Interesting stats here 40 fixtures on Xmas day. Only 6 at home?? Is anyone old enough to remember these games?
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.
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.
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.
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.