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The 1964β65 British Home Championship was an outright victory for the English football team in the run up to the 1966 FIFA World Cup which was held in the country. England's preparation for the tournament had included a rare pre-season tour of the Americas, in which they had beaten the USA 10β0 in New York, but crashed to a 1β5 defeat by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro and also lost to Argentina. The Home Championship was a close contest however and an unexpected Welsh defeat of Scotland as well as a drubbing of Ireland in their final game helped them to an impressive second. In the end however, none of the other home nations would qualify for the world cup finals, which England would go on to win.
The tournament opened with a dramatic match between England and Ireland, in which England went 4β0 up in the first half-hour, but eventually were forced to hold on in the face of an Irish counter-attack which reduced the deficit to 4β3. Fancied Scotland meanwhile began badly with a loss to Wales in Cardiff. In the second games, Ireland again ran a favorite close, eventually succumbing 3β2 to the Scots in a close game in which the lead changed several times. The Welsh too played well, only narrowly losing to eventual champions England. In the final match, the already last-placed Irish were demolished by a more driven Welsh team seeking a rare title, going down 5β0. In London, the Scots and the English fought out a 2β2 draw which put the championship out of Wales' reach by giving England five points.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |
This section needs additional citations for
verification. (October 2023) |
The 1964β65 British Home Championship was an outright victory for the English football team in the run up to the 1966 FIFA World Cup which was held in the country. England's preparation for the tournament had included a rare pre-season tour of the Americas, in which they had beaten the USA 10β0 in New York, but crashed to a 1β5 defeat by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro and also lost to Argentina. The Home Championship was a close contest however and an unexpected Welsh defeat of Scotland as well as a drubbing of Ireland in their final game helped them to an impressive second. In the end however, none of the other home nations would qualify for the world cup finals, which England would go on to win.
The tournament opened with a dramatic match between England and Ireland, in which England went 4β0 up in the first half-hour, but eventually were forced to hold on in the face of an Irish counter-attack which reduced the deficit to 4β3. Fancied Scotland meanwhile began badly with a loss to Wales in Cardiff. In the second games, Ireland again ran a favorite close, eventually succumbing 3β2 to the Scots in a close game in which the lead changed several times. The Welsh too played well, only narrowly losing to eventual champions England. In the final match, the already last-placed Irish were demolished by a more driven Welsh team seeking a rare title, going down 5β0. In London, the Scots and the English fought out a 2β2 draw which put the championship out of Wales' reach by giving England five points.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |