YOu can check your answers on the link. http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/25/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-your-christmas-football-trivia-5584094/ 1Which manager had his festivities ruined after his dad was sacked on Christmas Day? Jose Mourinho Arsene Wenger Guus Hiddink Luiz Felipe Scolari 2When was the last Christmas Day game held in England? 1947 1933 1959 1973 3Where do FC Santa Claus come from! Lapland Norway Denmark Iceland 4Which of these pundits was born on Christmas Day? Jeff Stelling Chris Kamara Charlie Nicholas Jim White 5Which Premier League side holds the record for the highest points tally at Christmas? Manchester United Chelsea Arsenal Liverpool 6And how many did they have? 53 47 39 42 7Which of these players did Liverpool sign on Christmas Eve 2001? Chris Kirkland Jerzy Dudek Milan Baros Jari Litmanen 8Who did Roque Santa Cruz play more games for? Bayern Munich Blackburn Malaga Man City 9Which player signed for Manchester United on Christmas Day? Henrik Larsson Nemanja Vidic Bebe Patrice Evra 10Who won the only Premier League game to be played on Christmas Eve? Aston Villa Liverpool Everton Leeds United 11What was funny about 1937's Christmas Day fixture between Charlton and Chelsea? The game was called off after they lost their only ball A fan threw a Christmas pudding at the referee The game was suspended due to fog without one goalkeeper realising Charlton forgot to turn up so Chelsea won by default 12What was peculiar about Norwich's win over Brighton on Christmas Day 1940? Norwich got away with playing 12 men Brighton had to put their kit-man in goal after their only keeper got injured Brighton only turned up with five players and made up the numbers by picking six fans from the crowd Norwich had better players 13What historical change did Arsenal make on Christmas Day 1886? Started wearing blue shirts Adopted a cannon as their logo Changed their name to Arsenal Stared playing possession football 14How many teams have gone on to win the Premier League after being top at Christmas? 13 10 17 20 15Who holds the dubious honour of having the least Premier League points at Christmas? Derby West Brom Aston Villa & Derby Sunderland
2 None of those. The last match on a Xmas Day in England was at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool in 1965. It was about 10years later in Scotland.
1. Hiddink 2. 1959 3. Norway 4. Chris Kamara 5. Chelsea 6. 47 7. Litmaman 8. Munich 9. Larsson 10. Lpool 11. Fog 12. Kitman played in goal 13. Name change 14. 13 15. Derby 5 right.. That was frankly a $hit effort Duffen...I'll have a word with myself....If I was I
11. 11. I used to work with a Charlton fan in the 1960s whose dad at that game. The goalkeeper was Sam Bartram who is often referred to as the best keeper who never played for England. He was still playing when the bloke I worked with was going in the early to mid 1950s. A figure esteemed by Charlton fans, has a statue of him outside the Valley, a nearby close named after him. Even 450 years after his retirement the club remembered him naming one of the bars and entertainment venues in the stadium after him to mark the anniversary. Just looked it up and there were over 50,000 there. Sam Bartram often told the story, apparently he was stood there thinking it was quiet and that Charlton must be containing Chelsea in their won half. A copper came out of the fog and was amazed to see him and informed him the game had been abandoned had been abandoned 15 minutes ago. 13. They didn't change their name to Arsenal. They changed it to Royal Arsenal. They changed it later to Woolwich Arsenal and only changed it to Arsenal, it might have been The Arsenal, when they moved to Highbury just before WW1.
I had a quick google about Christmas games and found a City reference. Most games were local derby's due to the lack of transport but the fixture setters still had a sense of humour. Another longish journey was made by Wrexham for a Division 3 (North) match at Hull City on Christmas Day 1936. But Wrexham forward Ambrose Brown need hardly have made the journey - he was sent off after only 20 seconds! http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/DidYouKnow16.htm
A lot of sites say 1959, when 2 games were played, one of them involving Blackpool at home, but 1965 was the last one. The end of the tradition in Scotland was partly brought about because in 1974 we got New Year's Day as a holiday for the first time (how would some of the young snowflakes have coped with that) so to make things equal Scotland got Boxing Day as a Bank Holiday.
