1931–32 British Home Championship

The 1931-32 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1931–32 football season. It was won by England, who succeeded in beating all three of their rivals during the course of the competition.

Scotland began the tournament with victory over Ireland in Glasgow, which was followed by a heavy English victory over Ireland in Belfast. England and Scotland, now favourites for the trophy, both played and beat Wales, England at home and Scotland in Wrexham, setting up a final decider at Wembley. In their consolation game Ireland secured third place with a strong victory over Wales who therefore lost all three of their matches. In the England/Scotland final, Scotland were outclassed by their opponents who ran out 3–0 winners to take the trophy for the third year in a row.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	6	3	3	0	12	3	+9
Scotland	4	3	2	1	6	6	0
Ireland	2	3	1	2	7	9	−2
Wales	0	3	0	3	3	10	−7

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Scotland v Ireland

19 September 1931

Scotland	3 – 1	Ireland
George Stevenson 5' Jimmy McGrory 34' Bob McPhail 75'		21' Jimmy Dunne

Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Isaac Caswell (England)

Ireland v England

17 October 1931

Ireland	2 – 6	England
Jimmy Kelly Jimmy Dunne		Tom Waring 2 Eric Houghton 2 Jack Smith Ernie Hine

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v Scotland

31 October 1931

Wales	2 – 3	Scotland
Ernest Curtis 12' (Pen.), 78'		25' George Stevenson 31' Bertie Thomson 54' Jimmy McGrory

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 10,860
Referee: Isaac Caswell (England)

England v Wales

18 November 1931

England	3 – 1	Wales
Jack Smith Sammy Crooks Ernie Hine

Anfield, Liverpool

Ireland v Wales

5 December 1931

Ireland	4 – 0	Wales
Jimmy Kelly 2 Willie Millar Joe Bambrick

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Scotland

9 April 1932

England	3 – 0	Scotland
Tom Waring 36' Bobby Barclay 80' Sammy Crooks 88'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 92,180
Referee: Samuel Thompson (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.

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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