1967–68 British Home Championship

The 1967–68 British Home Championship was the 1967–68 staging of an annual football competition for the British Home Nations. In addition, the results were combined with those of the previous season's championship to form qualifying Group 8 for the 1968 European Championship.

1967–68 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Dates21 October 1967 – 28 February 1968
Teams4
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (43rd title)
Runners-up Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored15 (2.5 per match)
Attendance384,710 (64,118 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Bobby Charlton
England Martin Peters
Scotland Alan Gilzean
(2 goals each)

The tournament was a single round-robin with two points for a win and no ranking tiebreakers like goal difference. England won their first two games, against Wales and Ireland, and going into the final match they were guaranteed at least a share of the Home Championship, but a win for Scotland would see them win the Euro qualifying group. A hard-fought draw gave both titles outright to England. Ireland had surprisingly beat Scotland, but shared third place with Wales after losing to them in the last match.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   England (C) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5 Champions
2   Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3   Wales 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
4   Ireland 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 2
Source: EU-Football
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results

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Wales  0–3  England
Report Peters   34'
B. Charlton   87'
Ball   90' (pen.)
Attendance: 44,960
Referee: John Robertson P. Gordon (Scotland)
Ireland  1–0  Scotland
Clements   69' Report
Attendance: 47,359
Referee: James Finney (England)

England  2–0  Ireland
Hurst   43'
B. Charlton   62'
Report
Attendance: 83,969
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Scotland  3–2  Wales
Gilzean   16', 65'
McKinnon   78'
Report R. Davies   18'
Durban   57'
Attendance: 57,472
Referee: James Finney (England)

Scotland  1–1  England
Hughes   39' Report Peters   19'
Attendance: 134,461
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Wales  2–0  Ireland
Rees   75'
W. Davies   84'
Report
Attendance: 17,548
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

References

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