1950s


British Home Championship (LV) – 1949-50

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 3 0 0 14 3 6 +11
2 Scotland 3 2 0 1 10 3 4 +7
3 Wales 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 -5
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 4 17 1 -13
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
15th Apr 1950 British Championship England Hampden Park 0-1
26th Apr 1950 Friendly Switzerland Hampden Park 3-1
21st May 1950 Friendly Portugal Estádio Nacional 2-2
27th May 1950 Friendly France Stade Olympique 1-0

British Home Championship (LVI) – 1950-51

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Scotland 3 3 0 0 12 4 6 +8
2 England 3 2 0 1 10 6 4 +4
3 Wales 3 1 0 2 5 8 2 -3
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 3 12 0 -9
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
21st Oct 1950 British Championship Wales Ninian Park 3-1
1st Nov 1950 British Championship Northern Ireland Hampden Park 6-1
13th Dec 1950 Friendly Austria Hampden Park 0-1
14th Apr 1951 British Championship England Wembley Stadium 3-2
12th May 1951 Friendly Denmark Hampden Park 3-1
16th May 1951 Friendly France Hampden Park 1-0
20th May 1951 Friendly Belgium Stade Heysel 5-0
27th May 1951 Friendly Austria Praterstadion 0-4

British Home Championship (LVII) – 1951-52

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Wales 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 +4
2 England 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 +3
3 Scotland 3 1 0 2 4 3 2 +1
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 0 8 0 -8
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
6th Oct 1951 British Championship Northern Ireland Windsor Park 3-0
14th Nov 1951 British Championship Wales Hampden Park 0-1
5th Apr 1952 British Championship England Hampden Park 1-2
30th Apr 1952 Friendly United States Hampden Park 6-0
25th May 1952 Friendly Denmark Idrætsparken 2-1
30th May 1952 Friendly Sweden Råsunda Stadion 1-3

British Home Championship (LVIII) – 1952-53

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 1 2 0 9 6 4 +3
2 Scotland 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 +1
3 Northern Ireland 3 0 2 1 5 6 2 -1
4 Wales 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 -3
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
18th Oct 1952 British Championship Wales Ninian Park 2-1
3rd Nov 1952 British Championship Northern Ireland Hampden Park 1-1
18th Apr 1953 British Championship England Wembley Stadium 2-2
6th May 1953 Friendly Sweden Hampden Park 1-2

British Home Championship (LIX) – 1953-54

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 3 0 0 11 4 6 +7
2 Scotland 3 1 1 1 8 8 3 0
3 Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 -3
4 Wales 3 0 1 2 5 9 1 -4
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
3rd Oct 1953 British Championship Northern Ireland Windsor Park 3-1
4th Nov 1953 British Championship Wales Hampden Park 3-3
3rd Apr 1954 British Championship England Hampden Park 2-4
5th May 1954 Friendly Norway Hampden Park 1-0
19th May 1954 Friendly Norway Ullevaal Stadion 1-1
25th May 1954 Friendly Finland Olympiastadion 2-1

1954 World Cup – Group 3

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Uruguay 2 2 0 0 9 0 4 +9
2 Austria 2 2 0 0 6 0 4 +6
3 Czechoslovakia 2 0 0 2 0 7 0 -7
4 Scotland 2 0 0 2 0 8 0 -8
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
16th Jun 1954 World Cup Austria Hardturm Stadion 0-1
19th Jun 1954 World Cup Uruguay St. Jakob-Park 0-7

British Home Championship (LX) – 1954-55

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 3 0 0 12 4 6 +8
2 Scotland 3 1 1 1 5 9 3 -4
3 Wales 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 -1
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 -3
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
16th Nov 1954 British Championship Wales Ninian Park 1-0
3rd Nov 1954 British Championship Northern Ireland Hampden Park 2-2
8th Dec 1954 Friendly Hungary Hampden Park 2-4
2nd Apr 1955 British Championship England Wembley Stadium 2-7
4th May 1955 Friendly Portugal Hampden Park 3-0
15th May 1955 Friendly Yugoslavia Partizan Stadium 2-2
19th May 1955 Friendly Austria Praterstadion 4-1
29th May 1955 Friendly Hungary Nepstadion 1-3

British Home Championship (LXI) – 1955-56

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 +2
2 Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 +1
3 Wales 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 -1
4 Northern Ireland 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
8th Oct 1955 British Championship Northern Ireland Windsor Park 1-2
9th Nov 1955 British Championship Wales Hampden Park 2-0
14th Apr 1956 British Championship England Hampden Park 1-1
2nd May 1956 Friendly Austria Hampden Park 1-1

British Home Championship (LXII) – 1956-57

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 2 1 0 6 3 5 +3
2 Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0
3 Wales 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 -1
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 -1
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
20th Oct 1956 British Championship Wales Ninian Park 2-2
7th Nov 1956 British Championship Northern Ireland Hampden Park 1-0
21st Nov 1956 Friendly Yugoslavia Hampden Park 2-0
6th Apr 1957 British Championship England Wembley Stadium 1-2

1958 World Cup Qualifiers – Group 9

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Scotland 4 3 0 1 10 9 6 +1
2 Spain 4 2 1 1 12 8 5 +4
3 Switzerland 4 0 1 3 6 11 1 -5
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
8th May 1957 World Cup Qualifiers Spain Hampden Park 4-2
19th May 1957 World Cup Qualifiers Switzerland St. Jakob-Park 2-1
22nd May 1957 Friendly Neckarstadion West Germany 3-1
26th May 1957 World Cup Qualifiers Spain Bernabeu 1-4

British Home Championship (LXIII) – 1957-58

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 2 0 1 10 3 4 +7
2 Northern Ireland 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 +1
3 Scotland 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 -3
4 Wales 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 -4
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
5th Oct 1957 British Championship Northern Ireland Windsor Park 1-1
6th Nov 1957 World Cup Qualifiers Switzerland Hampden Park 3-2
13th Nov 1957 British Championship Wales Hampden Park 1-1
19th Apr 1958 British Championship England Hampden Park 0-4
7th May 1958 Friendly Hungary Hampden Park 1-1
1st Jun 1958 Friendly Poland Dziesieciolecia Stadion 2-1

1958 World Cup – Group 2

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 France 3 2 0 1 11 7 4 +4
2 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 0 7 6 4 +1
3 Paraguay 3 1 1 1 9 12 3 -3
4 Scotland 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
8th Jun 1958 World Cup Yugoslavia Arosvallen 1-1
11th Jun 1958 World Cup Paraguay Idrottsparken 2-3
15th Jun 1958 World Cup France Eyravallen 1-2

British Home Championship (LXIV) – 1958-59

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Northern Ireland 3 1 2 0 9 6 4 +3
2 England 3 1 2 0 6 5 4 +1
3 Scotland 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 +2
4 Wales 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 -6
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
18th Oct 1958 British Championship Wales Ninian Park 3-0
5th Nov 1958 British Championship Northern Ireland Hampden Park 2-2
11th Apr 1959 British Championship England Wembley Stadium 0-1
6th May 1959 Friendly West Germany Hampden Park 3-2
27th May 1959 Friendly Netherlands Olympisch Stadion 2-1
3rd Jun 1959 Friendly Portugal Estádio José Alvalade 0-1

British Home Championship (LXV) – 1959-60

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Scotland 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 +4
2 England 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 +1
3 Wales 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 +1
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 0 3 3 9 0 -6
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
3rd Oct 1959 British Championship Northern Ireland Windsor Park 4-0
4th Nov 1959 British Championship Wales Hampden Park 1-1