1908–09 British Home Championship

June 2020 1908–09 British Home Championship England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales 13 February – 3 April 1909 4 ENG 16 WAL 1807 6 23 7 Players (2 goals) 1907–08 1909–10 The 1908–09 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. England dominated the competition with three wins over their opponents. When placed in the context of their overseas tours to Europe in 1908 and 1909, this made a run of ten victories for the English side led by prolific goalscorer Vivian Woodward. Wales, who were enjoying one of their most successful periods of international football, came second with two victories and Scotland finished third. Ireland finished last with no points and only two goals. England and Ireland began the tournament with England starting well, scoring four without reply. Wales and Scotland began their competition in March, the Welsh winning a close game in Wrexham 3–2. Scotland's response was a 5–0 thumping of the Irish in a strong display of goalscoring ability. England reaffirmed their position as favourites with a 2–0 win over Wales before Wales too made a final push for the title, becoming the only team in this edition of the tournament to win a match away, beating Ireland 3–2 in Belfast. In the final game, England needed only a draw to win the championship undisputed. In the event they did better, scoring twice against Scotland without reply to take the title. Table main WDL n 2 ENG ENG WAL WAL 1807 SCO SCO IRE IRE 3 0 0 8 0 C 2 0 1 6 6 1 0 2 7 5 0 0 3 2 12 #ccffcc C complete British Championship 1909 https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BC-26 EU-Football.Info 7 April 2020 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Results 13 February 1909 ENG 4–0 IRE Woodward 60 80Hilsdon 50 87 pen.   Park Avenue, Bradford 28,000 James Stark (Scotland) 1 March 1909 WAL 1807 3–2 SCO Davies 23 39L. Jones 26 Walker 70 Paul 73 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 6,000 Thomas P. Campbell (England) 15 March 1909 SCO 5–0 IRE McMenemy 15 77MacFarlane 20Thomson 48Paul 84   Ibrox Park, Glasgow 24,000 James Mason (England) 15 March 1909 ENG 2–0 WAL 1807 Holley 15Freeman 42   City Ground, Nottingham 11,500 David Philp (Scotland) 20 March 1909 IRE 2–3 WAL 1807 Lacey 30Hunter 75 L. Jones 42Wynn 62Meredith 67 Grosvenor Park, Belfast 8,000 James B. Stark (Scotland) 3 April 1909 ENG 2–0 SCO Wall 3 10   The Crystal Palace, London 23,667 James B. Stark (Scotland) Winning squad ENG NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WAL 1807WALMonday, 15 March 1909 England 2 Wales 0, England Football Online IREIRESaturday, 13 February 1909 England 4 Ireland 0, England Football Online SCOSCOSaturday, 3 April 1909 England 2 Scotland 0, England Football Online Apps GoalsBob Crompton11130Sam Hardy11130Ben Warren11130William Wedlock11130Vivian Woodward11/222Bert Freeman1/1121George Holley1/1121Evelyn Lintott1120Jesse Pennington1120Fred Pentland1120Arthur Bridgett1120George Wall1/212George Hilsdon1/212Harold Fleming110Colin Veitch110Arthur Berry110Joe Cottle110James Windridge110 References Guy Oliver The Guinness Record of World Soccer 1992 Guinness 0-85112-954-4 1908–09 Home Championship Category:1908–09 in European men's international football Category:1908–09 in Scottish football Category:1908–09 in Welsh football Category:1908–09 in Irish association football