1949–50 British Home Championship
1949–50 British Home Championship was one of the most significant competitions of the
Both England and Scotland began well, the Scots beating Ireland 8–2 at Windsor Park while England beat Wales 4–1 in Cardiff. Both teams continued their dominance in the second round of matches, Scotland beating Wales 2–0 whilst Ireland were again heavily defeated, this time losing 9–2 to England. In the final round of games Ireland and Wales gained some consolation points with a goalless draw while − England took first place by beating Scotland 1–0 in a hard-fought game in Glasgow.[5][6]
World Cup qualifying
Last all-Ireland team
Until 1950 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations. Both associations, the Belfast-based IFA and the Dublin-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. As a result, several notable Irish players from this era played for both teams.
The game between the
FIFA intervened, after complaints from the FAI, and subsequently restricted players' eligibility based on the political border. In 1953 FIFA ruled neither team could be referred to as Ireland, decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the Republic of Ireland, while the IFA team was to become Northern Ireland. The IFA objected and in 1954 were permitted to continue using the name Ireland in the British Home Championship. This practice was discontinued in the late 1970s.[9]
Table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions
Results
England ![]() | 9–2 | ![]() |
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Rowley ![]() Froggatt ![]() Pearson ![]() Mortensen ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Team squads
England
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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DF |
John Aston |
3 September 1921 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Manchester United
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FW |
Roy Bentley | 17 May 1924 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Jimmy Dickinson | 25 April 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
Tom Finney | 5 April 1922 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Preston North End
|
DF |
Neil Franklin | 24 January 1922 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Stoke City
|
FW |
Jack Froggatt | 17 November 1922 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | ![]() |
FW |
Johnny Hancocks | 30 April 1919 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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FW |
Bobby Langton | 8 September 1918 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | Bolton Wanderers
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FW |
Wilf Mannion | 16 May 1918 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
Jackie Milburn | 11 May 1924 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | Newcastle United
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FW |
Stan Mortensen | 26 May 1921 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF |
Bert Mozley | 21 September 1923 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | – | ![]() |
FW |
Stan Pearson | 15 January 1919 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | Manchester United
|
DF |
Alf Ramsey | 22 January 1920 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | Tottenham Hotspur
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FW |
Jack Rowley | 7 October 1920 | 1 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | Manchester United
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FW |
Len Shackleton | 3 May 1922 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | ![]() |
GK |
Bernard Streten | 14 January 1921 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | Luton Town
|
MF | Willie Watson |
7 March 1920 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | ![]() |
GK |
Bert Williams | 31 January 1920 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | 90 | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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MF | Billy Wright |
6 February 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Scotland
Head coach: none, SFA Selection Committee
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 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | – | ![]() |
FW |
Willie Bauld | 24 January 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | ![]() |
GK |
Jimmy Cowan | 16 June 1926 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF |
Sammy Cox | 13 April 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Bobby Evans | 16 July 1927 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | – | ![]() |
MF | Alex Forbes | 21 January 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
Billy Liddell | 10 January 1922 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
Alec Linwood | 13 March 1920 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | ![]() |
FW |
Jimmy Mason | 18 June 1919 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | Third Lanark
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MF | Ian McColl | 7 June 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
John McPhail | 27 December 1923 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | ![]() |
FW |
Willie Moir | 19 April 1922 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | Bolton Wanderers
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FW |
Henry Morris | 17 December 1919 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | ![]() |
FW |
Lawrie Reilly | 28 October 1928 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | – | ![]() |
FW |
Billy Steel | 1 May 1923 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
William Waddell |
7 March 1921 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | 90 | ![]() |
MF | Willie Woodburn | 8 August 1919 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
DF |
George Young | 27 October 1922 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
Ireland (IFA)
Head coach: none, managed by a committee
Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | ![]() |
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Club |
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DF |
Tom Aherne | 26 January 1919 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | Luton Town
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MF | Danny Blanchflower | 10 February 1926 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | 90 | ![]() |
DF/MF |
Gerry Bowler | 8 June 1919 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | ![]() |
FW |
Bobby Brennan | 14 March 1925 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Birmingham City
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FW |
Davy Cochrane | 14 August 1920 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | – | Leeds United
|
FW |
Eddie Crossan | 17 November 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | Blackburn Rovers
|
MF | Ray Ferris | 22 September 1920 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | Birmingham City
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DF |
Jim Feeney | 23 June 1921 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | ![]() |
GK |
Hugh Kelly |
17 August 1919 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | ![]() |
GK |
Pat Kelly | 9 April 1918 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | – | – | ![]() |
FW |
Jimmy McCabe | 17 September 1918 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | Leeds United
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FW |
Johnny McKenna | 6 June 1926 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Huddersfield Town
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DF |
Alf McMichael | 1 October 1927 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | – | Newcastle United
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DF |
Con Martin | 20 March 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | Aston Villa
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MF | Reg Ryan | 30 October 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | West Bromwich Albion
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FW |
Sammy Smyth | 25 February 1925 | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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FW |
Charlie Tully | 11 July 1924 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | 90 | – | ![]() |
MF | Jackie Vernon | 26 September 1918 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | West Bromwich Albion
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FW |
Davy Walsh | 28 April 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 90 | West Bromwich Albion
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See also
References
- ^ rsssf.org
- ^ The World Encyclopedia of Football (2004): Tom Macdonald
- ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
- ^ The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story (1997): Sean Ryan
- ^ Official Blundering Leads To Scottish Defeat, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1950
- ^ Scots May Yet Take Part In World Cup Series | Strong Pressure On Selectors To Change Decision, The Scotsman, 17 April 1950, via London Hearts Supports Club
- ^ www.independent.ie
- ^ The World Cup - The Complete History (2002): Terry Crouch
- ^ The Boys in Green - The FAI International Story (1997): Sean Ryan
- ^ Matches refereed by John Mowatt
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The number indicates the league the team played in that year.