ITV international football coverage
1955-1968

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Home Internationals
1955/56 - 1967/68

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

1955/56

Sat 08/Oct/1955    Northern Ireland 2 (Blanchflower, Bingham) Scotland 1 (Reilly)
Belfast
*Highlights may have been shown on the BBC's "Sports Special". Jackie Blanchflower on 7 minutes and Billy Bingham on 16 gave the Irish and early 2-0 lead, Lawrie Reilly pulled one back on 62. This was Billy Liddell's 29th and final international appearace for Scotland.

Sat 22/Oct/1955    Wales 2 (Tapscott, Jones) England 1 (Charles(og))
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC had a highlights programme at 10:00-10:30pm but missed both of Wales' goals which were scored within a minute of eachother shortly before HT (presumably due to the cameraman changing film reels). England pulled one back when John Charles put through his own net on 51. Goalkeeper Bert Williams made his 24th and final England appearance. Wales wouldn't beat England again until 1977.

Wed 02/Nov/1955    England 3 (Wilshaw 2, Finney) Northern Ireland 0
Wembley
?Rediffusion 2nd Half LIVE? / BBC 2nd Half LIVE
*The game kicked-off at 2:15pm, the BBC had live coverage from 3:00-4:00pm. The Times mentions in an article that Rediffusion would also show the 2nd half live but it is not included in the Rediffusion listings. Blackburn Rovers' Ronnie Clayton and Blackpool's Bill Perry made their England debuts. All three goals came in the 2nd half, Dennis Wilshaw scoring twice on 50 and 52, Tom Finney got the 3rd on 88.

Wed 09/Nov/1955    Scotland 2 (Johnstone 2) Wales 0
Hampden
BBC Highlights
*BBC showed highlights (all areas) at 10:45pm and footage still exists. Bobby Johnstone scored the goals on 15 and 24 minutes.

Wed 11/Apr/1956    Wales 1 (Clarke) N.Ireland 1 (J.Jones)
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
*"Sportsview Special" 9:30-10:00pm.

Sat 14/Apr/1956    Scotland 1 (Leggat) England 1 (Haynes)
Hampden
BBC SCOTLAND LIVE / BBC Highlights
*BBC viewers in Scotland were able to watch this match live from 2:35pm (Viewers in England had an Amateur Cup match instead). Highlights were shown in both England and Scotland on Sunday afternoon at 2.00-2.30pm, Coventry City keeper Reg Matthews made his England debut, Scotland gave debuts to Charlton's John Hewie and Aberdeen's Graham Leggat. It was Leggat who put Scotland ahead on 60, Johnny Haynes equalised on 89 which meant all 4 nations finished level on points for first time. Bobby Johnstone played for Scotland for the 17th and final time.

Final table
1. England     3
1. Scotland    3
1. Wales       3
1. N.Ireland   3
 

1956/57

Sat 06/Oct/1956    Northern Ireland 1 (McIlroy) England 1 (Matthews)
Belfast
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC highlights were shown on Sunday afternoon at 4:00-4:15 pm. This match saw final England caps awarded to Reg Matthews (5 caps), Don Revie (6) and Dennis Wilshaw (12).

Sat 20/Oct/1956    Wales 2 (Ford, Medwin) Scotland 2 (Fernie, Reilly)
Cardiff
*Blackpool's John Mudie lined up for Scotland for the first time. Wales led through Trevor Ford on 6, Bill Fernie equalised on 28,  Terry Medwin restored the Welsh lead on 31, but Scotland came back again through Lawrie Reilly on 35. Highlights may have been shown on the BBC at some point over the weekend though nothing is explicity billed in the newspaper listings.

Wed 07/Nov/1956   Scotland 1 (Scott) Northern Ireland 0
Hampden
BBC Highlights
*Film exists from what must be an edition of "Sportsview" at 9:30-10pm including a feature on Tom Finney. Rangers' debut boy Alex Scott got the only goal of this game on 25.

Wed 14/Nov/1956    England 3 (Haynes, Brooks, Finney) Wales 1 (Charles)
Wembley
BBC LIVE
Ken Wolstenholme
*The BBC had live coverage from 2:25-4:15pm (kick-off 2:30pm), Wales led through John Charles on 8, but England came back with three 2nd half goals, Johnny Haynes equalising on 52, Spurs' John Brooks (on his debut) making it 2-1 on 55 and Tom Finney with the 3rd on 75.

Sat 06/Apr/1957    England 2 (Kevan, Edwards) Scotland 1 (Ring)
Wembley
*No TV coverage is billed in the newspaper listings. Alan Hodgkinson lined up in goal for England for the first time whilst Scotland gave a debut to Rangers' Eric Caldow. Tommy Ring gave the home side the lead in the opening minute, West Brom's Derek Kevan equalised on his England debut on 64, Duncan Edwards netted the winner on 84. Sheffield United's. This turned out to be Lawrie Reilly's farewell appearance for Scotland on 38 caps.

Wed 10/Apr/1957    Northern Ireland 0 Wales 0
Belfast
*No TV coverage billed.
 

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

1957/58

Sat 05/Oct/1957    Northern Ireland 1 (Bingham) Scotland 1 (Leggat)
Belfast
*No TV coverage billed. Billy Bingham put the Irish ahead on 47, Graham Leggat equalised on 59.

Sat 19/Oct/1957    Wales 0 England 4 (Hopkins(og), Haynes 2, Finney)
Cardiff
*No TV coverage billed. Bolton's keeper Eddie Hopkinson made his debut in this match, as did West Brom's Don Howe and Blackburn's Bryan Douglas. A Melvyn Hopkins own goal on 2 minutes set England on their way, Johnny Haynes made it 2-0 on 44, Tom Finney got the 3rd on 64 and Haynes grabbed his 2nd and England's 4th on 67.

Wed 06/Nov/1957    England 2 (A'Court, Edwards) Northern Ireland 3 (McIlroy(pen), Simpson, McCrory)
Wembley
BBC LIVE
Ken Wolstenholme
*The BBC showed this live from 2:30-4:15pm. A Jimmy McIlroy penalty on 31 and a Sammy McCrory goal on 59 gave the Irish a two goal lead, Liverpool's Alan A'Court pulled one back on his England debut on 50, Billy Simpson restored Northern Ireland's two goal advantage on 71, Duncan Edwards pulled another one back for England on 80.

Wed 13/Nov/1957    Scotland 1 (Collins) Wales 1 (Medwin)
Hampden
*No TV coverage billed. Bobby Collins scored for Scotland on 14, Terry Medwin equalised on 75.

Wed 16/Apr/1958    Wales 1 (Hewitt) Northern Ireland 1 (Simpson)
Cardiff
*No TV coverage billed.

Sat 19/Apr/1958    Scotland 0 England 4 (Kevan 2, Charlton, Douglas)
Hampden
BBC SCOTLAND LIVE
*BBC tv in Scotland had live coverage from 2:45-4:55pm. Highlights may have been shown in all areas on "Sports Special" at 10:20-10:50pm. Fulham's Jim Langley and Manchester United's Bobby Charlton both made their England debuts. Bryan Douglas opened the scoring for England on 22, Derek Kevan made it 2-0 on 35, Bobby Charlton got the 3rd on 66 and Derek Kevan made it 4-0 on 74. Ian McColl made his 14th and final appearance for Scotland.

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

1958/59

Sat 04/Oct/1958    Northern Ireland 3 (Cush, Peacock, Casey) England 3 (Charlton 2, Finney)
Belfast
BBC Highlights
*Featured on the BBC's "Sports Special" 10:35-11:05pm. Manchester United's Wilf McGuiness made his debut for England. It was 1-1 at HT, Billy Cush putting the Irish ahead on 16, Bobby Charlton equalising on 31. Bertie Peacock restored home side's lead on 54, Tom Finney levelled on 61, Tommy Casey then put Northern Ireland ahead for the 3rd time in the match on 67, but once again England came back with Bobby Charlton who scored his 2nd on 77 to make it 3-3. Tommy Banks made his 6th and final international appearance for England.

Sat/18/Oct/1958    Wales 0 Scotland 3 (Leggat, Law, Collins)
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
*The BBC had highlights at 10:25-10:55pm. Huddersfield's Denis Law was one of 4 Scotland players making their international debuts, David Herd of Arsenal was another. Graham Leggat gave Scotland a HT lead with a goal on 30, Law grabbed a debut goal to make it 2-0 on 63, Bobby Collins got the 3rd on 79.

Wed 05/Nov/1958    Scotland 2 (Collins, Herd) Northern Ireland 2 (Caldow(og), McIlroy)
Hampden
*Possibly on "Scotsport", there were two editions tonight at 7:30-8:00pm and 10:45-11:00pm. BBC had "Sportsview at 8:45-9:15pm. Scotland led 2-0 through David Herd on 53 and Bobby Collins on 57, but the Irish came back through an own goal by Caldow on 74 and James McIlroy on 83.

Wed 26/Nov/1958    England 2 (Broadbent 2) Wales 2 (Tapscott, Allchurch)
Villa Park
BBC 2nd Half LIVE
KenWolstenholme
*The BBC showed live coverage of the 2nd half from 2:30-3:40pm,, there were also highlights on "Sportsview" from 10.15-10.30pm. Arsenal's Daniel Clapton made his one and only appearance in an England jersey. Derek Tapscott put Wales ahead on 15, Peter Broadbent equalised before HT on 42. Ivor Allchurch put Wales ahead again on 70, but Broadbent scored his 2nd to level up at 2-2 on 75. Nat Lofthouse made his 33rd and final England appearance, it was also the last England appearance for Alan A'Court on 5 caps.

Sat 11/Apr/1959    England 1 (Charlton) Scotland 0
Wembley
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC highlights went out at 10:15-11:00pm. Bolton's Albert Holden made his England debut. Scotland gave a debut to Duncan MacKay of Celtic and John Dick of West Ham (his only cap). Bobby Charlton scored the only goal on 59. This was the final international appearance of Tommy Docherty with 25 Scotland caps.

Wed 22/Apr/1959    Wales 1 (Tapscott) Northern Ireland 4 (McParland 2, Peacock, McIlroy)
Wrexham
*Only greyhound racing billed on the BBC's "Sportsview" programme at 8:00-8:45pm.

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

1959/60

Sat 03/Oct/1959    Northern Ireland 0 Scotland 4 (Leggat, Hewie(pen), White, Mulhall)
Belfast
BBC Highlights
?Walley Barnes or Alan Weeks?
*Included on the BBC's "Sports Special" along with league action at 10:30-11:10pm. Ken Wolstenholme must have commentated on Fulham as he was also scheduled to do "Today's Sport".

Sat 17/Oct/1959    Wales 1 (Moore) England 1 (Greaves)
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
?Ken Wolstenholme?
*Included on "Sports Special" alongside league games at Arsenal and Wolves at 10:15-10:55pm. England fielded their youngest ever team (by average age).

Wed 04/Nov/1959    Scotland 1 (Leggat) Wales 1 (Charles)
Hampden
SCOTTISH & TWW
*TWW had highlights at 7:00-7:30pm. In Scotland STV had a "Scotpsort" at 7:00-7:30pm and 10:20-10:50pm. John Charles gave Wales the lead on 8 minutes, Scotland equalised right at the start of the 2nd half, Graham Leggat scoring within 15 seconds of the re-start.

Wed 18/Nov/1959    England 2 (Baker, Parry) Northern Ireland 1 (Bingham)
Wembley
ATV MIDLANDS Part LIVE
*ATV Midlands showed the closing stages live at 3:50-4:15pm.

Wed 06/Apr/1960    Wales 3 (Medwin 2, Woosnam) Northern Ireland 2 (Bingham, Blanchflower)
Wrexham
*Only boxing and a preview of Scotland v England billed for the BBC's "Sportsview" programme at 8:30-9:30pm.

Sat 09/Apr/1960    Scotland 1 (Leggat) England 1 (Charlton(pen))
Hampden
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC "Sports Special" 10:10-10:40pm, Alan Weeks presented the programme from London. Leggat scored for Scotland on 16, Bobby Charlton equalised from the penalty spot on 49.

Final table
1. Scotland    4
1. England     4
1. Wales       4
4. N.Ireland   0
 

1960/61

Sat 08/Oct/1960    Northern Ireland 2 (McAdams 2) England 5 (Greaves 2, Charlton, Smith, Douglas)
Belfast
?BBC Highlights?
*BBC had a "Sports Special" at 10:45-11:15pm.

Sat 22/Oct/1960    Wales 2 (Jones, Vernon) Scotland 0
Cardiff
?TWW & SCOTTISH Highlights?
*Probably highlights on TWW's "Soccer Exclusive" at 10:00-10:30pm and STV's "Scotsport Special" at the same time (BBC may have included some footage alongside league games on "Sports Special" at 10:10-10:50pm)

Wed 09/Nov/1960    Scotland 5 (Brand 2, Young, Law, Caldow(pen)) Northern Ireland 2 (Blanchflower, McParland)
Hampden
SCOTTISH & ULSTER Highlights
*STV and Ulster both showed "Scotsport" at 10:15-10:45pm.

Wed 23/Nov/1960    England 5 (Greaves 2, Charlton, Smith, Haynes) Wales 1 (Leek)
Wembley
ITV
?Gerry Loftus?
*Most ITV regions had delayed coverage from roughly 3:45-4:35pm, Granada showed the 2nd half live from 3:20-4:10pm. The BBC showed highlights on "Sportsview" at 7:55-8:40pm with Ken Wolstenholme most likely commentating.

Wed 12/Apr/1961    Northern Ireland 1 (Dougan) Wales 5 (Jones 2, Allchurch, Leek, Charles)
Belfast
*Only greyhound racing was billed for the BBC's "Sportsview" programme at 7:55-8:30pm, whilst at 10:00-10:45pm they showed European Cup action (Barcelona v Hamburg).

Sat 15/Apr/1961    England 9 (Greaves 3, Smith 2, Haynes 2, Douglas, Robson) Scotland 3 (Mackay, Wilson, Quinn)
Wembley
STV Highlights / BBC Highlights
Arthur Montford / Ken Wolstenholme
*STV had a "report" on the match at 5:00-5:15pm and then a "Wembley Special" edition of "Scotsport" at 10:00-10:40pm. BBC television showed highlights on "Sports Special" at 9:52-10:30pm, BBC Scotland first showed  footage on "Today's Sport" at 5:25-5:50pm as well as broadcasting "Sports Special" at 9:52pm. Bobby Robson fired England ahead in the 9th minute with a snap shot just outside the area, Jimmy Greaves made it 2-0 a minute later and Greaves netted again on 30 by pouncing on a mistake by the keeper for a 3-0 lead at the break. Scotland reduced the deficit early in the 2nd half with a Dave Mackay free-kick on 48, Davie Wilson's 53rd minute header then had Scotland right back in it at 2-3, but two minutes later Bryan Douglas scored from close range for England and Bobby Smith then fired in England's 5th from the edge of the box on 73. Pat Quinn's goal from a corner pulled it back to 5-3 on 75, but then came four England goals in just 7 minutes, Johnny Haynes fired in for 6-3 on 78, the same player netted the 7th on 82, Jimmy Greaves completed his hat-trick by weaving through the defence for 8-3 on 83 and Bobby Smith volleyed in the final goal on 85.

Final table
1. England     6
2. Wales       4
3. Scotland    2
4. N.Ireland   0
 

1961/62

Sat 07/Oct/1961    Northern Ireland 1 (McLaughlin) Scotland 6 (Scott 3, Brand 2, Wilson)
Belfast
*No TV coverage billed.

Sat 14/Oct/1961    Wales 1 (Williams) England 1 (Douglas)
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*"Sportsview Special" 10:15-10:45pm (curiously listed at half that length and at the later time of 10:45-11:00pm for the South and West region)

Wed 08/Nov/1961    Scotland 2 (St John 2) Wales 0
Hampden
SCOTTISH Highlights / BBC Highlights
*STV had highlights on "Scotsport" at 10:05-11:05pm (which also included the English League v Italian League match, a recording of the Scotland game still exists). The BBC also had highlights of Scotland v Wales at 10:30-11:00pm.

Wed 22/Nov/1961    England 1 (Charlton) Northern Ireland 1 (McIlroy)
Wembley
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC 10:15-10:45pm

Wed 11/Apr/1962    Wales 4 (Charles 4) Northern Ireland 0
Cardiff
*Only boxing and greyhound racing billed for the BBC's "Sportsview" programme at 8:45-9:15pm..

Sat 14/Apr/1962    Scotland 2 (Wilson, Caldow(pen)) England 0
Hampden
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*"The BBC had Football Special" highlights at 10:45-11:15pm. Davie Wilson put Scotland ahead on 13, Eric Caldow's penalty sealed the win on 88.

Final table
1. Scotland    6
2. Wales       3
3. England     2
4. N.Ireland   1
 

1962/63

Sat 20/Oct/1962    Northern Ireland 1 (Armfield(og)) England 3 (Greaves, O'Grady 2)
Belfast
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC "Saturday Sport" 10:15-10:50pm.

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

Wed 07/Nov/1962    Scotland 5 (Law 4, Henderson) Northern Ireland 1 (Bingham)
Hampden
SCOTTISH & ULSTER Highlights
*STV had "Scotsport" highlights at 10:40-11:10pm, Ulster TV relayed the same programme.

Wed 21/Nov/1962    England 4 (Peacock 2, Greaves, Connelly) Wales 0
Wembley
BBC LIVE
Ken Wolstenholme
*The BBC had live coverage from 2:25-4:00pm, highlights went out at 10:20-10:50pm.

Wed 03/Apr/1963    Northern Ireland 1 (Harvey) Wales 4 (Jones 3, Woosnam)
Belfast
*No TV coverage scheduled.

Sat 06/Apr/1963    England 1 (Douglas) Scotland 2 (Baxter 2)
Wembley
SCOTTISH Highlights / BBC Highlights
Arthur Montford / Ken Wolstenholme
*STV had "Scotsport" highlights at 10:05-10:40pm whilst the BBC showed highlights on "Saturday Sport" at 10:10-10:25pm. Scotland led 2-0 at HT after two goals by Jim Baxter, the first on 29 and then a penalty on 32. Bryan Douglas pulled one back for England on 80.

Final table
1. Scotland    6
2. England     4
3. Wales       2
4. N.Ireland   0
 

1963/64

Sat 12/Oct/1963    Northern Ireland  2 (Bingham, Wilson) Scotland 1 (St John)
Belfast
BBC N.IRELAND Highlights
*The BBC's Northern Ireland service (and probably Scotland too) showed highlights at 9:30-10:00pm, they also took the later football programme below. BBC viewers in England (and probably Wales) saw "Comedy Playhouse" at 9:30pm.

Sat 12/Oct/1963    Wales 0 England 4 (Smith 2, Greaves, Charlton)
Cardiff
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC 11:24-11:50pm (apparently delayed by 10 minutes from the original schedule, probably due to extended coverage of the Tory conference).

Wed 20/Nov/1963    England 8 (Greaves 4, Paine 3, Smith) Northern Ireland 3 (Wilson 2, Crossan)
Wembley
BBC 2nd Half LIVE
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC had coverage from 8:15-9:15pm (kick off was 7:30pm). This was the first Wembley international to be played entirely under floodlights.

Wed 20/Nov/1963    Scotland 2 (Law, White) Wales 1 (Jones)
Hampden
SCOTTISH Highlights / BBC 2nd Half LIVE
Arthur Montford
*STV 10:23-10:53pm. The BBC services in Wales and Scotland had live coverage of the 2nd half from 8:15-9:15pm instead of the England match.

Sat 11/Apr/1964    Scotland 1 (Gilzean) England 0
Hampden
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme & George Davidson
*"Football Special" 10:45-11:25pm (also including Rugby Union). Rangers' John Greig made his Scotland debut, Alan Gilzean scored the only goal on 72 minutes.

Wed 15/Apr/1964    Wales 2 (Godfrey, Davies) Northern Ireland 3 (Wilson, McLaughlin, Harvey)
Swansea
BBC Highlights
Ken Wolstenholme
*BBC "Football Special", 10:40-11:10pm

Final table
1. England     4
1. Scotland    4
1. N.Ireland   4
4. Wales       0
 

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
Arthur Montford
*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 (Ken Wolstenholme commentating). 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 (arranged at short notice as there is no mention in the Radio Times)

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
SCOTTISH Highlights
Arthur Montford
*STV included highlights on "Scotsport" at 10:40-11:20pm. BBC Scotland showed highlights at 10:50-11:05pm on "Sportsreel", BBC Wales also showed highlights at the same time. There were Scotland debuts for Kilmarnock goalkepper Robert Ferguson, Dundee's Charlie Cook and James Forrest of Rangers. Scotland (wearing all white) 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 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 all taking STV's coverage with Cameron's commentary). BBC1 also showed Sunday afternoon highlights at 2:55-3:45pm, as did STV at 2:45-3:35pm.

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
3. 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.