1929–30 British Home Championship

The 1929–30 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. 1930 was the year in which the tournament finally gained a serious rival as the premier international football competition, with the inception of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, held in Uruguay. The Home Nations were not however members of FIFA due to disputes over the growing professionalism in continental and South American football. As a result, they were not able to attend and indicated that even if they were invited they would have no interest in attending, deeming foreign opposition too weak for serious contest. The England team, which dominated the 1930 championship, had lost to Spain the year before in the first defeat by a foreign football team, and in the same year they only managed draws with Germany and Austria. The Scottish side, which had won most of the previous ten championships, was likewise unprepared, only playing its first game outside the British Isles in 1929, and being heavily defeated on tour in 1931 by both the Austrians and the Italians.

The tournament reflected the highly attacking style of play popular in Britain at the time, with very high scoring in all games, the lowest total was three and two games saw seven goals and two more six. The English won all three matches at a canter, scoring fourteen goals and brushing aside their opposition to take the title. The fancied Scots also performed well, winning against Wales and Northern Ireland before succumbing to England in the final match. In the decider for last place, the Irish hammered the Welsh seven goals to nil at Windsor Park, taking third place in an exciting competition which even at this stage many still considered the world's most prestigious.

Table[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	3	0	14	2	+12	6
Scotland	3	2	1	9	8	+1	4
Ireland	3	1	2	8	6	+2	2
Wales	3	0	3	2	17	−15	0

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[]

19 October 1929

Ireland	0 – 3	England
		George Camsell 2 Ernie Hine (P)

Windsor Park, Belfast

26 October 1929

Wales	2 – 4	Scotland
Eugene O'Callaghan 47' Len Davies 48'		7', 20' Hughie Gallacher 82' Alex James 88' Jimmy Gibson

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: William McLean (Ireland)

22 November 1929

England	6 – 0	Wales
George Camsell 3 Tommy Johnson 2 Hugh Adcock

Wembley Stadium, London

1 February 1930

Ireland	7 – 0	Wales
Joe Bambrick 6 Andy McCluggage

Celtic Park, Belfast

22 February 1930

Scotland	3 – 1	Ireland
Hughie Gallacher 31', 61' George Stevenson 72'		39'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 31,808

Referee: Arthur Joseph (England)

5 April 1930

England	5 – 2	Scotland
Vic Watson 11', 28' Ellis Rimmer 30', 55' David Jack 33'		49', 62' Jimmy Fleming

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 87,375

Referee: William McLean (Ireland)

References[]

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.

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