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
Third place Wales
Fourth place Ireland
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 1967–68 British Home Championship football was the final stage of the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying for the Home Nations, and provided revenge for an England team smarting from a defeat on their home ground to the Scots just months after winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup which cost them the 1966–67 British Home Championship. The English victories against Wales and Ireland in the first two games meant that going into the final match they only required a draw, which they eventually achieved in a hard-fought match, winning the tournament and the place in the European Championship. The Scots started badly against the unfancied Irish, losing in Belfast, and never recovered, scraping a win against Wales and needing a win against a dominant England team. The Irish were unable to capitalise on an excellent start, losing to England and Wales and coming fourth, whilst the Welsh managed a win against Ireland in their final game to scrape into joint third place after a terrible start.

Table

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

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

England 2–0 Northern 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 Northern Ireland
Rees 75'
W. Davies 84'
Report
Attendance: 17,548
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

References

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