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British Championship 1955-56 Table
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Final
Placings |
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pts
|
|
England
(23) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
3 |
|
Scotland (21) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
3 |
|
Wales (8) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
3 |
|
Ireland (1) |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
-2 |
3 |
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Home International Championship 1955-56
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Matches |
 |
|
1 |
8 October 1955 -
Northern Ireland 2 Scotland 1
[2-0]
Windsor Park, Belfast
(48,000) |
J.Blanchflower, Bingham
Johnstone |
|
2 |
22 October 1955 -
Wales
2
England
1 [2-0]
Ninian Park, Cardiff
(60,000) |
Tapscott, Jones
J.Charles OG |
AL |
|
3 |
2 November 1955 -
England 3
Northern
Ireland 0
[0-0]
Empire Stadium, Wembley
(58,000) |
Wilshaw (2),
Finney |
HW |
|
4 |
9 November 1955 -
Scotland 2 Wales 0 [2-0]
Hampden Park, Glasgow
(53,887) |
Johnstone (2) |
|
5 |
11 April 1956 -
Wales 1 Northern Ireland 1
[1-0]
Ninian Park, Cardiff
(37,000/45,000) |
Clarke
J.Jones |
|
6 |
14 April 1956 -
Scotland 1 England
1
[0-0]
Hampden
Park, Glasgow
(132,817) |
Leggat
Haynes |
AD |
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Notes |
The only time in British Championship history that all four
countries finished level on points. And as goal-difference was not in
force, all four countries shared the honour.
The Wales Northern
Ireland attendance comes from many of the periodicals from the following
day, many stated 45,000-but the Welsh newspapers stated 37,000.
England were quite literally one minute away from finishing bottom, which
has not happened since 1928. |
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