1936–37 British Home Championship

1936–37 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Host country	England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Dates	17 October 1936 – 17 April 1937
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Wales (7th title)
Runners-up	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pat Glover (4)
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1936–37 seasons. The trophy was won by Wales with Scotland coming second. This was the last Home Championship that Wales would win exclusively, all subsequent victories would be shared with one of the other Home Nations. Wales began the competition by beating England and followed it with a similar 2–1 victory against Scotland. With the two favourites beaten Wales only required a draw with Ireland to complete a rare tournament success. They ultimately took the title in style, winning 4–1 at home. Scotland recovered from their loss to Wales in their final game with a commanding 3–1 victory over England in Glasgow to come second,^[1] whilst England's only points came from their own 3–1 defeat of the disappointing Irish.

The Scotland–England tie recorded a massive attendance of 149,547, despite the fact that Wales had already won the Championship. Attendance was boosted by the fact that the game was not on the radio due to a disagreement between the Scottish FA and the BBC.^[2] The crowd was the fifth-largest for any competitive international football match, being beaten by four games at the Maracanã.^[3]

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wales (C)	3	3	0	8	3	+5	6
Scotland	3	2	1	7	4	+3	4
England	3	1	2	5	6	−1	2
Ireland	3	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Results

17 October 1936

Wales	2–1	England
Glover S. Morris		Bastin

Ninian Park, Cardiff

31 October 1936

Ireland	1–3	Scotland
Kernaghan 26'		Napier 28' Munro 46' McCulloch 62'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Thomas J. Thompson (England)

18 November 1936

England	3–1	Ireland
Carter Bastin Worrall		Davis

Victoria Ground, Stoke

2 December 1936

Scotland	1–2	Wales
Walker 57'		23', 80' Glover

Dens Park, Dundee

Attendance: 23,858

Referee: Dr. Arthur W. Barton (England)

17 March 1937

Wales	4–1	Ireland
Glover Jones Warren		Stevenson

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

17 April 1937

Scotland	3–1	England
O'Donnell 47' McPhail 80', 89'		Steele 40'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 149,547

Referee: William McLean (Ireland)

References

^ Scotland 3 England 1, The Blizzard, 1 June 2015
^ "The biggest football attendances ever recorded". 23 January 2018.
^ "Scotland vs England, 17 April 1937". eu-football.info.

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

[1] Scotland 3 England 1, The Blizzard, 1 June 2015

[2] "The biggest football attendances ever recorded". 23 January 2018.

[3] "Scotland vs England, 17 April 1937". eu-football.info.

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