1929–30 British Home Championship

1930 was the year in which the tournament finally gained a serious rival as the premier international football competition, with the inception of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, held in Uruguay.The Home Nations were not however members of FIFA due to disputes over the growing professionalism in continental and South American football.The Scottish side, which had won most of the previous ten championships, was likewise unprepared, only playing its first game outside the British Isles in 1929, and being heavily defeated on tour in 1931 by both the Austrians and the Italians.The English won all three matches at a canter, scoring fourteen goals and brushing aside their opposition to take the title.The fancied Scots also performed well, winning against Wales and Northern Ireland before succumbing to England in the final match.

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