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 Northern Ireland national football team 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 and claimed 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 conducted in a light-hearted spirit and merited no significant police action. The "World Champions" idea has since taken more tangible form in the Unofficial Football World Championships.

The contest was also important as it formed the first half of the qualifying stages for the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship, a competition England would eventually qualify for in the following 1968 British Home Championship and reach the semi-finals, ultimately securing third position overall.

Table

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

Northern Ireland v England

22 October 1966

Northern Ireland	0 – 2	England
		Roger Hunt, Martin Peters

Windsor Park, Belfast

Wales v Scotland

22 October 1966

Wales	1 – 1	Scotland
Ron Davies		Denis Law

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Scotland v Northern Ireland

16 November 1966

Scotland	2 – 1	Northern Ireland
Bobby Murdoch, Bobby Lennox		Jimmy Nicholson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

England v Wales

16 November 1966

England	5 – 1	Wales
Geoff Hurst 2, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Terry Hennessey (Own Goal)		Wyn Davies

Wembley Stadium, London

Northern Ireland v Wales

12 April 1967

Northern Ireland	0 – 0	Wales

Windsor Park, Belfast

England v Scotland

15 April 1967

England	2 – 3	Scotland
Jack Charlton, Geoff Hurst		Denis Law, Bobby Lennox, Jim McCalliog

Wembley Stadium, London

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