1974–75 British Home Championship
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 1974–75 British Home Championship
| year =
| dates = 17–24 May 1975
| num_teams = 4
| venues =
| cities =
| champion = ENG
| count = 50
| second = SCO| matches =6
| goals = 18
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|ENG}} David Johnson (3)
| prevseason = 1973–74
| nextseason = 1975–76
}}
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The 1974–75 British Home Championship was an international football tournament between the British Home Nations. It resulted in a resounding victory for an England team which was going through one of the worst periods of consistent play in their history. The tournament saw several draws, including two dramatic 2–2 ties for the Welsh team against England and Scotland and a goalless draw between England and Northern Ireland. The Scots had begun better, beating the Irish 3–0 in their second game and so entered the final match with a real chance of victory. The Welsh, like the English, had a 2-point advantage in their final match, but failed to capitalise on this, losing to Northern Ireland and ending in last place. The final game, between England and Scotland was in the end a one-sided affair, the English crushing the Scots in a 5–1 rout and winning the tournament.
Table
|show_positions=n
|winpoints=2
|team1=ENG|name_ENG={{fb|England}}
|team2=SCO|name_SCO={{fb|Scotland}}
|team3=NIR|name_NIR={{fb|Northern Ireland}}
|team4=WAL|name_WAL={{fb|Wales}}
|win_ENG=1|draw_ENG=2|loss_ENG=0|gf_ENG=7|ga_ENG=3|status_ENG=C
|win_SCO=1|draw_SCO=1|loss_SCO=1|gf_SCO=6|ga_SCO=7
|win_NIR=1|draw_NIR=1|loss_NIR=1|gf_NIR=1|ga_NIR=3
|win_WAL=0|draw_WAL=2|loss_WAL=1|gf_WAL=4|ga_WAL=5
|col_C=#ccffcc|text_C=
|result1=C
|update=complete|source=
|class_rules = 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
}}
Results
{{football box
| date = 17 May 1975
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Northern Ireland}}
| score = 0–0
| team2 = {{fb|England}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| referee = Thomas Reynolds (Wales)
| stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast }}
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{{football box
| date = 17 May 1975
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Wales}}
| score = 2–2
| team2 = {{fb|Scotland}}
| goals1 = Toshack {{goal|28}}
Flynn {{goal|36}}
| goals2 = Jackson {{goal|52}}
Rioch {{goal|61}}
| referee = Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
| stadium = Ninian Park, Cardiff }}
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{{football box
| date = 20 May 1975
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Scotland}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fb|Northern Ireland}}
| goals1 = MacDougall {{goal|15}}
Dalglish {{goal|21}}
Parlane {{goal|80}}
| goals2 =
| referee = Pat Partridge (England)
| stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow }}
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{{football box
| date = 21 May 1975
| team1 = {{fb-rt|England}}
| score = 2–2
| team2 = {{fb|Wales}}
| goals1 = Johnson {{goal|10||84}}
| goals2 = Toshack {{goal|55}}
Griffiths {{goal|56}}
| referee = John Patterson (Scotland)
| stadium = Wembley Stadium, London }}
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{{football box
| date = 23 May 1975
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Northern Ireland}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fb|Wales}}
| goals1 = Finney {{goal|23}}
| goals2 =
| referee = Jack Taylor (England)
| stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast }}
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{{football box
| date = 24 May 1975
| team1 = {{fb-rt|England}}
| score = 5–1
| team2 = {{fb|Scotland}}
| goals1 = Francis {{goal|6||64}}
Beattie {{goal|7}}
Bell {{goal|40}}
Johnson {{goal|73}}
| goals2 = Rioch {{goal|42|pen.}}
| referee = Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
| stadium = Wembley Stadium, London }}
References
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book
|author= Guy Oliver
|title=The Guinness Record of World Soccer
|year=1992
|publisher=Guinness
|isbn = 0-85112-954-4 }}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BC-80 Full Results and Line-ups]
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