1963 British Home Championship
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The 1963 British Home Championship football tournament came after disappointment for the home nations in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, for which only England qualified, only to be beaten 3–1 in the quarter-finals by eventual winners Brazil. The Home Championship was won by a Scottish team which dominated all their matches and whitewashed their opponents for the second year in a row as part of a period of temporary but pronounced dominance.

The Scots and English both started strongly, beating Wales and Northern Ireland away respectively. This was followed with similar victories at home in the second fixture, England comprehensively outplaying Wales in a 4–0 win, whilst a Denis Law inspired Scotland hammered the Irish 5–1 with Law scoring four times. In the final games, Wales gained some points by beating Northern Ireland, but the deciding match of the tournament was closely fought between England and Scotland at Hampden Park, from which Scotland emerged eventual 2–1 winners to claim the championship.

Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	6	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6
England	4	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5
Wales	2	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2
Northern Ireland	0	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9

The points system worked as follows:

• 2 points for a win
• 1 point for a draw

Results

20 October 1962	Northern Ireland	1 – 3	England	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Hughie Barr		Michael O'Grady 2, Jimmy Greaves

20 October 1962	Wales	2 – 3	Scotland	Ninian Park, Cardiff
	Ivor Allchurch, John Charles		Eric Caldow, Denis Law, Willie Henderson

7 November 1962	Scotland	5 – 1	Northern Ireland	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Denis Law 4, Willie Henderson		Billy Bingham

21 November 1962	England	4 – 0	Wales	Wembley Stadium, London
	Alan Peacock 2, Jimmy Greaves, John Connelly

3 April 1963	Northern Ireland	1 – 4	Wales	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Martin Harvey		Cliff Jones 3, Phil Woosnam

6 April 1963	England	1 – 2	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, London
	Bryan Douglas		Jim Baxter 2

References