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| Boxing Day Football Tradition |
Going to the match on Boxing Day or even watching a game on television is a huge part of the English football culture. This is a popular Football News that provides soccer news and comment. It covers the premiership and English football in general.
Boxing Day Football Tradition
A public holiday is observed on Boxing Day, although the legal Boxing Day holiday will be moved to next weekday if it falls on a weekend.
* In olden days, merchants would give their servants gifts of food and fruit, packed in boxes, on Boxing Day.
* In olden days, servants who had to work on Christmas would open their presents (boxes) on Boxing Day.
When the fixture list gave Roberto Martinez's struggling Wigan Athletic side Manchester United on Boxing Day, a couple of hundred Wigan fans among their 1,500 travelling supporters decided it would be bonkers not to go dressed as bananas.
United beat Charlton Athletic 5-1 at Old Trafford on Boxing Day 1955, only to lose 3-0 at The Valley the following day.
Despite the changes, Boxing Day matches have remained a mainstay, celebrated in song by fans who twist Christmas carols to celebrate past triumphs.Sheffield Wednesday fans sing: Hawk now hear, the Wednesday sing, United ran away, And we will fight, for evermore, because of Boxing Day.
On the same day, Blackburn Rovers beat West Ham United 8-2, Chelsea defeated Blackpool 5-1 away, West Bromwich Albion came from 4-2 down to gain a 4-4 draw against Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool beat Stoke City 6-1 and Burnley beat Manchester United by the same score.
Wigan had lost all 12 games to United since they were promoted to the Premier League, with 37 goals conceded and just four scored.
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