1926–27 British Home Championship

The 1926-27 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1926–27 season. It was shared by England and Scotland after a series of high scoring draws in the opening matches left England, Wales and Ireland well behind with Scotland ahead, only for England to defeat Scotland in the deciding game.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	4	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4
England	4	3	1	2	0	8	7	+1
Ireland	2	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2
Wales	2	3	0	2	1	5	8	−3

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

England v Ireland

20 October 1926^[1]

England	3 – 3^[1]	Ireland
George Brown Joe Spence Norman Bullock		Billy Gillespie Bobby Irvine Hugh Davey

Anfield, Liverpool^[1]

Scotland v Wales

30 October 1926

Scotland	3 – 0	Wales
Hughie Gallacher 20' Alex Jackson 35', 73'	Scottish FA

Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 40,500
Referee: John G. Forshaw (England)

Wales v England

12 February 1927

Wales	3 – 3	England
Len Davies 2 Wilf Lewis		Dixie Dean 2 Billy Walker

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Ireland v Scotland

21 February 1927

Ireland	0 – 2	Scotland
		45', 89' Alan Morton

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: George Noel Watson (England)

Scotland v England

2 April 1927

Scotland	1 – 2	England
Alan Morton 48'	Scottish FA	65', 88' Dixie Dean

Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 111,214
Referee: Arthur Ward (England)

Wales v Ireland

9 April 1927

Wales	2 – 2	Ireland
Rees Williams 2		Harold Johnson 2

Ninian Park, Cardiff

References

1 2 3 "England's Matches: 1919-30". England Football Online. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

British Home Championship 1919-20 to 1938-1939 - dates, results, tables and top scorers at RSSSF
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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