Football at the Commonwealth Games

Football is a sport that debuted in the first British Empire Games and has been in every games bar the 1950 edition in Auckland.

History
When the FIFA World Rankings was introduced in 1928, the British teams withdrew from competing in the 1930 FIFA World Cup qualification and wanted to put football in the British Empire Games. Without competition, all four of the British teams entered the first competition with Australia and host nation Canada joining the competition to make it a six-team competition. The British teams dominated with the medals being taken by all of them bar Wales who finished in fourth place.

The 1934 and 1938 were the same with Scotland finishing on top of the table with the other two medals going to Wales and England with the Irish Free State/Northern Ireland finishing in fourth place. When 1938 came round, New Zealand and Australia joined but was over-run to finish in fifth and sixth.

After skipping the 1950 edition in Auckland, the next edition was in 1954 with Vancouver hosting the football tournament. With the tournament expanded to an eight-team competition with Canada replacing New Zealand while Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago joining. Not that it mattered with Scotland once again taking the title after they defeated England by a single goal.

All-time medal table
Medals table for football at the British Empire Games

Updated after the 1954 British Empire Games

Note: Irish Free State is not in the Empire