1971–72 British Home Championship
The 1971-72 British Home Championship was the first such Home Nations football tournament (although not the last), to suffer during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, when death threats from the Provisional Irish Republican Army were sent to the Scottish Football Association and Scottish players who were scheduled to play at Windsor Park. The surge in anti-British feeling which prompted these threats followed Bloody Sunday in January, and also resulted in the cancellation of the rugby union 1972 Five Nations Championship. As a result, Northern Ireland's home fixture was rescheduled to Hampden Park, effectively granting the Scottish team an extra home match. This was not the last time that The Troubles would interfere with the Home Championship; the 1981 British Home Championship would have
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1971–72 British Home Championship
The 1971-72 British Home Championship was the first such Home Nations football tournament (although not the last), to suffer during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, when death threats from the Provisional Irish Republican Army were sent to the Scottish Football Association and Scottish players who were scheduled to play at Windsor Park. The surge in anti-British feeling which prompted these threats followed Bloody Sunday in January, and also resulted in the cancellation of the rugby union 1972 Five Nations Championship. As a result, Northern Ireland's home fixture was rescheduled to Hampden Park, effectively granting the Scottish team an extra home match. This was not the last time that The Troubles would interfere with the Home Championship; the 1981 British Home Championship would have
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Die British Home Championship ...... Irland), Schottland und Wales.
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Il Torneo Interbritannico 1972 ...... mente da Inghilterra e Scozia.
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The 1971-72 British Home Champ ...... finished bottom of the table.
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1972-05-20
1972-05-23
1972-05-24
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Die British Home Championship ...... Irland), Schottland und Wales.
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Il Torneo Interbritannico 1972 ...... mente da Inghilterra e Scozia.
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The 1971-72 British Home Champ ...... Home Championship would have
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1971–72 British Home Championship
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British Home Championship 1971/72
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Torneo Interbritannico 1972
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