1928–29 British Home Championship

The 1928–29 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1928–29 season. The competition was won by Scotland, who won all three matches with strong attacking football epitomised by Hughie Gallacher, who scored seven of his team's 12 goals in hat tricks over Wales and Ireland.

Both England and Scotland began strongly, England defeating the Irish at home, whilst the Scots did likewise against the Welsh in a commanding performance. England then became tournament front–runners by beating Wales away 3–2. Wales and Ireland drew 2–2 in the last game for the Welsh, a result which put both sides out of contention for tournament champion. Scotland's next match was in Ireland and the ensuing ten goal thriller made them favourites for the trophy as they put seven goals past the Irish, conceding three in return. In the final game, both England and Scotland performed strongly, but buoyed by their recent rout of the Irish in Belfast, Scotland secured the tournament with a late goal from Alec Cheyne.

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland (C)	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7	6
England	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	4
Wales	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1
Ireland	3	0	1	2	6	11	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champion

Results[]

22 October 1928

England	2–1	Ireland
Joe Hulme Dixie Dean		Joe Bambrick

Goodison Park, Liverpool

24 October 1928

Scotland	4–2	Wales
Hughie Gallacher 25', 42', 48' James Dunn 56'		5', 75' Willie Davies

Ibrox Park, Glasgow^[1]

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Arthur H. Kingscott (England)

17 November 1928

Wales	2–3	England
Fred Keenor Jack Fowler		Joe Hulme 2 Ernie Hine

Vetch Field, Swansea

2 February 1929

Wales	2–2	Ireland
Albert Mays Freddie Warren		Andy McCluggage

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

23 February 1929

Ireland	3 – 7	Scotland
Joe Bambrick 16', 58' Dick Rowley 42'		3', 5', 14', 51' Hughie Gallacher 33', 82' Alex Jackson 76' Alex James

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Albert Edward Fogg (England)

13 April 1929^[2]

Scotland	1–0	England
Alec Cheyne 89'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 110,512

Referee: Arthur Joseph (England)

References[]

^ Hard Luck Wales (1928), match footage at British Pathé
^ Scotland - The Champions, video footage from official Pathé News archive

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.

[1] Hard Luck Wales (1928), match footage at British Pathé

[pathe-2] Scotland - The Champions, video footage from official Pathé News archive

[1]

[2]

hide v t British Home Championship
Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Competitors	England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland / Ireland
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