The Last Christmas Day Fixture

[StubbsUK]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj69djzyjx6o

60 years ago today Rovers and Blackpool played the last ever Christmas Day fixture

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"Christmas football was originally rooted in a wider tradition of communal entertainments," Professor Martin Johnes of Swansea University told BBC Sport.

"While for the Victorian middle class Christmas was a festival of the home, for the workers, who lived in cramped, overcrowded housing, getting out was often more important.

We lost the game, but which Rovers legend scored the last ever Christmas Day goal?

[aletheia]

Mike England.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

29 minutes ago, aletheia said:

Mike England.

Now he was a real legend.

[simongarnerisgod]

i remember mike england managing wales for much of the 80`s,they were unlucky not to get to the world cup and euro`s

did he have anything to do with the timber yard in his name thats in houghton????