The 1905–06 British Home Championship was the 22nd edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. The trophy was shared between the two sides which regularly dominated the competition, England and Scotland who each gained four points.
England and Ireland began the tournament in February 1906, with England scoring five goals without reply and rising up the rankings. Wales joined them after their match with Scotland which they won in Edinburgh by 2–0. Scotland recovered to beat Ireland by a single goal, and England then moved ahead by beating Wales with an identical scoreline in Cardiff. Playing for lower rankings, Wales and Ireland fought out a 4–4 draw in Wrexham before the deciding game between England and Scotland at Hampden Park; England needed only a draw to take the title outright, but Scotland played well and in a flowing match won 2–1 to share the honours.
Parts of the Wales vs Ireland match at Wrexham were filmed by the Blackburn company of Mitchell and Kenyon, and this is now the oldest surviving footage of an international football match.
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Results
Winning squads
NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WALMonday, 19 March 1906 Wales 0 England 1, England Football Online IRESaturday, 17 February 1906 Ireland 0 England 5, England Football Online SCOSaturday, 7 April 1906 Scotland 2 England 1, England Football Online Apps GoalsDickie Bond11/2132Sammy Day1/11/1132Stan Harris11/1131James Ashcroft11130Bob Crompton11130Colin Veitch11130Ben Warren11130Kelly Houlker1120Herbert Smith1120Albert Shepherd1/111Arthur Brown1/111Herbert Burgess110James Conlin110Harry Makepeace110Alf Common110Gordon Wright110Albert Gosnell110
NameApps/Goals by opponentTotal WALSat 03 Mar 1906 Scotland 0 Wales 2, London Hearts Supporters Club IRESat 17 Mar 1906 Ireland 0 Scotland 1, London Hearts Supporters Club ENGSat 07 Apr 1906 Scotland 2 England 1, London Hearts Supporters Club Apps GoalsDonald McLeod11130Thomas Fitchie11/121John May1120Jimmy Quinn1120Alex Smith1120George Stewart1120Charlie Thomson1120James Howie1/212Andy Aitken110Billy Dunlop110George Livingstone110Peter McBride110Peter McWilliam110Alex Menzies110Alex Raisbeck110Sandy MacFarlane110Alec McNair110Jimmy Raeside110Andrew Richmond110George Wilson110Gladstone Hamilton110David Hill110Harry Rennie110Bobby Walker110James Young110
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