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1926 British Home ChampionshipThe British Home Championship was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the 1883–84 season until the 1983–84...
was an international
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tournament played during the 1925–26 season between the British
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. The competition was won at a canter by
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, who whitewashed all three opponents, scoring eight goals in three games without reply.
Scotland began to competition as they finished it, with a 3–0 defeat of
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in
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as
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and Ireland played a tame scoreless draw as the tournament opener. Ireland improved from their poor first match performance against Wales in their second game, running out 3–0 winners to move into second place, but were hammered 4–0 by Scotland in their final game, ending any hopes of a winners place.
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scored three of Scotland's goals. England returned for the final two matches of the competition, but suffered disaster and crashed to last place as Wales won 3–1 in
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and Scotland, already assured the trophy whatever the result, beat them by a single goal.
Table
| Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
|
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
−1 |
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
−4 |
|
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
−3 |
The points system worked as follows:
- 2 points for a win
- 1 point for a draw
Results
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