1963–64 British Home Championship

The 1963-64 British Home Championship international Home Nations football tournament was an unusual affair in which victory was shared between the England, Scotland and Northern Ireland national football teams after all teams scored four points by beating Wales and then winning one and losing one of their remaining matches. Goal difference was not at this stage used to determine team positions in the tournament, but if it had been, England would have won with a goal difference of +8 with Scotland second and Northern Ireland third.

England began the tournament the stronger side, defeating Wales 4–0 in Cardiff. Northern Ireland too began well, beating the fancied Scots in a close game in Belfast. In the second round England took the lead with a thumping 8–3 victory over Northern Ireland at home, in which Jimmy Greaves and Terry Paine both scored hat-tricks. The Scots gained some ground on the leaders by beating Wales in a close game in Glasgow in which John White scored. He was killed just two months after the tournament concluded. In the final matches, played at the close of the domestic season, England needed only a draw against Scotland to claim the trophy, whilst Northern Ireland had to beat Wales to have any hope of reaching parity. Northern Ireland were successful in another close game at Swansea, but Scotland edged England 1–0 to claim their own third share of the Championship.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
England	4	3	2	1	12	4	+8
Scotland	4	3	2	1	4	3	+1
Northern Ireland	4	3	2	1	8	11	−3
Wales	0	3	0	3	3	9	−6

The points system worked as follows:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw

Results

Northern Ireland v Scotland

12 October 1963

Northern Ireland	2 – 1	Scotland
Billy Bingham, Sammy Wilson		Ian St John

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v England

12 October 1963

Wales	0 – 4	England
		Bobby Smith 2, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v Wales

20 November 1963

Scotland	2 – 1	Wales
Denis Law, John White		Barrie Jones

Hampden Park, Glasgow

England v Northern Ireland

20 November 1963

England	8–3	Northern Ireland
Jimmy Greaves 4, Terry Paine 3, Bobby Smith		Sammy Wilson 2, Jobby Crossan

Wembley Stadium, London

Scotland v England

11 April 1964

Scotland	1 – 0	England
Alan Gilzean

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Wales v Northern Ireland

15 April 1964

Wales	2 – 3	Northern Ireland
Brian Godfrey, Wyn Davies		Sammy Wilson, Jimmy McLaughlin, Martin Harvey

Vetch Field, Swansea

References

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

1963–64 in English football

« 1962–63

1964–65 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Sunderland Swindon Town Swansea Town

Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Walsall Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Newport County Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

1963–64 in Scottish football

« 1962–63 1964–65 »

Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.