Xmas day footy

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    fitzytyke2 Well-Known Member

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    40 fixtures on Xmas day. Only 6 at home??

    Is anyone old enough to remember these games?
     
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    That really would not have gone down well with The Reverend.

    Remember we were formed as a result of the rugby club playing a fixture on Good Friday. Playing on Christmas Day would be even worse.
     
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    Shame it's still not a thing. Still plenty of football around the world today such as in Saudi Arabia and surprisingly a fair few fixtures from 5 onwards in Israel, including two Nazareth clubs.
     
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    I think we once played Man U away on Christmas day & won 0-1.
     
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    We beat them away 1-2 in 1923 on Xmas day, then beat them at home 1-0 the day after on boxing Day!
     
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    How festive. Which one would Jesus have supported?
     
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    Those of the Jewish faith do not celebrate christmas so it's not surprising they have a full list of matches on christmas day. The christian population is only 2%. It might have been different 80 years ago before the state of israel came into being.
     
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    I remember them well. Early kick off and then a dash home for Christmas dinner.Matches with some players looking like they were still half cut from the night before. Happy days of players getting on the bus with the punters.
     
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    I think a lot of times they played the reverse fixture the day after
     
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    I remember attending Tannadice on Christmas Day for a game v Dunfermline. Must have been around 1971
     
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