Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. 18:51 - Dec 7 with 3045 views | orfordbuoy | Don't we like spending time with the in-laws? |  | | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 18:55 - Dec 7 with 3032 views | MattinLondon | I know that this ain’t be popular but I’m not a fan of football on Boxing Day. Would rather football stopped for a few days over the festive period. It won’t happen as I know I’m in the minority. |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 18:55 - Dec 7 with 3023 views | MK1 | Love the Christmas period of games. Have 2 weeks off, so a flurry of games is welcome. Great way of testing squad strength. Those with the strongest will come out unscathed. |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:00 - Dec 7 with 3005 views | SuperKieranMcKenna | People are off work and it’s a great time to go to FPR with family. I feel like the festive season would be missing something without football. Without it we’d be stuck watching reruns of Home Alone for the millionth time (although to be fair that’s a classic). |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:06 - Dec 7 with 2986 views | SE1blue |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 18:55 - Dec 7 by MattinLondon | I know that this ain’t be popular but I’m not a fan of football on Boxing Day. Would rather football stopped for a few days over the festive period. It won’t happen as I know I’m in the minority. |
If we had to lose one, I’d say scrap the games on New Years Day. There’s always an FA Cup game a few days later and most people are too hungover to be driving across the country. |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:10 - Dec 7 with 2971 views | Nthsuffolkblue | What's the difference between in-laws and outlaws? I am sure we all know the punchline. |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:11 - Dec 7 with 2966 views | orfordbuoy |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:00 - Dec 7 by SuperKieranMcKenna | People are off work and it’s a great time to go to FPR with family. I feel like the festive season would be missing something without football. Without it we’d be stuck watching reruns of Home Alone for the millionth time (although to be fair that’s a classic). |
Downvoted by mistake. Sorry mate. Me and multitasking. |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:12 - Dec 7 with 2960 views | orfordbuoy |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:10 - Dec 7 by Nthsuffolkblue | What's the difference between in-laws and outlaws? I am sure we all know the punchline. |
go on ... |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:13 - Dec 7 with 2949 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:12 - Dec 7 by orfordbuoy | go on ... |
outlaws are wanted! |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:14 - Dec 7 with 2947 views | orfordbuoy |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:13 - Dec 7 by Nthsuffolkblue | outlaws are wanted! |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:47 - Dec 7 with 2890 views | stonojnr |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 18:55 - Dec 7 by MattinLondon | I know that this ain’t be popular but I’m not a fan of football on Boxing Day. Would rather football stopped for a few days over the festive period. It won’t happen as I know I’m in the minority. |
I'm not a fan of games at 745pm on Boxing Day that's for sure, I could cope with 12 or 3 or even 5pm kick offs just about. Even though I cannot ever remember a boxing day game I went to and enjoyed, they're soulless, everyone wants to be somewhere else, the results aren't even that important because everyone uses the congested calendar excuse if you lose. But if they took a winter break what are they going to do, fly to Dubai and play a mini tournament of exhibition games instead. |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 21:17 - Dec 7 with 2786 views | bazza | One day of being stuck in the house with all the family and the outlaws, sets me up nicely for the other 364 days.. itching to get out the house come Boxing Day. |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 22:43 - Dec 7 with 2674 views | Keno |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 21:17 - Dec 7 by bazza | One day of being stuck in the house with all the family and the outlaws, sets me up nicely for the other 364 days.. itching to get out the house come Boxing Day. |
Are you allergic to your in laws? |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 00:57 - Dec 8 with 2610 views | orfordbuoy |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 22:43 - Dec 7 by Keno | Are you allergic to your in laws? |
are you saying you're not? |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 08:07 - Dec 8 with 2482 views | Leaky | Boxing Day fixture's are great, not a at 8pm though feck sky. |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 09:28 - Dec 8 with 2434 views | JimmyJazz | I'd like to have seen the Saturday Dec 23 and Friday Dec 29 fixtures scrapped this year, leaving the Boxing Day and New Years day fixtures instead It's the fact we try and cram in so many games in such a short space of time (this applies to all of December this year) that's my issue. |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 10:16 - Dec 8 with 2383 views | CityBlue | Football on Boxing Day is a great English tradition. Disagree with the Christmas Eve fixtures and the fixtures team should work harder on keeping Boxing Day games close. |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 14:34 - Dec 8 with 2307 views | Bluespeed225 |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 19:47 - Dec 7 by stonojnr | I'm not a fan of games at 745pm on Boxing Day that's for sure, I could cope with 12 or 3 or even 5pm kick offs just about. Even though I cannot ever remember a boxing day game I went to and enjoyed, they're soulless, everyone wants to be somewhere else, the results aren't even that important because everyone uses the congested calendar excuse if you lose. But if they took a winter break what are they going to do, fly to Dubai and play a mini tournament of exhibition games instead. |
I remember losing to Luton on Boxing Day in 74’, a costly defeat! |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 15:48 - Dec 8 with 2260 views | Radlett_blue |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 18:55 - Dec 7 by MattinLondon | I know that this ain’t be popular but I’m not a fan of football on Boxing Day. Would rather football stopped for a few days over the festive period. It won’t happen as I know I’m in the minority. |
Boxing Day games have traditionally attracted big crowds, so with a "winter break" now schedules, it makes huge sense to have it early in the New Year. |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 15:50 - Dec 8 with 2250 views | bournemouthblue | Out of interest, where do European Leagues catch their games up, do they generally play more midweek games during the season? |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 16:15 - Dec 8 with 2222 views | Radlett_blue |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 15:50 - Dec 8 by bournemouthblue | Out of interest, where do European Leagues catch their games up, do they generally play more midweek games during the season? |
Sensibly, most European leagues have no more than 20 or 22 teams in a division. Most of them also have only 1 domestic cup, while we have 2 (or 3 if you count the Pizza Cup). |  |
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Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 16:22 - Dec 8 with 2215 views | MJR101 |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 14:34 - Dec 8 by Bluespeed225 | I remember losing to Luton on Boxing Day in 74’, a costly defeat! |
And a horrible one. Still haven’t got that out of my head! |  | |  |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 16:30 - Dec 8 with 2204 views | Radlett_blue |
Christmas - we pack in the matches, the continent takes a break. on 16:22 - Dec 8 by MJR101 | And a horrible one. Still haven’t got that out of my head! |
Yes, that was a huge shock, with Luton defending for 90 minutes & then scoring an injury time winner, although we also lost at Carlisle the next month. That has to be the most frustrating season being a Town fan, missing out on the League title by 2pts, being cheated out of the FA Cup by Clive Thomas & going out of the UEFA Cup on away goals (although that was in the 1st round). |  |
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