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{{infobox football tournament

| name = British Home Championship

| image = 90px

| imagesize =

| caption =The Jubilee Trophy, awarded from 1935 onward.

| founded = 1884

| qualifier for = FIFA World Cup (1950–54)
European Championship (1968)

| abolished = 1984

| region = British Isles

| number of teams = 4

| current champions = {{fb|Northern Ireland}} (1983–84)

| most successful team = {{fb|England}} (54 titles)

| broadcasters =

| motto =

| website =

| related comps = Rous Cup
2011 Nations Cup

}}

File:Irish Football Association.jpg celebrating the three outright wins of the British Home Championship by (Northern) Ireland; five shared wins are ignored.]]

The British Home Championship{{Efn|Name of the Home Championship in the languages of participating countries:

  • Home International Championship, Home Internationals, British Championship
  • {{langx|ga|An Comórtas Idirnáisiúnta}}
  • {{langx|sco|Hame Internaitional Kemp}}
  • {{langx|gd|Farpais lìg eadar-nàiseanta}}
  • {{langx|cy|Pencampwriaeth y Pedair Gwlad}}[http://www.s4c.cymru/sgorio/hanes/chwefror16/ Cymru yn fyw ar S4C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620024403/http://www.s4c.cymru/sgorio/hanes/chwefror16/ |date=20 June 2018 }} www.sgorio.cymru. Retrieved 28 May 2021.|name=lang}} (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (the last of whom competed as Northern Ireland starting from the late 1950s). Beginning during the 1883–84 season, it is the oldest international association football tournament in the world and it was contested until the 1983–84 season, when it was abolished after 100 years.

History

=Overview=

The first international association football match, between Scotland and England, took place in November 1872. Following that contest, a schedule of international matches between the four home nations gradually developed, the games taking place between January and April of each year. In 1884, for the first time, all six possible matches were played. This schedule (the climax usually being the England v Scotland fixture, the outcome of which was often pivotal in determining the champion) continued without interruption until the First World War.

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! width=15% | England v Scotland

! width=15% | Scotland v Wales

! width=15% | England v Wales

! width=15% | England v Ireland

! width=15% | Wales v Ireland

! width=15% | Scotland v Ireland

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=Development=

Recognition of the international season as constituting a single tournament came slowly. Early reports focused on the rivalries between the two teams in each match, rather than any overall title.For example:

  • {{cite journal |journal=Leeds Mercury |title=Scotland v England |date=7 April 1890 |page=3}} describes the decisive 1890 Scotland v England match only as the "last international match of the season".
  • {{cite journal |journal=Lichfield Mercury |date=10 April 1891 |page=3 |title=Friendly Matches: England v. Scotland}} describes the decisive 1891 England v Scotland match as a "friendly".
  • {{cite journal |title=Hazell's Annual for 1892 |journal=Hazell Annual and Almanack |year=1892 |location=London |publisher=Hazell, Watson & Viney |page=276 |hdl=2027/umn.31951002481791v?urlappend=%3Bseq=304 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002481791v?urlappend=%3Bseq=304 |quote=Altogether England had an exceptionally successful season, winning all three matches, but especial care was taken that no chance of turning the tables on Scotland should be lost |last1=Ingram |first1=Thomas Allan |last2=Hall |first2=Hammond |last3=Palmer |first3=William |last4=Price |first4=E. D. |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520132036/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/html?id=umn.31951002481791v&seq=306 |url-status=live }} Talk of a "championship" began to emerge gradually during the 1890s,{{cite journal |journal=Sheffield and Rotherham Independent |title=Scotland v. England |page=7 |quote=[O]n the result of the match in question the championship depended |date=4 April 1892}}{{cite journal |title=Nottingham and General |journal=Nottingham Evening Post |page=2 |date=7 April 1894 |quote=England and Scotland will meet on Saturday to play for the international championship}} with some writers suggesting the use of a league table between the nations, with 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw (as had been in use for the Football League since 1888).{{cite journal |journal=The Sketch |date=3 April 1895 |page=44 |title=Football}}{{cite journal |journal=Dundee Courier |date=6 April 1896 |title=Results of Previous Matches |page=6}} By 1908 a list of "International Champions" extending all the way back to 1884 was published.{{cite book |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112088954117?urlappend=%3Bseq=263 |page=241 |title=Sport and Athletics in 1908 |location=London |publisher=Chapman and Hall |year=1908 |hdl=2027/uiug.30112088954117?urlappend=%3Bseq=263 |access-date=22 July 2019 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520132114/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/html?id=uiug.30112088954117&seq=266 |url-status=live }}

The championship, although increasingly recognised as such, had no official prize until 1935 (see below), when a trophy for the "British International Championship" was created in honour of the silver jubilee of King George V.

The dates of the fixtures varied, but they tended to bunch towards the end of the season (sometimes the entire competition was held in a few days at the end of the season), except between the World Wars, when some fixtures were played before Christmas. The rise of other international competitions, especially the World Cup and European Championships, meant that the British Home Championship lost much of its prestige as the years went on.

However, the new international tournaments meant that the Championship took on added importance in certain years. The 1949–50 and 1953–54 Championships doubled up as qualifying groups for the 1950 and 1954 World Cups respectively, and the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 Championships were used to determine which team would progress to the second qualifying round of Euro 1968.

The British Home Championship was discontinued after the 1983–84 competition. There were a number of reasons for the tournament's demise, including it being overshadowed by the World Cup and European Championships, falling attendances at all but the England v Scotland games, fixture congestion, the rise of hooliganism, the Troubles in Northern Ireland (civil unrest led to the 1980–81 competition being abandoned), and England's desire to play against "stronger" teams. The fate of the competition was settled when the (English) Football Association, swiftly followed by the Scottish Football Association, announced in 1983 that they would not be entering after the 1983–84 Championship. The British Home Championship trophy remains the property of the Irish FA, as Northern Ireland were the most recent champions.

The Championship was replaced by the smaller Rous Cup, which involved just England, Scotland and, in later years, an invited guest team from South America. That competition, however, ended after just five years.

Since then, there have been many proposals to resurrect the British Home Championship, with advocates pointing to rising attendances and a significant downturn in football-related violence. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations are keen on the idea, but the English association are less enthusiastic, claiming that they agree in principle, but that fixture congestion makes a revived tournament impractical.

Therefore, the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales and the Irish Football Association, with the Republic of Ireland's Football Association of Ireland, pressed ahead and organised a tournament similar to the British Home Championship. The Nations Cup, between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, was launched in Dublin in 2011. It was discontinued after one tournament because of poor attendance.[http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3607 4 Associations Tournament Announced for Dublin 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605034556/http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3607 |date=5 June 2009 }} Football Association of Ireland, 18 September 2008

Format and rules

File:Results of Previous Matches (Dundee Courier) 1896-04-06.png

Each team played every other team once (making for a total of three matches per team and six matches in total). Generally, each team played either one or two matches at home and the remainder away, with home advantage between two teams alternating each year (so if England played Scotland at home one year, they played them away the next).

A team received two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The team with the most points was declared the winner. If two or more teams were equal on points, that position in the league table was shared (as was the Championship if it occurred between the top teams). In 1956, uniquely, all teams finished with the same number of points, leading to the Championship being shared between all four home nations. From the 1978–79 Championship onwards, however, goal difference (total goals scored minus total goals conceded) was used to differentiate between teams level on points. If goal difference was equal, then total goals scored was used.

Trophy

For over 50 years the tournament had no trophy. In 1935, a trophy was presented to King George V by the Football Association in recognition of the monarch's silver jubilee.{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/collections_detail/british-home-championship-trophy-1935/ |title=British Home Championship Trophy, 1935 |access-date=15 July 2019 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716050026/https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/collections_detail/british-home-championship-trophy-1935/ |url-status=live }} It was first awarded, as the "Jubilee Trophy", to Scotland, victors of the 1935–36 competition.{{cite journal |journal=Western Daily Press |title=Jubilee Trophy for Scotland |date=6 April 1936 |page=4}} The trophy was of solid silver, consisting of a pedestal supporting a football surmounted by a winged figure. It bore the words "British International Championship".

As winners of the final tournament, Northern Ireland retained the trophy, but for many years had no suitable venue in which to display it. It was exhibited in the Scottish Football Museum{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/emotional-farewell-as-ifa-setting-sail-for-new-pastures-34406023.html|title=Football: It's coming home|last=|first=|date=29 January 2016|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101151519/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/emotional-farewell-as-ifa-setting-sail-for-new-pastures-34406023.html|url-status=live}} and then the National Football Museum in Manchester.{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/emotional-farewell-as-ifa-setting-sail-for-new-pastures-34406023.html|title=Emotional farewell as IFA setting sail for new pastures|last=|first=|date=29 January 2016|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101151519/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/emotional-farewell-as-ifa-setting-sail-for-new-pastures-34406023.html|url-status=live}} In 2018 it was finally put in display at the Northern Ireland Education and Heritage Centre at the National Stadium.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishfa.com/news/2018/may/view-the-home-nations-championship-trophy-which-northern-ireland-won-in-may-1984|title=Join an Education and Heritage Centre tour to see historic trophy|work=Irish FA|access-date=1 January 2023|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101151316/https://www.irishfa.com/news/2018/may/view-the-home-nations-championship-trophy-which-northern-ireland-won-in-may-1984|url-status=live}}

Notable moments

=1902: Tragedy at Ibrox=

The Scotland v England match of 5 April 1902 became known as the Ibrox Disaster of 1902. The match took place at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow. During the first half, a section of the terracing in the overcrowded West Stand collapsed, killing 25 and injuring over 500. Play was stopped, but was restarted after 20 minutes, with most of the crowd not knowing what had happened. The match was later declared void and replayed at Villa Park, Birmingham.

=1950–54: World Cup qualification=

The 1949–50 British Home Championship was used as a qualification group for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, with the teams finishing both first and second qualifying. England and Scotland were guaranteed the top two places and World Cup qualification with one match to go, when the Scottish Football Association declared that it would only go to the 1950 World Cup if they were the British champions. Scotland played England at Hampden Park on 15 April in the final game and lost 1–0 to a goal by Chelsea's Roy Bentley. Scotland finished second and withdrew from what would have been their first-ever World Cup appearance.

The 1953–54 British Home Championship was used as a qualification group for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, with England and Scotland both qualifying.

===1967: Scotland become 'World Champions'===

The 1966–67 British Home Championship was the first since England's victory at the World Cup 1966. Naturally, England were favourites for the Championship title. In the end, the outcome of the entire Championship rested on the final game: England v Scotland at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 April. If England won or drew, they would win the Championship; if Scotland won, they would triumph. Scotland beat the World Cup winners 3–2. The match was followed by a large, but relatively harmless, pitch invasion by the jubilant Scottish fans, who were quick to waggishly declare Scotland the "World Champions", as the game was England's first defeat since winning the World Cup. The Scots' joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships.

=1966–68: European Football Championship qualification =

One of the qualifying groups for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship was formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship. The group winners were England, who advanced to the UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals where they defeated Spain to qualify for the final tournament, hosted by Italy.{{cite web | url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/standings/round=178/group=26/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821215926/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1968/standings/round=178/group=26/index.html | archive-date=21 August 2014 | title=Season 1968 Groups }}

=1977: Wembley pitch invasion=

Again, the 1976–77 Championship came down to the final game between England and Scotland at Wembley on 4 June. Scotland won the game 2–1, making them champions. As in 1967, a pitch invasion by the overjoyed Scottish fans followed, but this time vandalism ensued: the pitch was ripped up and taken back to Scotland in small pieces,{{cite news |last1=Herbert |first1=Ian |title=England vs Scotland: Lou Macari reflects on the iconic 1977 Wembley win the Scots expected to lose |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-vs-scotland-lou-macari-iconic-1977-wembley-scots-expected-lose-a7408116.html |access-date=20 September 2020 |work=The Independent |date=9 November 2016 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108122641/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-vs-scotland-lou-macari-iconic-1977-wembley-scots-expected-lose-a7408116.html |url-status=live }} along with one of the broken crossbars.{{cite news |title=Wembley '77: when the Tartan Army descended on London and left with not just a famous win, but the goalposts too |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/44f798nwVGbndDXMsCFh1yy/wembley-77-when-the-tartan-army-descended-on-london-and-left-with-not-just-a-famous-win-but-the-goalposts-too |access-date=20 September 2020 |work=BBC Scotland |date=1 June 2018 |archive-date=15 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915123428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/44f798nwVGbndDXMsCFh1yy/wembley-77-when-the-tartan-army-descended-on-london-and-left-with-not-just-a-famous-win-but-the-goalposts-too |url-status=live }}

=1981: The unfinished Championship=

The Troubles in Northern Ireland had affected the British Home Championship before, with things turning so hostile that Northern Ireland often had to play their "home" games in Liverpool or Glasgow. The entire 1980–81 Championship was held in May 1981, which coincided with a large amount of civil unrest in Northern Ireland surrounding the hunger strike in the Maze Prison. Northern Ireland's two home matches, against England and Wales, were not moved, so both teams refused to travel to Belfast to play. As not all the matches were completed, that year's competition was declared void with no winner; only Scotland completed all their matches. It was the only time in the Championship's history, apart from during World War I and World War II, that it was not awarded.

=1984: The final Championship=

The Home Championships came to an end, with England and Scotland announcing that the 1983–84 British Home Championship would be their last. They cited waning interest in the games, crowded international fixture lists and a sharp rise in hooliganism for their decision. The final match of the Championship was held at Hampden Park between Scotland and England in which the winners of the game would win the final Championship. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, allowing Northern Ireland to win the Championship on goal difference after all the teams ended on three points each; Wales came second on goals scored.

List of winners

: Where teams finished in a joint position, the level teams are listed in order of better goal difference.

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! Year

! Champions

! Second

! Third

! Fourth

! Topscorer

! Goals

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|align=center|1883–84

|{{fb|SCO}} (1)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Cursham

| align=center|3

align=center|2

|align=center|1884–85

|{{fb|SCO}} (2)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Joseph Lindsay

| align=center|4

align=center|3

|align=center|1885–86

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} (3) — {{fb|ENG}} (1)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|SCO}} Charles Heggie
{{flagicon|ENG}} Benjamin Spilsbury {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|4

align=center|4

|align=center|1886–87

|{{fb|SCO}} (4)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tinsley Lindley

| align=center|6

align=center|5

|align=center|1887–88

|{{fb|ENG}} (2)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Jack Doughty

| align=center|6

align=center|6

|align=center|1888–89

|{{fb|SCO}} (5)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie Groves
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Yates
{{flagicon|ENG}} John Goodall {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|7

|align=center|1889–90

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (3) — {{fb|SCO}} (6)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Willie Paul

| align=center|4

align=center|8

|align=center|1890–91

|{{fb|ENG}} (4)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{fbicon|IRE}} Olphert Stanfield

| align=center|4

align=center|9

|align=center|1891–92

|{{fb|ENG}} (5)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|colspan=2"|{{fb|IRE}} — {{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Daft
{{flagicon|SCO}} John McPherson
{{flagicon|SCO}} James Hamilton
{{flagicon|ENG}} John Goodall (2){{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|10

|align=center|1892–93

|{{fb|ENG}} (6)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{fbicon|ENG}} Fred Spiksley

| align=center|6

align=center|11

|align=center|1893–94

|{{fb|SCO}} (7)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} John Veitch

| align=center|3

align=center|12

|align=center|1894–95

|{{fb|ENG}} (7)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Bloomer
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Harry Trainer
{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Becton
{{fbicon|IRE}} William Sherrard
{{flagicon|ENG}} John Goodall (3){{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|13

|align=center|1895–96

|{{fb|SCO}} (8)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Bloomer (2)

| align=center|6

align=center|14

|align=center|1896–97

|{{fb|SCO}} (9)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Bloomer (3)

| align=center|4

align=center|15

|align=center|1897–98

|{{fb|ENG}} (8)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Bloomer (4)
{{flagicon|SCO}} James Gillespie{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|16

|align=center|1898–99

|{{fb|ENG}} (9)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Bob McColl

| align=center|6

align=center|17

|align=center|1899–1900

|{{fb|SCO}} (10)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Bob McColl (2)

| align=center|6

align=center|18

|align=center|1900–01

|{{fb|ENG}} (10)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Bloomer (5)
{{flagicon|SCO}} Robert Hamilton {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|5

align=center|19

|align=center|1901–02

|{{fb|SCO}} (11)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Gara
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Settle
{{flagicon|SCO}} Robert Hamilton (2){{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|20

|align=center|1902–03

|colspan="3"|{{fb|ENG}} (11) — {{fb|IRE}} (1) — {{fb|SCO}} (12)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Vivian Woodward

| align=center|4

align=center|21

|align=center|1903–04

|{{fb|ENG}} (12)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Bache
{{flagicon|ENG}} George Davis {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|22

|align=center|1904–05

|{{fb|ENG}} (13)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|IRE}}

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Charles Thomson

| align=center|3

align=center|23

|align=center|1905–06

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (14) — {{fb|SCO}} (13)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{fbicon|IRE}} Harold Sloan
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Arthur Green {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|24

|align=center|1906–07

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (1)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Lot Jones

| align=center|2

align=center|25

|align=center|1907–08

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (15) — {{fb|SCO}} (14)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy Quinn
{{flagicon|ENG}} Vivian Woodward (2) {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|4

align=center|26

|align=center|1908–09

|{{fb|ENG}} (16)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} William Davies
{{flagicon|ENG}} George Wall
{{flagicon|SCO}} Harry Paul
{{flagicon|ENG}} George Hilsdon
{{flagicon|ENG}} Vivian Woodward (3) {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|27

|align=center|1909–10

|{{fb|SCO}} (15)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} — {{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Robert Evans
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Grenville Morris {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|28

|align=center|1910–11

|{{fb|ENG}} (17)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Grenville Morris (2)

| align=center|3

align=center|29

|align=center|1911–12

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (18) — {{fb|SCO}} (16)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Harold Fleming
{{flagicon|ENG}} George Holley {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|30

|align=center|1912–13

|{{fb|ENG}} (19)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Grenville Morris (3)

| align=center|3

align=center|31

|align=center|1913–14

|{{fb|IRE}} (2)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{fbicon|IRE}} Billy Gillespie

| align=center|3

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| -

|align=center|1914–19

|colspan="6" |Not held due to the First World War.

align=center|32

|align=center|1919–20

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (2)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Stan Davies
{{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Kelly
Tom Miller{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|33

|align=center|1920–21

|{{fb|SCO}} (17)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Andrew Wilson

| align=center|4

align=center|34

|align=center|1921–22

|{{fb|SCO}} (18)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|SCO}} Andrew Wilson (2)
{{fbicon|IRE}} Billy Gillespie (2){{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|35

|align=center|1922–23

|{{fb|SCO}} (19)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{fbicon|ENG}} Harry Chambers

| align=center|3

align=center|36

|align=center|1923–24

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (3)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Willie Davies

| align=center|2

align=center|37

|align=center|1924–25

|{{fb|SCO}} (20)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Hughie Gallacher

| align=center|5

align=center|38

|align=center|1925–26

|{{fb|SCO}} (21)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Hughie Gallacher (2)

| align=center|3

align=center|39

|align=center|1926–27

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} (22) — {{fb|ENG}} (20)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Dixie Dean

| align=center|4

align=center|40

|align=center|1927–28

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (4)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Jackson

| align=center|3

align=center|41

|align=center|1928–29

|{{fb|SCO}} (23)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Hughie Gallacher (3)

| align=center|7

align=center|42

|align=center|1929–30

|{{fb|ENG}} (21)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{fbicon|IRE}} Joe Bambrick

| align=center|6

align=center|43

|align=center|1930–31

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (22) — {{fb|SCO}} (24)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Hampson

| align=center|3

align=center|44

|align=center|1931–32

|{{fb|ENG}} (23)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Waring

| align=center|3

align=center|45

|align=center|1932–33

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (5)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Dai Astley
{{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy McGrory{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|46

|align=center|1933–34

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (6)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Dai Astley (2)
{{fbicon|IRE}} Boy Martin{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|47

|align=center|1934–35

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (24) — {{fb|SCO}} (25)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Dally Duncan

| align=center|3

align=center|48

|align=center|1935–36

|{{fb|SCO}} (26)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Dai Astley (3)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Tilson
{{flagicon|SCO}} Tommy Walker
{{flagicon|SCO}} Dally Duncan (2){{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|49

|align=center|1936–37

|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (7)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Pat Glover

| align=center|4

align=center|50

|align=center|1937–38

|{{fb|ENG}} (25)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Mills

| align=center|3

align=center|51

|align=center|1938–39

|colspan="3"|{{fb|ENG}} (26) — {{fb|WAL|1807}} (8) — {{fb|SCO}} (27)

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Hall

| align=center|5

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| -

|align=center|1939–45

|colspan="6" |Not held due to the Second World War.

bgcolor=pink

| -

|align=center|{{nowrap|{{0}}{{thin space}}1945–46{{small|{{efn|Unofficial edition, part of the Victory Internationals.}}}}}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|colspan="3"|{{fb|IRE}} — {{fb|ENG}} — {{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Davy Walsh
{{fbicon|SCO}} Billy Liddell{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|52

|align=center|1946–47

|{{fb|ENG}} (27)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|WAL|1807}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Wilf Mannion

| align=center|5

align=center|53

|align=center|1947–48

|{{fb|ENG}} (28)

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{fbicon|IRE}} Sammy Smyth
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Mortensen {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|54

|align=center|1948–49

|{{fb|SCO}} (28)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|IRE|1783}} Davy Walsh

| align=center|4

align=center|55

|align=center|1949–50

|{{fb|ENG}} (29)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} — {{fb|IRE}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Rowley

| align=center|4

align=center|56

|align=center|1950–51

|{{fb|SCO}} (29)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1807}}

|{{fb|NIR|name=Ireland}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Steel

| align=center|4

align=center|57

|align=center|1951–52

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1807}} (9) — {{fb|ENG}} (30)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR|name=Ireland}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Nat Lofthouse
{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Johnstone
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Pearson
{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Ivor Allchurch{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|58

|align=center|1952–53

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} (30) — {{fb|ENG}} (31)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1953}} — {{fb|NIR|name=Ireland}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Nat Lofthouse (2)
{{flagicon|SCO}} Lawrie Reilly{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|59

|align=center|1953–54

|{{fb|ENG}} (32)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR|name=Ireland}}

|{{fb|WAL|1953}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Nat Lofthouse (3)
{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} John Charles{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|60

|align=center|1954–55

|{{fb|ENG}} (33)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1953}}

|{{fb|NIR|name=Ireland}}

| {{flagicon|WAL|1953}} John Charles (2)

| align=center|5

align=center|61

|align=center|1955–56

|colspan="4"|{{fb|ENG}} (34) — {{fb|SCO}} (31) — {{fb|WAL|1953}} (10) — {{fb|NIR|name=Ireland}} (3)

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Wilshaw
{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Johnstone (2){{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|62

|align=center|1956–57

|{{fb|ENG}} (35)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1953}} — {{fb|NIR}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Johnny Brooks
{{flagicon|ENG}} Duncan Edwards
{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Finney
{{flagicon|ENG}} Johnny Haynes
{{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Kevan
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stanley Matthews
{{flagicon|NIR}} Jimmy McIlroy
{{flagicon|SCO}} Willie Fernie
{{flagicon|SCO}} Lawrie Reilly
{{flagicon|SCO}} Tommy Ring
{{flagicon|SCO}} Alex Scott
{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} John Charles
{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} Trevor Ford
{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} Terry Medwin{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|1

align=center|63

|align=center|1957–58

|colspan="2"|{{fb|ENG}} (36) — {{fb|NIR}} (4)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} — {{fb|WAL|1953}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }} {{flagicon|ENG}} Johnny Haynes
{{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Kevan
{{flagicon|NIR}} Billy Simpson {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|64

|align=center|1958–59

|colspan="2"|{{fb|NIR}} (5) — {{fb|ENG}} (37)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1953}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Charlton

| align=center|3

align=center|65

|align=center|1959–60

|colspan="3"|{{fb|SCO}} (32) — {{fb|ENG}} (38) — {{fb|WAL|1959}} (11)

|{{fb|NIR}} {{0|(0)}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|NIR}} Billy Bingham
{{flagicon|WAL|1959}} Terry Medwin
{{flagicon|SCO}} Graham Leggat {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|66

|align=center|1960–61

|{{fb|ENG}} (39)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Greaves

| align=center|7

align=center|67

|align=center|1961–62

|{{fb|SCO}} (33)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Alex Scott

| align=center|3

align=center|68

|align=center|1962–63

|{{fb|SCO}} (34)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Denis Law

| align=center|5

align=center|69

|align=center|1963–64

|colspan="3"|{{fb|ENG}} (40) — {{fb|SCO}} (35) — {{fb|NIR}} (6)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Greaves (2)

| align=center|5

align=center|70

|align=center|1964–65

|{{fb|ENG}} (41)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Greaves (3)

| align=center|4

align=center|71

|align=center|1965–66

|{{fb|ENG}} (42)

|{{fb|NIR}} {{0|(0)}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{flagicon|NIR}} Willie Irvine

| align=center|3

align=center|72

|align=center|1966–67

|{{fb|SCO}} (36)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Charlton
{{flagicon|ENG}} Geoff Hurst {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|73

|align=center|1967–68

|{{fb|ENG}} (43)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1959}} — {{fb|NIR}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Charlton (2)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Peters {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

align=center|74

|align=center|1968–69

|{{fb|ENG}} (44)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}} {{0|(0)}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Stein
{{flagicon|ENG}} Geoff Hurst (2)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Peters
{{flagicon|WAL|1959}} Ron Davies{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|3

align=center|75

|align=center|1969–70

|colspan="3"|{{fb|ENG}} (45) — {{fb|WAL|1959}} (12) — {{fb|SCO}} (37)

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Charlton
{{flagicon|ENG}} Geoff Hurst
{{flagicon|ENG}} Francis Lee
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Peters
{{flagicon|NIR}} George Best
{{flagicon|SCO}} John O'Hare
{{flagicon|WAL|1959}} Dick Krzywicki
{{flagicon|WAL|1959}} Ronnie Rees {{Hidden end}}

| align=center|1

align=center|76

|align=center|1970–71

|{{fb|ENG}} (46)

|{{fb|NIR}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

| {{fbicon|ENG}} Martin Chivers

| align=center|2

align=center|77

|align=center|1971–72

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} (38) — {{fb|ENG}} (47)

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{fbicon|SCO}} Peter Lorimer

| align=center|2

align=center|78

|align=center|1972–73

|{{fb|ENG}} (48)

|{{fb|NIR}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

| {{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{fbicon|ENG}} Martin Chivers (2)

| align=center|3

align=center|79

|align=center|1973–74

|colspan="2"|{{fb|SCO}} (39) — {{fb|ENG}} (49)

|colspan="2"|{{fb|WAL|1959}} — {{fb|NIR}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Bowles
{{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Keegan
{{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Weller
{{flagicon|NIR}} Tommy Cassidy
{{flagicon|SCO}} Kenny Dalglish
{{flagicon|SCO}} Sandy Jardine
{{flagicon|WAL|1959}} David Smallman{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|1

align=center|80

|align=center|1974–75

|{{fb|ENG}} (50)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{fbicon|ENG}} David Johnson

| align=center|3

align=center|81

|align=center|1975–76

|{{fb|SCO}} (40)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{fbicon|ENG}} Mick Channon

| align=center|3

align=center|82

|align=center|1976–77

|{{fb|SCO}} (41)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{fbicon|SCO}} Kenny Dalglish

| align=center|3

align=center|83

|align=center|1977–78

|{{fb|ENG}} (51)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{fbicon|SCO}} Derek Johnstone

| align=center|2

align=center|84

|align=center|1978–79

|{{fb|ENG}} (52)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{fbicon|WAL|1959}} John Toshack

| align=center|3

align=center|85

|align=center|1979–80

|{{fb|NIR}} (7)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{fbicon|ENG}} Trevor Brooking
{{fbicon|ENG}} Steve Coppell
{{fbicon|ENG}} Paul Mariner
{{fbicon|NIR}} Noel Brotherston
{{fbicon|NIR}} Terry Cochrane
{{fbicon|NIR}} Billy Hamilton
{{fbicon|SCO}} Willie Miller
{{fbicon|WAL}} Leighton James
{{fbicon|WAL}} Mickey Thomas
{{fbicon|WAL}} Ian Walsh{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|1

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| -

|align=center|1980–81

|colspan="6"|Abandoned due to civil unrest in Northern Ireland.

align=center|86

|align=center|1981–82

|{{fb|ENG}} (53)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{fbicon|ENG}} Trevor Francis
{{fbicon|ENG}} Glenn Hoddle
{{fbicon|ENG}} Kevin Keegan
{{fbicon|ENG}} Paul Mariner
{{fbicon|ENG}} Bryan Robson
{{fbicon|ENG}} Ray Wilkins
{{fbicon|NIR}} Sammy McIlroy
{{fbicon|SCO}} Asa Hartford
{{fbicon|SCO}} John Wark
{{fbicon|WAL|1959}} Alan Curtis
{{fbicon|WAL|1959}} Peter Nicholas
{{fbicon|WAL|1959}} Ian Rush{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|1

align=center|87

|align=center|1982–83

|{{fb|ENG}} (54)

|{{fb|SCO}}

|{{fb|NIR}}

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{fbicon|ENG}} Terry Butcher
{{fbicon|ENG}} Gordon Cowans
{{fbicon|ENG}} Phil Neal
{{fbicon|ENG}} Bryan Robson
{{fbicon|SCO}} Alan Brazil
{{fbicon|SCO}} Andy Gray
{{fbicon|WAL|1959}} Gordon Davies
{{fbicon|WAL|1959}} Ian Rush{{hidden end}}

| align=center|1

align=center|88

|align=center|1983–84

|{{fb|NIR}} (8)

|{{fb|WAL|1959}}

|{{fb|ENG}}

|{{fb|SCO}}

| {{hidden begin |title=Various |titlestyle=font-size:104%; font-weight:normal |border=none;padding:0 |contentstyle=font-size:104% }}{{fbicon|ENG}} Tony Woodcock
{{fbicon|WAL|1959}} Mark Hughes{{Hidden end}}

| align=center|2

Total wins

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=40% | Teamwidth=20% | Wins
total		width=20% | Wins
outright		width=20% | Shared
wins
align=left | {{fb|ENG}}543420
align=left | {{fb|SCO}}412417
align=left | {{fb|WAL|1959}}1275
align=left | {{fb|IRE}}{{efn|Competed as Northern Ireland from 1956–57 to 1983–84.}}835

Medals

Exclude 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship and 1980–81 British Home Championship.

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = fb

| event =

| team =

| gold_ENG = 54 | silver_ENG = 22 | bronze_ENG = 6

| gold_SCO = 41 | silver_SCO = 25 | bronze_SCO = 15

| gold_WAL = 12 | silver_WAL = 15 | bronze_WAL = 33

| gold_NIR = 8 | silver_NIR = 7 | bronze_NIR = 31

}}

88 (+1 (1980–81)) editions But have many Shared Medals.

Summary

Exclude 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship but Include 1980–81 British Home Championship.

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!width=5%|Rank

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1align=left|{{fb|ENG}}892661615649661282+379378
2align=left|{{fb|SCO}}892671415769574342+232339
3align=left|{{fb|WAL}}892667062134360545|
185202
4align=left|{{fb|NIR}}892654849168284710|
426145

Players record

=All-time top goalscorers=

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!Rank

!Name

!Team

!Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Steve Bloomer

|align="left"|England

|22

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Hughie Gallacher

|align="left"|Scotland

|21

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Jimmy Greaves

|align="left"|England

|16

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Robert Hamilton

|align="left"|Scotland

|15

5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Vivian Woodward

|align="left"|England

|14

rowspan="2"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Wales|1953}} John Charles

|align="left"|Wales

|13

align="left"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Andrew Wilson

|align="left"|Scotland

|13

8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} John Goodall

|align="left"|England

|12

9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Martin Peters

|align="left"|England

|10

rowspan="4"|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Stan Mortensen

|align="left"|England

|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Billy Meredith

|align="left"|Wales

|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Grenville Morris

|align="left"|Wales

|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Dai Astley

|align="left"|Wales

|9

14

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Nat Lofthouse

|align="left"|England

|8

14

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Geoff Hurst

|align="left"|England

|8

=Topscorer wins=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

!Wins

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Steve Bloomer

|align="left"|England

|5

rowspan="7"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Vivian Woodward

|align="left"|England

|rowspan="7"|3

align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Hughie Gallacher

|align="left"|Scotland

align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Grenville Morris

|align="left"|Wales

align="left"|{{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Dai Astley

|align="left"|Wales

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Jimmy Greaves

|align="left"|England

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} John Goodall

|align="left"|England

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Nat Lofthouse

|align="left"|England

rowspan="9"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Geoff Hurst

|align="left"|England

|rowspan="9"|2

align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Dally Duncan

|align="left"|Scotland

align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Johnstone

|align="left"|Scotland

align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Bob McColl

|align="left"|Scotland

align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Robert Hamilton

|align="left"|Scotland

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Martin Chivers

|align="left"|England

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Stan Mortensen

|align="left"|England

align="left"|{{flagicon|Wales|1953}} John Charles

|align="left"|Wales

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Bobby Charlton

|align="left"|England

Managers record

=Championship wins=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Manager

!Wins

!Editions

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Walter Winterbottom

|7

|style="text-align: left;"|1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1960–61

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Alf Ramsey

|6

|style="text-align: left;"|1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968-69, 1970–71, 1972–73

rowspan="2"|3

|align="left"|{{fbicon|IRE}} Peter Doherty

|3

|style="text-align: left;"|1955–56, 1957–58, 1958–59

align="left"|{{flagicon|England}} Ron Greenwood

|3

|style="text-align: left;"|1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Ian McColl

|2

|style="text-align: left;"|1961–62, 1962–63

align="left"|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} Billy Bingham

|2

|style="text-align: left;"|1979–80, 1983–84

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bhc.html RSSSF: British Home Championship Overview]
  • [http://www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpBC/CmpBC.html England in the British Home Championship] England Football Online
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930062000/http://home.online.no/~smogols/ifcp/archive/northernirelandarchive/britishhomechampionship/bhc.htm Northern Ireland Football Project] BHC Resource
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090604114048/http://www.ourweecountry.co.uk/britishchamps.html Northern Ireland – British Champions] Our Wee Country
  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/aboutus/wirelesstoweb/decades/clip_display.shtml?decade=70s&clip_name=pitch_invasion&size=v&media_type=video Wembley 1977] BBC Scotland (requires RealPlayer)
  • [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/exhibitions/the-british-home-championship The British Home Championship] at the National Football Museum
  • [https://homenationschampionship.blogspot.com/ Unofficial British Home Championship] compiling ongoing results of games between the home nations.

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