1969–70 British Home Championship

The 1969-70 British Home Championship Home Nations international football tournament was a heavily contested series which contradicted the common view that it would be little more than a warm-up for the English team prior to the 1970 FIFA World Cup, at which they were to defend the title they had won on home soil four years earlier. They had won the two previous tournaments and were considered much stronger than the other three home nations, none of whom had qualified for the finals in Mexico. The English however struggled in their opening fixture, drawing with the Welsh away, and although they subsequently beat the Irish, were unable to overcome the Scots. Scotland had a good opening to the campaign, but drew their last two games, whilst Wales salvaged parity following a victory over Ireland in their final fixture. Since goal difference was not at this time used to determine position, England, Wales and Scotland shared the trophy. Had modern scoring techniques been in place, England would have won, followed by the Welsh and the Scots.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Wales	4	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
Scotland	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1
Ireland	0	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Wales v England

18 April 1970

Wales	1 – 1	England
Dick Krzywicki		Francis Lee

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Ireland v Scotland

18 April 1970

Ireland	0 – 1	Scotland
		John O'Hare 58'

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Ireland

21 April 1970

England	3 – 1	Ireland
Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters		George Best

Wembley Stadium, London

Scotland v Wales

22 April 1970

Scotland	0 – 0	Wales

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Scotland v England

25 April 1970

Scotland	0 – 0	England

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Wales v Ireland

25 April 1970

Wales	1 – 0	Ireland
Ronnie Rees

Vetch Field, Swansea

References

Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

British Home Championship

Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Competitors	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Seasons	1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 Second World War 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84

Rous Cup Nations Cup Matches outside the British Home Championship

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