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 Northern Ireland in their final fixture. Since goal difference was not at this time used to determine position, England, Wales and Scotland shared the trophy.

1969–70 British Home Championship

Tournament details
Dates	18–25 April 1970
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	England  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	8 (1.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	8 players (1 goal each)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Wales (C)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Scotland (C)	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	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) Co-champions

Results

18 April 1970

Wales	1–1	England
Krzywicki 40'		Lee 71'

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 40,126

Referee: Tiny Wharton (Scotland)

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18 April 1970

Ireland	0–1	Scotland
		O'Hare 58'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Eric Jennings (England)

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21 April 1970

England	3–1	Ireland
Peters 6' Hurst 57' B. Charlton 81'		Best 50'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viú (Spain)

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22 April 1970

Scotland	0–0	Wales

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,434

Referee: David Smith (England)

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25 April 1970

Scotland	0–0	England

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 137,438

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

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25 April 1970

Wales	1–0	Ireland
Rees 36'

Vetch Field, Swansea

Attendance: 27,067

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

References

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

External links

• Full Results and Line-ups