In 1888, Everton played two matches on Christmas Day, then another on Boxing Day
Branscombe was carried from the pitch with severe bruising and stud-marks on his stomach. An emergency operation couldn’t save him
Clapton Orient striker Ted Crawford was unable to see straight and ended up collapsing on the pitch in a sozzled heap
On December 25 1940, Norwich faced a Brighton team that arrived with only five players and cobbled together an XI using volunteers from the crowd
Real Madrid played Partizan Belgrade in the quarter-finals of the first European Cup competition, and won 4-0
Coventry’s match at Newport was abandoned due to a snowstorm, and the return match postponed. The Guardian subsequently referred them as “the club that Santa Claus forgot”
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