1967–68 British Home Championship

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1967–68 British Home Championship
Tournament details
Dates	21 October 1967 – 28 February 1968
Teams	4
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (43rd title)
Runners-up	Scotland
Third place	Wales
Fourth place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	15 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	384,710 (64,118 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bobby Charlton Martin Peters Alan Gilzean (2 goals each)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 British Home Championship was the 1967–68 staging of an annual football competition for the British Home Nations. In addition, the results were combined with those of the previous season's championship to form qualifying Group 8 for the 1968 European Championship.

The tournament was a single round-robin with two points for a win and no ranking tiebreakers like goal difference. England won their first two games, against Wales and Ireland, and going into the final match they were guaranteed at least a share of the Home Championship, but a win for Scotland would see them win the Euro qualifying group. A hard-fought draw gave both titles outright to England. Ireland had surprisingly beat Scotland, but shared third place with Wales after losing to them in the last match.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	England (C)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5	Champions
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
4	Ireland	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	2

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

Results

21 October 1967

15:00

Wales	0–3	England
	Report	Peters 34' B. Charlton 87' Ball 90' (pen.)

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 44,960

Referee: John Robertson P. Gordon (Scotland)

21 October 1967

15:00

Northern Ireland	1–0	Scotland
Clements 69'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 47,359

Referee: James Finney (England)

22 November 1967

19:45

England	2–0	Northern Ireland
Hurst 43' B. Charlton 62'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 83,969

Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)

22 November 1967

20:00

Scotland	3–2	Wales
Gilzean 16', 65' McKinnon 78'	Report	R. Davies 18' Durban 57'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 57,472

Referee: James Finney (England)

24 February 1968

15:00

Scotland	1–1	England
Hughes 39'	Report	Peters 19'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 134,461

Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

28 February 1968

19:15

Wales	2–0	Northern Ireland
Rees 75' W. Davies 84'	Report

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 17,548

Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

References

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

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