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On this day 25th Dec 1931 & 1965

Last updated : 25 December 2011 By INOIT

Friday 25th December 1931

A 4-2 defeat by Chelsea on Christmas Day, and then once more off to Stamford Bridge, which was rapidly becoming synonymous with Christmas as far as the Blackpool footballers were concerned. Turkey was served on the train for the players and plum pudding also; it was apparently served to the footballers in error but too late to be changed and Blackpool paid the price as the Boxing Day encounter was lost 4-1. Unfortunately, the diet could not be offered as an excuse because the Chelsea players were travelling on the same train and they too had a Christmas meal served in error! The result left Blackpool in the relegation zone, four places and two points below Chelsea.

Saturday 25th December 1965

The last Christmas Day fixture at Bloomfield Road was the 4-2 defeat of Blackburn Rovers. The scorers that day were Ball, Charnley, Turner and Waddell. The Football League announced: “Christmas Day matches were dropped from our calendar when it became obvious to all concerned – spectators, players and officials alike – that people preferred to spend Christmas Day at home.”

Dave Durie

He always exercised the privilege, contained in every professional footballer's contract at the time, of not playing on Christmas Day and Good Friday.  He said of his decision "I have nothing against those who do play on those days.  I think it's a matter for the individual."

perryvsunderland1955aaBill Perry

He scored a Christmas Day hat-trick, his fourth for the club, in a 4-2 defeat of Preston North End on 25 December 1958.

Blackpool on this day record for 25 December

List of Blackpool's record against their opponents on the selected day in history
Statistics last updated on Friday, 23rd December 2011

 
YearCompOpponentsVResultScorersAttView options
1897 DIV2 NEWCASTLE UNITED H L 2-3       Results Table
1901 DIV2 Woolwich Arsenal A D 0-0       Results Table
1902 DIV2 DONCASTER ROVERS H W 4-0       Results Table
1903 DIV2 GLOSSOP NORTH END H W 3-2       Results Table
1905 DIV2 Burnley A L 1-4       Results Table
1906 DIV2 Burnley A L 1-2       Results Table
1907 DIV2 Burnley A L 1-2       Results Table
1908 DIV2 Burnley A D 1-1       Results Table
1909 DIV2 Burnley A L 1-5       Results Table
1911 DIV2 Burnley A D 1-1       Results Table
1912 DIV2 Burnley A L 0-4       Results Table
1913 DIV2 Leicester Fosse A W 1-0       Results Table
1914 DIV2 Stockport County A W 2-0       Results Table
1919 DIV2 Bury A W 2-1       Results Table
1920 DIV2 BARNSLEY H W 1-0       Results Table
1922 DIV2 Leicester City A W 2-1       Results Table
1923 DIV2 Stockport County A L 1-2       Results Table
1924 DIV2 The Wednesday A W 6-2       Results Table
1925 DIV2 CHELSEA H D 0-0       Results Table
1926 DIV2 Grimsby Town A L 1-2       Results Table
1928 DIV2 Grimsby Town A W 4-1       Results Table
1929 DIV2 CHELSEA H D 1-1       Results Table
1930 DIV1 SHEFFIELD UNITED H W 2-1       Results Table
1931 DIV1 CHELSEA H L 2-4       Results Table
1933 DIV2 HULL CITY H D 0-0       Results Table
1934 DIV2 OLDHAM ATHLETIC H W 4-0       Results Table
1935 DIV2 Burnley A L 2-3       Results Table
1936 DIV2 Fulham A W 3-0       Results Table
1937 DIV1 ARSENAL H W 2-1       Results Table
1946 DIV1 Blackburn Rovers A D 1-1       Results Table
1947 DIV1 STOKE CITY H L 1-2       Results Table
1948 DIV1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN H D 0-0       Results Table
1950 DIV1 LIVERPOOL H W 3-0       Results Table
1951 DIV1 Liverpool A D 1-1       Results Table
1952 DIV1 MANCHESTER UNITED H D 0-0       Results Table
1954 DIV1 PORTSMOUTH H D 2-2       Results Table
1956 DIV1 LEEDS UNITED H D 1-1       Results Table
1957 DIV1 LEICESTER CITY H W 5-1       Results Table
1958 DIV1 PRESTON NORTH END H W 4-2       Results Table
1959 DIV1 Blackburn Rovers A L 0-1       Results Table
1965 DIV1 BLACKBURN ROVERS H W 4-2       Results Table

Overall playing record for 25 December: Played 41, Won 17, Drawn 12, Lost 12, Scored 73, Conceded 56

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