1972 – 73 British Home Championship international Home Nations football tournament was , like its predecessor in 1972 , a victim of The Troubles in Northern Ireland which had erupted following Bloody Sunday the previous year . As with the previous year in the rugby union 1972 Five Nations Championship , threats were made by Republican activists against visiting British teams , which in this year meant England and Wales . To prevent violence but keep the tournament running , Northern Ireland 's " home " games were transferred to Goodison Park , the home of Everton F.C. in Liverpool in England . This step meant that Ireland played just a short ferry ride from Belfast ( where the match was originally scheduled ) in a city with a substantial Irish population , but where the police were able to exercise a greater measure of control over who was able to attend
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
1972–73 British Home Championship