It was the oldest competition of its kind and the one that lasted for the longest time; until discontinued in 1984 it had run for 101 years. It was by far the most important of the five regional championships played throughout Europe in the Twentieth Century. Before football was an official sport in the 1908 Olympics, the winners were considered the best in the world. It was contested between the four british football associations and started as a follow up to the annual friendly matches staged between them in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The winner was decided on points; in case of a tie, the championship was shared, until 1979 when goal difference was introduced as tie braker.
Year Winners 1884 Scotland 1885 Scotland 1886 England / Scotland (shared) 1887 Scotland 1888 England 1889 Scotland 1890 Scotland / England (shared) 1891 England 1892 England 1893 England 1894 Scotland 1895 England 1896 Scotland 1897 Scotland 1898 England 1899 England 1900 Scotland 1901 England 1902 Scotland 1903 England / Ireland / Scotland (shared) 1904 England 1905 England 1906 England / Scotland (shared) 1907 Wales 1908 Scotland / England (shared) 1909 England 1910 Scotland 1911 England 1912 England / Scotland (shared) 1913 England 1914 Ireland 1915-19 Not contested 1919-20 Wales 1920-21 Scotland 1921-22 Scotland 1922-23 Scotland 1923-24 Wales 1924-25 Scotland 1925-26 Scotland 1926-27 Scotland / England (shared) 1927-28 Wales 1928-29 Scotland 1929-30 England 1930-31 Scotland / England (shared) 1931-32 England 1932-33 Wales 1933-34 Wales 1934-35 England / Scotland (shared) 1935-36 Scotland 1936-37 Wales 1937-38 England 1938-39 England / Scotland / Wales (shared) 1940-46 Not contested 1946-47 England 1947-48 England 1948-49 Scotland 1949-50 England 1950-51 Scotland 1951-52 Wales / England (shared) 1952-53 England / Scotland (shared) 1953-54 England 1954-55 England 1955-56 England / Scotland / Wales / Northern Ireland (shared) 1956-57 England 1957-58 England / Northern Ireland (shared) 1958-59 Northern Ireland / England (shared) 1959-60 England / Scotland / Wales (shared) 1960-61 England 1961-62 Scotland 1962-63 Scotland 1963-64 Scotland / England / Northern Ireland (shared) 1964-65 England 1965-66 England 1966-67 Scotland 1967-68 England 1969 England 1970 England / Scotland / Wales (shared) 1971 England 1972 England / Scotland (shared) 1973 England 1974 Scotland / England (shared) 1975 England 1976 Scotland 1977 Scotland 1978 England 1979 England 1980 Northern Ireland 1981 Not finished 1982 England 1983 England 1983-84 Northern Ireland
Country Outright Shared Shared Shared Total
Wins 2-Ways 3-Ways 4-Ways Wins
England 34 14 5 1 54
Scotland 24 11 5 1 41
Wales 7 3 1 1 12
Ireland/Northern Ireland 3 2 2 1 8
Rk Country P W T L F A PTS 1 England 266 161 56 49 661-282 378 2 Scotland 267 141 57 69 574-342 339 3 Wales 266 70 62 134 360-545 202 4 Ireland/N.Ireland 265 48 49 168 284-710 145
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