1978 British Home Championship
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The 1978 British Home Championship football competition between the British Home Nations was won by an England side smarting from their failure to qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The Scots, who had qualified for the World Cup and of whom much was expected following impressive form and a strong team in the months going into the finals performed particulaly poorly in the Home Championship, foreshadowing their performance in Argentina a few months later. The English capitalised on a heavy victory over the Welsh in their first match and then won in their next two beating an already demoralised Scotland who had only managed to draw with the Welsh and Irish. The Welsh improved following their initial loss, beating the Irish and holding the Scots to a 1-1 draw in Glasgow to claim second place.
[edit] Table
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
 Wales |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
 Scotland |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
 Northern Ireland |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
The points system worked as follows:
- 2 points for a win
- 1 point for a draw
[edit] Results
| May 13, 1978 | Scotland |
1–1 | Northern Ireland |
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| Derek Johnstone | Martin O'Neill |
| May 13, 1978 | Wales |
1–3 | England |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
| Phil Dwyer | Peter Barnes, Tony Currie, Bob Latchford |
| May 16, 1978 | England |
1–0 | Northern Ireland |
Wembley Stadium, London |
| Phil Neal |
| May 17, 1978 | Scotland |
1–1 | Wales |
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| Derek Johnstone | Own Goal |
| May 19, 1978 | Wales |
1–0 | Northern Ireland |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
| Nick Deacy |
| May 20, 1978 | Scotland |
0–1 | England |
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
| Steve Coppell |
[edit] References
- Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-851129-54-4.
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