23rd Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: Seven goals a-scoring
The day Tottenham Hotspur were stuffed like a turkey by a gluttonous Newcastle United up at St. James’ Park.
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22nd Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: And It’s Live…
The first festive fixture to be shown live on national television: title chasers Norwich City against relegation-threatened West Ham United in 1988.
21st Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: Man Utd v Liverpool
Liverpool’s 1978 Boxing Day defeat of Manchester United in their own back yard, and the history of a North West rivalry.
20th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: Last Christmas
The rise and fall of Christmas Day football, which culminated in one final game at Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road in 1965.
19th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: Boxing Day 1963
The day Christmas came one day late for football fans across the country: the goal glut of Boxing Day 1963.
18th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: The Second World War
Revisiting football during wartime Britain – including Brighton’s infamous Christmas Day trip to Norwich City in 1940…
17th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: Dick, Kerr Ladies
The significance of the bumper Boxing Day match between Dick, Kerr Ladies and St. Helen’s Ladies at Goodison Park in 1920.
16th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: The Christmas Truce
A look at the facts (and myths) of the Christmas truce of 1914, as well as football’s wider impact during the First World War.
15th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: The Invincibles
One of the Football League’s first ever Boxing Day fixtures, as Preston North End’s “Invincibles” took on FA Cup conquerors West Bromwich Albion in 1888.
14th Dec 2021
Twelve Games of Christmas: The Rules Derby
Looking back at the Rules Derby, the first official inter-club fixture between Sheffield FC and Hallam FC on Boxing Day, 1860.
19th Oct 2021
Object of the Week: FA Amateur Cup
Sam Hedgecock looks at the FA Amateur Cup, the most significant piece of silverware won by recent Hall of Fame inductee Walter Tull.
14th Oct 2021
“We want to do justice to the Dick Kerr Ladies and their amazing story”
We talk to Jenny Reeves, artistic director of About Time Dance company about a unique dance performance that tells the pioneering story of the Dick Kerr Ladies football team.