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(Redirected from Victory Internationals) This article is about the series of football matches. For the series of rugby union matches, see 1945–46 Victory Internationals.

The term Victory International or Victory Internationals refers to two series of international football matches played by the national football teams of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales at the end of both the First and Second World Wars. The matches were organised to celebrate the Victory of the Allied Powers in both wars. The term specifically refers to those matches played after the conflicts were over, making them distinct from the wartime internationals which were played during the course of the wars.

Among the games regarded as Victory Internationals were those played as part of the 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship. The 1945–46 season also saw England play Victory internationals against France, Switzerland and Belgium. Scotland also played the latter two national teams. The status of these internationals is open to debate. England, Ireland and Wales do not recognize any of these games as full internationals. Scotland, however, does list the games against Belgium and Switzerland as full internationals. Similarly, Belgium, Switzerland and France all regard their Victory Internationals as full internationals.

World War I matches (1919)

Scotland 2–1 Ireland
Andrew Wilson 2 Billy Halligan
Ibrox Park
Ireland 0–0 Scotland
Windsor Park, Belfast
England 2–2 Scotland
Robert Turnbull
Sydney Puddefoot
John Stewart Wright
James Bowie
Goodison Park
Scotland 3–4 England
Andrew Wilson 2
Alan Morton
Arthur Grimsdell 2
Sydney Puddefoot 2
Hampden Park
Wales 2– 1 England
Billy Meredith
George Wynn
Sydney Puddefoot
Ninian Park, Cardiff
England 2–0 Wales
Bob Whittingham
Joe Smith
Victoria Ground

World War II matches (1945–46)

See also: 1945–46 British Victory Home Championship
Ireland 0–1 England
  Stan Mortensen
Windsor Park, Belfast
England 0–1 Wales
  Aubrey Powell
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Scotland 2–0 Wales
William Waddell
Jock Dodds
 
Hampden Park, Glasgow
England 2–0 Belgium
Robert Brown
Jesse Pye
Wembley Stadium
Scotland 2–2 Belgium
Jimmy Delaney 2 Victor Lemberechts
Freddy Chaves
Hampden Park
Ireland 2–3 Scotland
Davy Walsh 2 Billy Liddell 2
George Hamilton
Windsor Park, Belfast
Scotland 1–0 England
Jimmy Delaney  
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Wales 0–1 Ireland
  Paddy Sloan
Ninian Park, Cardiff
England 4– 1  Switzerland
Raich Carter 2
Robert Brown
Tommy Lawton
Hans-Peter Friedlander
Stamford Bridge
Scotland 3– 1  Switzerland
Billy Liddell 2
Jimmy Delaney
Georges Aeby
Hampden Park
France 2– 1 England
Jean Prouff
Ernest Vaast
Jimmy Hagan
Stade Olympique de Colombes

See also

References

  1. England – War-Time/Victory Internationals
  2. France – List of International Matches
  3. Scotland – International Matches 1946–1950
  4. Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
  5. Association Football. | Ireland v. Scotland, The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1919
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