British Home Amateur Championship

British Home Amateur Championship

Founded	1953
Abolished	1974
Region	British Isles
Number of teams	4
Last champions	England / Wales [a]
Most successful team(s)	England (16 titles)

The British Home Amateur Championship or British Amateur Championship was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four amateur national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for the first three tournaments). Starting during the 1953–54 season, it was contested until the 1973–74 season, after which the Football Association abolished the amateur distinction. ^[2] From 1929 to 1953, an unofficial winner was declared by the press; during this time, Ireland and Wales did not meet regularly. ^{[1] : 2}

List of winners

Year	Champions	Second	Third	Fourth
1953–54 [1] : 176	Ireland (1)	Scotland	England	Wales
1954–55 [1] : 184	England (1)	Ireland	Scotland	Wales
1955–56 [1] : 190	England (2) / Ireland (2) [b]		Wales	Scotland
1956–57 [1] : 199	England (3)	Wales	Northern Ireland / Scotland [b]
1957–58 [1] : 209	England (4) / Scotland (1) / Northern Ireland (3) [b]			Wales
1958–59 [1] : 215	England (5) / Scotland (2) [b]		Northern Ireland	Wales
1959–60 [1] : 224	England (6)	Scotland / Northern Ireland [b]		Wales
1960–61 [1] : 232	England (7)	Scotland / Wales [b]		Northern Ireland
1961–62 [1] : 237	Scotland (3)	England / Northern Ireland [b]		Wales
1962–63 [1] : 242	England (8)	Northern Ireland	Wales	Scotland
1963–64 [1] : 249	Northern Ireland (4)	England / Scotland [b]		Wales
1964–65 [1] : 259	England (9) / Scotland (4) [b]		Northern Ireland	Wales
1965–66 [1] : 264	England (10)	Scotland / Northern Ireland [b]		Wales
1966–67 [1] : 273	England (11)	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
1967–68 [1] : 279	Wales (1)	England	Northern Ireland / Scotland [b]
1968–69 [1] : 289	England (12)	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
1969–70 [1] : 297	England (13)	Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland [b]
1970–71 [1] : 304	England (14)	Wales	Northern Ireland / Scotland [b]
1971–72 [1] : 314	Northern Ireland (5)	England / Wales [b]		Scotland
1972–73 [1] : 318	England (15)	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
1973–74 [1] : 326	England (16) / Wales (2) [b]		Scotland [a]	Northern Ireland [a]

Total wins

Team	Wins total	Wins outright	Shared wins
England	16	11	5
Ireland / Northern Ireland	5	3	2
Scotland	4	1	3 [a]
Wales	2	1	1

See also

• British Home Championship
• Four Nations Tournament

Notes

1. The Scotland versus Northern Ireland match, on 1974-02-01, was postponed due to an unplayable pitch. The match was never rearranged. ^{[1] : 329} If Scotland had won it they would have finished joint first with England and Wales. ^{[1] : 326}
2. Where teams finished in a joint position, the level teams are listed in order of better/best goal difference.

References

1. McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George (2017). UK Amateur International Football: The Complete Record 1901-1974 (2nd ed.). ISBN   978-1-326-35601-9.
2. Butler, Bryon (1991). The Official History of The Football Association. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 189. ISBN   0-356-19145-1.