1966–67 British Home Championship

The 1966–67 British Home Championship has remained famous in the memories of British Home Nations football fans ever since the dramatic climatic match at Wembley Stadium, where an unfancied Scottish team beat England on the same turf they had won the 1966 FIFA World Cup a year before. England had comfortably disposed of Wales and Ireland in the earlier matches, whilst Scotland had struggled, drawing with Wales and only just beating the Irish. In the final match however, the Scots outplayed their illustrious opponents who were effectively reduced to 10 men with Jack Charlton hobbling and no substitutes allowed claiming a 3–2 victory, thus becoming "World Champions" in the words of many enthusiastic Scottish supporters, who invaded and stole much of the pitch after the game. In contrast to later pitch invasions, this was non-violent and resulted in no significant police action. The "World Champions" idea has since taken more tangible form in the Unofficial Football World Championships.

1966–67 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Dates22 October 1966 – 15 April 1967
Teams4
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Scotland (36th title)
Runners-up England
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored18 (3 per match)
Attendance318,533 (53,089 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Geoff Hurst (3 goals)

The results of the 1966–67 championship and 1967–68 championship combined to form qualifying Group 8 for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship, with England edging out Scotland to qualify for the Euro quarter-finals.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Scotland (C) 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 5 Champions
2   England 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 4
3   Wales 3 0 2 1 2 6 −4 2
4   Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: EU-Football
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results

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Wales  1–1  Scotland
R. Davies   77' Report Law   86'
Attendance: 33,269
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
Ireland  0–2  England
Report Hunt   40'
Peters   60'
Attendance: 47,897
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Scotland  2–1  Ireland
Murdoch   14'
Lennox   35'[1]
Report Nicholson   9'
Attendance: 45,281
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
England  5–1  Wales
Hurst   30', 34'
B. Charlton   43'
Hennessey   65' (o.g.)
J. Charlton   84'
Report W. Davies   36'
Attendance: 75,380
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Ireland  0–0  Wales
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Attendance: 17,643
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
England  2–3  Scotland
J. Charlton   84'
Hurst   88'
Report Law   27'
Lennox   78'
McCalliog   87'
Attendance: 99,063
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

References

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