Home Internationals
1955/56 - 1967/68

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ITV games are in white, BBC or non-televised matches are in grey.
All matches were broadcast in black & white.

1964/65

Sat 03/Oct/1964    Northern Ireland 3 (McLaughlin 2, Wilson) England 4 (Greaves 3, Pickering)
Belfast
*No TV coverage scheduled. Fred Pickering put England ahead on 7, Jimmy Greaves then netted a hat-trick in the space of around 12 minutes, his first on 15, a 2nd on 24 and he made it 4-0 to the visitors on 27. Northern Ireland staged a 2nd half fight back through Sammy Wilson on 52 and two goals from Jimmy McLaughlin on 55 and 75.

Sat 03/Oct/1964    Wales 3 (Davies, Leek 2) Scotland 2 (Chalmers, Gibson)
Cardiff
SCOTTISH Highlights
*Scottish TV showed highlights on "Scotsport" at 5:25-5:45pm and 9:50-10:25pm, BBC1 Scotland also showed highlights at 10:40-11:30pm (including golf), BBC1 Wales showed the action on "Soccer Special" at 11:05-11:30pm. Four Scottish players made their debuts in this match, Jimmy Johnstone and Stevie Chalmers of Celtic, Ron Yeats of Liverpool and (for his only cap) James Robertson of Spurs. Wyn Davies put Wales ahead on 6, debut boy Chalmers equalised on 28 and Dave Gibson then put Scotland ahead a minute later on 29. The Scots looked to be heading to victory until Kenneth Leek struck twice for Wales in the last 3 minutes, netting the equaliser on 87 and making it 3-2 on 89.

Wed 18/Nov/1964    England 2 (Wignall 2) Wales 1 (Jones)
Wembley
Rediffusion 2nd Half LIVE
Gerry Loftus
*Live on ITV (except Scottish and Grampian) from 8:20-9:20pm. Frank Wignall scored both England goals on his debut on 17 & 60 minutes, Cliff Jones netted a consolation for Wales on 75. Alan Hinton made his 3rd and final appearance for England, it was also the end of international duty for Mike Bailey (his 2nd appearance), whilst Gerry Young won his only cap.

Wed 25/Nov/1964    Scotland 3 (Wilson 2, Gilzean) Northern Ireland 2 (Best, Irvine)
Hampden
SCOTTISH & ULSTER Highlights
*Scottish and Ulster showed highlights on "Scotsport" at 10:25-11:10pm. Hearts' Willie Wallace made his debut for Scotland, but two other international careers would be cut short - goalkeeper Robert Forsyth (4 caps) and James Kennedy (6 caps). All five goals were scored in the opening half-hour; George Best put the visitors ahead on 9 but only for Davie Wilson to equalise a minute later on 10, Alan Gilzean then put Scotland ahead on 16, Willie Irvine levelled it again at 2-2 on 18, Wilson netted what turned out to be the winner on 30.

Wed 31/Mar/1965    Northern Ireland 0 Wales 5 (Vernon 2, Jones, Williams, Allchurch)
Belfast
BBC N.IRELAND Highlights
*BBC1 N.Ireland showed highlights at 11:05-11:35pm (FA Cup Special followed), but no coverage was scheduled for Wales. Two goals by Roy Vernon and one each from Cliff Jones, Graham Williams and Ivor Allchurch gave Wales a 5-0 away win.

Sat 10/Apr/1965    England 2 (R.Charlton, Greaves) Scotland 2 (Law, St John)
Wembley
SCOTTISH Highlights
*Scottish showed highligths on "Scotsport" at 10:10-11:05pm, BBC1 also showed highlights on "Sports Special" at 10:55-11:25pm. Nobby Stiles, Jack Charlton and Barry Bridges made their England debut's, but this auld-enemy clash was memorable for Scotland coming back from 2-0 down. Bobby Charlton put England ahead on 24, Jimmy Greaves made it 2-0 on 34, Denis Law pulled one back before HT on 40, Ian St John (in what turned out to be his 21st and final appearance in a Scotland shirt) equalised on 59. Chelsea's Eddie McCreadie made his Scotland debut.

Final table
1. England     5
2. Wales       4
3. Scotland    3
4. N.Ireland   0
 

1965/66

Sat 02/Oct/1965    Northern Ireland 3 (Dougan, Crossan, Irvine) Scotland 2 (Gilzean 2)
Belfast
*No TV coverage scheduled, although highlights may have been included on Scottish TV's "Scotsport" at 9:30-9:55pm. Alan Gilzean put Scotland ahead on 17, Derek Dougan equalised on 42, John Crossan put the Irish ahead on 60, Gilzean pulled it back to 2-2 on 82, Willie Irvine won it for Northern Ireland with a late goal on 89. This was the last international appearance for Scotland's Dave Mackay.

Sat 02/Oct/1965    Wales 0 England 0
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
*BBC1 Sunday afternoon at 2:20-3:05pm.

Wed 10/Nov/1965    England 2 (Baker, Peacock) Northern Ireland 1 (Irvine)
Wembley
ITV Highlights
Gerry Loftus
*ITV showed highlights at 10:33-11:18pm (except the Scottish region who opted out). Joe Baker put England ahead on 19 but only for Willie Irvine to equalise a minute later. Alan Peacock scored a late winning goal on 89 in what turned out to be his 6th and final England cap.

Wed 24/Nov/1965    Scotland 4 (Murdoch 2, Henderson, Greig) Wales 1 (Allchurch)
Hampden
BBC SCOTLAND/WALES Highlights
*BBC Scotland showed highlights at 10:50-11:05pm on "Sportsreel", BBC Wales also showed highlights at the same time. (STV may also have included highlights on "Scotsport" 10:40-11:20pm). There were Scotland debuts for Kilmarnock goalkepper Robert Ferguson, Dundee's Charlie Cook and James Forrest of Rangers. Scotland went ahead through Bobby Murdoch on 11, Ivor Allchurch equalised on 14, Willie Henderson restored the Scots lead a minute later on 15, Murdoch made it 3-1 on 21, John Greig got the 4th on 86.

Wed 30/Mar/1966    Wales 1 (W.Davies) Northern Ireland 4 (Irvine, Harvey, Wilson, Welsh)
Cardiff
*No TV coverage scheduled.

Sat 02/Apr/1966    Scotland 3 (Law, Johnston 2) England 4 (Hurst, Hunt 2, Charlton)
Hampden
SCOTTISH & GRAMPIAN LIVE
Alex Cameron
*This match was shown live in the Scottish and Grampian regions as part of "Scotsport Hampden Special" from 1:00pm, the programme showed boxing and wrestling before joining Hampden at 2:45pm. BBC1 SCOTLAND also showed the match live. Scotland had to win to share the championship with Northern Ireland, England needed a victory to win the trophy outright. Geoff Hurst put England ahead on 18, Roger Hunt made it 2-0 to the visitors on 34, Denis Law pulled one back on 41 for a 1-2 HT scoreline. Hunt restored England's two goal advantage at the start on the 2nd half on 47, Willie Johnston pulled another back for Scotland on 57, Bobby Charlton made it 4-2 to England on 73 and finally Johnston got Scotland's 3rd goal on 81 (their 150th v England). Saturday night highlights were most likely included on "Scotsport" (Scottish region only) at 9:25-9:55pm and BBC1 Scotland's "Sportsreel" (10:20-10:45pm). English viewers had to wait until Sunday afternoon when ABC, ATV, Westward, Southern, Tyne Tees, Border and TWW showed highlights at 2:45-3:20pm and Anglia at 4:40-5:15pm (apparently taking STV's coverage with Cameron's commentary). BBC1 also showed Sunday afternoon highlights at 2:55-3:45pm.

Final table
1. England     5
2. N.Ireland   4
3. Scotland    2
4. Wales       1
 

1966/67
This season's tournament doubled up as the first six games in the qualifying Group 8 of the 1968 European Championships, see here for results.

Final table
1. Scotland    5
2. England     4
3. Wales       2
4. N.Ireland   1
 

1967/68
Again, this season's Home Internationals doubled up as the final six fixtures in the qualifying Group 8 of the 1968 European Championships, see here for results.

Final table
1. England     5
2. Scotland    3
3. Wales       2
4. N.Ireland   2

The combined points from this and the previous season saw England progress to the quarter-finals of the European Championships with 9 points, ahead of Scotland on 8, Wales on 4 and Northern Ireland on 3.
 

1968/69 -1983/84 Home Internationals >>>
 

1955/56

22/Oct/1955    Wales 2 (Tapscott, Jones) England 1 (Charles(og)) [Home International] *BBC, missed both Wales goals scored within a minute of eachother
09/Nov/1955    Scotland 2 (Johnstone 2) Wales 0 [Home International] *BBC 10:45pm, footage exists
11/Apr/1956    Wales 1 (Clarke) N.Ireland 1 (J.Jones) *"Sportsview Special"
14/Apr/1956    Scotland 1 (Leggat) England 1 (Haynes) [Home International] *Shown on Sunday BBC 2.00-2.30pm, all 4 nations finish level on points for first time

1956/57

Sat 06/Oct/1956    Northern Ireland v England
BBC Highlights
*Shown on Sunday at 4:00-4:15 pm

07/Nov/1956   Scotland 1 (Scott) Northern Ireland 0 *BBC, exists including feature on Tom Finney

1957/58

06/Nov/1957    LIVE - England v N.Ireland *Ken Wolstenholme, 2.30-4-15, exists

1958/59

Sat/18/Oct/1958    Wales 0 Scotland 3 (Leggat, Law, Collins)
BBC

Sat 11 Apr 1959    England v Scotland
BBC
Ken Wolstenholme
*10:15-11:00pm

1959/60

Wed 04/Nov/1959    Scotland v Wales
ITV: STV/TWW
*7:00-7:30pm

1960/61

08/Oct/1960   No Sports special details given - Northern Ireland v England was played that day

Wed 23/Nov/1960    England v Wales
ITV 2nd half LIVE
*3:45-4:47pm

1961/62

Sat 14/Oct/1961    Wales v England
BBC Highlights
*"Sportsview Special" 10:15-10:45pm

Wed 08/Nov/1961    Scotland v Wales
BBC Highlights
*10:30-11:00pm

Wed 22/Nov/1961    England v Northern Ireland
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*10:15-10:45

Sat 14/Apr/1962    Scotland v England
BBC Highlights
*"Football Special" 10:45-11:15 (not confirmed as Scotland v England)

1962/63

Wed 20/Oct/1962    Northern Ireland 1 (Armfield(og)) England 3 (Greaves, O'Grady 2)
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme

Wed 20/Oct/1962    Wales 2 (Allchurch, J. Charles) Scotland 3 (Caldow, Law, Henderson)
BBC Highlights
Alan Weeks
*10:15-10:50pm

Sat 06/Apr/1963    England v Scotland
BBC
Ken Wolstenholme
*STV:  Arthur Montford

1963/64

Sat 12/Oct/1963    Wales v England
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*11:24-11:50. exists

20/Nov/1963    England v Northern Ireland
BBC
*exists

Sat 11/Apr/1964    Scotland v England
BBC Highlights
George Davidson
*"Football Special" 10:45-11:25pm, exists

Wed 15/Apr/1964    Wales v Northern Ireland
BBC Highlights
*"Football Special", 10:40-11:10pm
 
 
 

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