notable for it being the final competition the Home Nations competed in before they joined the FIFA World Cup and thus the last time it was the most important international football tournament in Britain. England began the tournament the strongest with a 6–2 success over the Irish in Belfast. Scotland began well also, beating the Welsh in Cardiff, which they followed with a narrow success against Ireland in a highly competitive match. England too took maximum points from their second game with a close 1–0 win over the Welsh. In the final games, Wales beat Ireland to take third place whilst the Scots succeeded in strongly defeating England at Wembley Stadium to take the championship. Table main WDL n 2 SCO SCO ENG ENG WAL WAL 1807 IRE IRE 3 0 0 9 4 C 2 0 1 8 5 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 4 11 #ccffcc C complete 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Results 9 October 1948 IRE 2–6 ENG Walsh Mortensen Matthews Milburn Pearson Windsor Park, Belfast 23 October 1948 WAL 1807 1–3 SCO Jones 25 Howie 15Waddell 27 43 Ninian Park, Cardiff 59,911 Scottish FA David Maxwell (Ireland) 10 November 1948 ENG 1–0 WAL 1807 Finney   Villa Park, Birmingham Jack Mowat (Scotland)Matches refereed by John Mowatt 17 November 1948 SCO 3–2 IRE Houliston 29 89Mason 73 Walsh 1 5 Hampden Park, Glasgow 93,000 William H. Evans (England) 9 March 1949 IRE 0–2 WAL 1807   Edwards Ford Windsor Park, Belfast 9 April 1949 ENG 1–3 SCO Milburn 75 Mason 28Steel 52Reilly 61 Wembley Stadium, London 98,188 Mervyn Griffiths (Wales) References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1948–49 Home Championship Category:1948–49 in European men's international football Category:1948–49 in Scottish football Category:1948–49 in Welsh football Category:1948–49 in Northern Ireland association football