Boxing day results 1963.....Wow!

[derfblade.3]

When football was football. This is what you want to see. No training ground football in those days. Get the ball wide and then get a cross in. Great stuff!

 

[Weasel]

Good to see that Man Utd, Ipswich, and the Spammers were shit even back then.

Had Ipswich been on the pop all day on Christmas Day, and then travelled to Fulham after rolling out of a house party in the early hours of Boxing Day morning?

 

[Kevin Arnott]

Pretty sure that was the game that sparked George Best's debut. After that tanking they fetched him back from Ireland to play in the follow up game against Burnley a couple of days later and apparently he tore them several new ones.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

Good job they didn't have VAR back then.
Half of them would've ended up 0-0 draws.

 

[derfblade.3]

66 goals in one day. Looking at todays fixtures, i reckon 20 goals max.

 

[Silent Blade]

Pretty sure that was the game that sparked George Best's debut. After that tanking they fetched him back from Ireland to play in the follow up game against Burnley a couple of days later and apparently he tore them several new ones.

His debut was at WBA in Sept 1963 but you are right that he didnt play in the 6-1 defeat to Burnley but played two days later and Man U won 5-1 against the same opponents!

 

[Broomhall Blade]

When football was football. This is what you want to see. No training ground football in those days. Get the ball wide and then get a cross in. Great stuff!View attachment 67268

Bugger Leicester I had 5 shillings on over 2.5 Goals on all the Division One Games.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

When football was football. This is what you want to see. No training ground football in those days. Get the ball wide and then get a cross in. Great stuff!View attachment 67268

That's when players rocked up half pissed 10 minutes before kick off.

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

All pissed up the night before.

Edit - especially Ipswich

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

When football was football. This is what you want to see. No training ground football in those days. Get the ball wide and then get a cross in. Great stuff!View attachment 67268

Pigs won again .

 

[Snake]

They will have been boozing Christmas Eve and all day Christmas Day. Back then men were men.... and so were the women

 

[Digs blade]

Imagine Jeff Sterling having to keep tabs on that lot. He’d have certainly earned his money that day

 

[Bladesman]

Much better results if you let teams get absolutely plastered the night before.

 

[broomhillblade]

You've got to be of a 'certain age' to have experienced Christmas Day footie at Bramall Lane. My first experience was in 1948 as a 9-year-old. My dad and I had to walk from Millhouses since no trams were running. I've forgotten what time it kicked off but it was probably around 11.00am. We played Bolton Wanderers and drew 1-1. We then walked home and had our Christmas dinner. The Blades played the return match at Bolton two days later - and lost 1-6. I wonder if a few of our side had enjoyed Christmas a bit too much?!