1966–67 British Home Championship

1966–67 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Dates	22 October 1966 – 15 April 1967
Teams	4
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (36th title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of England.svg England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
Attendance	318,533 (53,089 per match)
Top scorer(s)	England Geoff Hurst (3 goals)
	← 1965–66 1967–68 →

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. 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (C)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	5	Champions
2	File:Flag of England.svg England	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	4
3	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	File:Ulster Banner.svg Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: EU-Football
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results

References

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

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Football in the United Kingdom: England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Competitors	File:Flag of England.svg England File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland / File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Seasons	1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 Second World War 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
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