1953–54 British Home Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
Dates | 3 October 1953 – 3 April 1954 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 28 (4.67 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() |
The 1953–54 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1953–54 season. This season's tournament also doubled as UEFA – Group 3 for 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification. England dominated the Championship, winning all three games and taking first place. After defeating Ireland, Scotland struggled against Wales before losing to England. Meanwhile, Ireland defeated Wales in Wrexham to clinch third place. England, together with second-placed Scotland, subsequently qualified for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
Results
Wales ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Allchurch ![]() |
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Table
Pos | Team | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GD | Pts | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +7 | 6 | — | 3–1 | — | ||
2 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | ||
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 | — | 1–3 | — | ||
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 1 | 1–4 | — | 1–2 |
Ireland vs Scotland
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1 – 3 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Manager: ![]() Team:
Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: |
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Wales vs England
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1 – 4 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: |
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Scotland vs Wales
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3 – 3 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Manager: ![]() Team:
Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
Scorers:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: |
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England vs Ireland
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3 – 1 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Manager: ![]() Team:
Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
Scorers:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: |
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Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
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Wales vs Ireland
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1 – 2 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Manager:
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Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
Scorers:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: |
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Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
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Scotland vs England
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2 – 4 (final score after 90 minutes) |
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Manager: ![]() Team:
Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:
Scorers:
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Kick off: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Assistants: Match rules: |
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Substitutes: none Unused Substitutes:>1-1 Johnny Nicholls (50')
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England won the championship and along with Scotland they represented Great Britain in 1954 FIFA World Cup
Squads and Stats
Head coach: Walter Winterbottom
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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FW | Ronnie Allen | 15 January 1929 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Ivor Broadis | 18 December 1922 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Roger Byrne | 8 February 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Harry Clarke | 23 February 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Jimmy Dickinson | 24 April 1925 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Bill Eckersley | 16 July 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Tom Finney | 5 April 1922 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Tommy Garrett | 28 February 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Harold Hassall | 4 March 1929 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Harry Johnston | 26 September 1919 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Nat Lofthouse | 27 August 1925 | 2 | 3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Stanley Matthews | 1 February 1915 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
GK | Gil Merrick | 26 January 1922 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Jimmy Mullen | 6 January 1923 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Johnny Nicholls | 3 April 1931 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Albert Quixall | 9 August 1933 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Stan Rickaby | 12 March 1924 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Ron Staniforth | 13 April 1924 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Dennis Wilshaw | 11 March 1926 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Billy Wright | 6 February 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
Head coach: Andy Beattie
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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MF | George Aitken | 28 May 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Frank Brennan | 23 April 1924 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Allan Brown | 12 October 1926 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Doug Cowie | 1 May 1926 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
DF | Sammy Cox | 13 April 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Bobby Evans | 16 July 1927 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | George Farm | 13 July 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Charlie Fleming | 12 July 1927 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | Mike Haughney | 10 December 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Jackie Henderson | 17 January 1932 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Bobby Johnstone | 7 September 1929 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Billy Liddell | 10 January 1922 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | John Mackenzie | 4 September 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | John McPhail | 27 December 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Willie Ormond | 23 February 1927 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Lawrie Reilly | 28 October 1928 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Willie Telfer | 26 October 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Willie Waddell | 7 March 1921 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
FW | Jimmy Watson | 16 January 1924 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
DF | George Young | 22 October 1922 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
Head coach: Peter Doherty
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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FW | Billy Bingham | 5 August 1931 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Danny Blanchflower | 10 February 1926 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Jackie Blanchflower | 7 March 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Willie Cunningham | 20 February 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Wilbur Cush | 10 June 1928 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | William Dickson | 15 March 1923 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Len Graham | 17 October 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Harry Gregg | 25 October 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Norman Lockhart | 4 March 1924 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Billy McAdams | 20 January 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Jimmy McCabe | 17 September 1918 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
MF | Jimmy McIlroy | 25 October 1931 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Alf McMichael | 1 October 1927 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Edward McMorran | 2 September 1923 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Peter McParland | 25 April 1934 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Bertie Peacock | 29 September 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Billy Simpson | 12 December 1929 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
GK | William Smyth | c.1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Charlie Tully | 11 July 1924 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | ![]() |
Head coach:
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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FW | Ivor Allchurch | 16 October 1929 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Walley Barnes | 16 January 1920 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
MF | Ron Burgess | 9 April 1917 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | John Charles | 27 December 1931 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Roy Clarke | 1 June 1926 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Ray Daniel | 2 November 1928 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Reg Davies | 27 May 1929 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
FW | Billy Foulkes | 29 May 1926 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
GK | Ron Howells | 12 January 1927 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | ![]() |
GK | Jack Kelsey | 19 November 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
FW | Noel Kinsey | 24 December 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Roy Paul | 18 April 1920 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Alf Sherwood | 13 November 1923 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF | Derek Sullivan | 10 August 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | ![]() |
References
- Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.