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 to be abandoned following similar heightened tension after the death of Bobby Sands
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
1971–72 British Home Championship