1948–49 British Home Championship
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = British Home Championship
| year =1948–49
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| country = United Kingdom
| dates = 9 October 1948 – 9 April 1949
| num_teams = 4
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| champion = SCO
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| second = ENG
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| matches = 6
| goals = 24
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRE|1783}} Davy Walsh (4)
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| prevseason = 1947–48
| nextseason = 1949–50
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The 1948–49 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations. The tournament was notable for it being the final competition the Home Nations competed in before they joined the FIFA World Cup and thus the last time it was the most important international football tournament in Britain.
England began the tournament the strongest with a 6–2 success over the Irish in Belfast. Scotland began well also, beating the Welsh in Cardiff, which they followed with a narrow success against Ireland in a highly competitive match. England too took maximum points from their second game with a close 1–0 win over the Welsh. In the final games, Wales beat Ireland to take third place whilst the Scots succeeded in strongly defeating England at Wembley Stadium to take the championship.
Table
|show_positions=n
|winpoints=2
|team1=SCO|name_SCO={{fb|SCO}}
|team2=ENG|name_ENG={{fb|ENG}}
|team3=WAL|name_WAL={{fb|WAL|1807}}
|team4=IRE|name_IRE={{fb|IRE}}
|win_SCO=3|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=0|gf_SCO=9|ga_SCO=4|status_SCO=C
|win_ENG=2|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=1|gf_ENG=8|ga_ENG=5
|win_WAL=1|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=2|gf_WAL=3|ga_WAL=4
|win_IRE=0|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=3|gf_IRE=4|ga_IRE=11
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|class_rules = 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
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Results
{{football box
| date = 9 October 1948
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRE}}
| score = 2–6
| team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
| goals1 = Walsh {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 = Mortensen {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Matthews {{goal|}}
Milburn {{goal|}}
Pearson {{goal|}}
| stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast }}
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{{football box
| date = 23 October 1948
| team1 = {{fb-rt|WAL|1807}}
| score = 1–3
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| goals1 = Jones {{goal|25}}
| goals2 = Howie {{goal|15}}
Waddell {{goal|27||43}}
| stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff
| attendance = 59,911
| report = [http://scottishfa.co.uk/international_fixture_details.cfm?page=1921&matchID=57679 Scottish FA]
| referee = David Maxwell (Ireland)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 10 November 1948
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|WAL|1807}}
| goals1 = Finney {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Villa Park, Birmingham
| referee = Jack Mowat (Scotland)[https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1548 Matches refereed by John Mowatt]
}}
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{{football box
| date = 17 November 1948
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
| score = 3–2
| team2 = {{fb|IRE}}
| goals1 = Houliston {{goal|29||89}}
Mason {{goal|73}}
| goals2 = Walsh {{goal|1||5}}
| stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
| attendance = 93,000
| referee = William H. Evans (England)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 9 March 1949
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRE}}
| score = 0–2
| team2 = {{fb|WAL|1807}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Edwards {{goal|}}
Ford {{goal|}}
| stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast }}
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{{football box
| date = 9 April 1949
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score = 1–3
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| goals1 = Milburn {{goal|75}}
| goals2 = Mason {{goal|28}}
Steel {{goal|52}}
Reilly {{goal|61}}
| stadium = Wembley Stadium, London
| attendance = 98,188
| referee = Mervyn Griffiths (Wales)
}}
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book
|author= Guy Oliver
|title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
|year=1992
|publisher=Guinness
|isbn = 0-85112-954-4 }}
{{British Home Championship}}
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Category:1948–49 in English football
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