It was the oldest competition of its kind and the one that lasted for the longest time; untildiscontinued in 1984 it had run for 101 years. It was by far the most important of the fiveregional championships played throughout Europe in the Twentieth Century. Before football wasan official sport in the 1908 Olympics, the winners were considered the best in the world.It was contested between the four british football associations and started as a follow up tothe annual friendly matches staged between them in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The winnerwas decided on points; in case of a tie, the championship was shared, until 1979 when goaldifference was introduced as tie braker.
Year Winners1884 Scotland1885 Scotland1886 England / Scotland (shared)1887 Scotland1888 England1889 Scotland1890 Scotland / England (shared)1891 England1892 England1893 England1894 Scotland1895 England1896 Scotland1897 Scotland1898 England1899 England1900 Scotland1901 England1902 Scotland1903 England / Ireland / Scotland (shared)1904 England1905 England1906 England / Scotland (shared)1907 Wales1908 Scotland / England (shared)1909 England1910 Scotland1911 England1912 England / Scotland (shared)1913 England1914 Ireland1915-19 Not contested1919-20 Wales1920-21 Scotland1921-22 Scotland1922-23 Scotland1923-24 Wales1924-25 Scotland1925-26 Scotland1926-27 Scotland / England (shared)1927-28 Wales1928-29 Scotland1929-30 England1930-31 Scotland / England (shared)1931-32 England1932-33 Wales1933-34 Wales1934-35 England / Scotland (shared)1935-36 Scotland1936-37 Wales1937-38 England1938-39 England / Scotland / Wales (shared)1940-46 Not contested1946-47 England1947-48 England1948-49 Scotland1949-50 England1950-51 Scotland1951-52 Wales / England (shared)1952-53 England / Scotland (shared)1953-54 England1954-55 England1955-56 England / Scotland / Wales / Northern Ireland (shared)1956-57 England1957-58 England / Northern Ireland (shared)1958-59 Northern Ireland / England (shared)1959-60 England / Scotland / Wales (shared)1960-61 England1961-62 Scotland1962-63 Scotland1963-64 Scotland / England / Northern Ireland (shared)1964-65 England1965-66 England1966-67 Scotland1967-68 England1969 England1970 England / Scotland / Wales (shared)1971 England1972 England / Scotland (shared)1973 England1974 Scotland / England (shared)1975 England1976 Scotland1977 Scotland1978 England1979 England1980 Northern Ireland1981 Not finished1982 England1983 England1983-84 Northern Ireland
Country Outright Shared Shared Shared Total Wins 2-Ways 3-Ways 4-Ways WinsEngland 34 14 5 1 54Scotland 24 11 5 1 41Wales 7 3 1 1 12Ireland/Northern Ireland 3 2 2 1 8
Rk Country P W T L F A PTS 1 England 266 161 56 49 661-282 378 2 Scotland 267 141 57 69 574-342 339 3 Wales 266 70 62 134 360-545 202 4 Ireland/N.Ireland 265 48 49 168 284-710 145
Prepared and maintained byMacario Reyes and Neil Morrison for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Macario Reyes (copasmundiales@yahoo.com)and Neil Morrison(cnm@cnm.u-net.com)
Last updated: 1 Oct 1999
(C) Copyright Macario Reyes, Neil Morrison and RSSSF 1999
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that properacknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.