| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales |
| Dates | 17 February – 7 April 1906 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  England Scotland (shared) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 20 (3.33 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  William Green Harold Sloan(3 goals) |
1906–07 → | |
The1905–06British Home Championship was the 22nd edition of the annual internationalfootball tournament played between the BritishHome Nations. The trophy was shared between the two sides which regularly dominated the competition,England andScotland who each gained four points.
England andIreland 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 inEdinburgh by 2–0. Scotland recovered to beat Ireland by a single goal, and England then moved ahead by beating Wales with an identical scoreline inCardiff. Playing for lower rankings, Wales and Ireland fought out a 4–4 draw inWrexham before the deciding game between England and Scotland atHampden 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 ofMitchell and Kenyon, and this is now the oldest surviving footage of an international football match.[1]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England(C) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| Scotland(C) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAL[3] | IRE[4] | SCO[5] | Apps | Goals | |
| Dickie Bond | 1 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Sammy Day | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Stan Harris | 1 | 1/1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| James Ashcroft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Crompton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Colin Veitch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Warren | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kelly Houlker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Herbert Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Albert Shepherd | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arthur Brown | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Herbert Burgess | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Conlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Makepeace | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alf Common | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Albert Gosnell | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Name | Apps/Goals by opponent | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WAL[6] | IRE[7] | ENG[8] | Apps | Goals | |
| Donald McLeod | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Thomas Fitchie | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | |
| John May | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Quinn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alex Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| George Stewart | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Thomson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| James Howie | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Andy Aitken | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dunlop | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Livingstone | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter McBride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter McWilliam | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Menzies | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Raisbeck | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sandy MacFarlane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alec McNair | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Raeside | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gladstone Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Rennie | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
