1948–49 British Home Championship
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The 1948–49
British Home Championship The British Home Championship (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotlan ...
was a
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tournament played between the British Home Nations. The tournament was notable for it being the final competition the Home Nations competed in before they joined the
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and thus the last time it was the most important international football tournament in
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.
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began the tournament the strongest with a 6–2 success over the Irish in
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.
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began well also, beating the Welsh in
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, which they followed with a narrow success against Ireland in a highly competitive match. England too took maximum points from their second game with a close 1–0 win over the Welsh. In the final games, Wales beat Ireland to take third place whilst the Scots succeeded in strongly defeating England at
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to take the championship.


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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Home Championship 1949 in British sport 1948 in British sport 1948-49 1948–49 in English football 1948–49 in Scottish football 1948–49 in Northern Ireland association football 1948–49 in Welsh football