Time was when Christmas Day was part of the Football League calendar.
In some seasons, teams would play on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Can you imagine trying to earn enough brownie points from ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’ to enable you to go to the match on Christmas Day?
Anyway, Pompey tended to have mixed fortunes on Christmas Day; our defence showing too much goodwill to the opponents’ forwards to many an occasion (played 22, W4, D8, L10).
For the record, here are the results from Pompey’s matches played on Christmas Day:
1920…..Watford 3 Pompey 2…..Division Three South
1922…..Brighton 7 Pompey 1…..Div Three South
1923…..Millwall 2 Pompey 0…..Div Thee South
1924…..Pompey 0 Crystal Palace 0…..Div Two
1925…..Stockport 3 Pompey 3…..Div Two
1926…..Pompey 0 Nottingham Forest 0…..Div Two
1928…..Pompey 3 Aston Villa 2…..Div One
1929…..Pompey 0 Arsenal 1…..Div One
1930…..West Ham 4 Pompey 3…..Div One
1933…..Liverpool 3 Pompey 3…..Div One
1934…..Blackburn Rovers 0 Pompey 0…..Div One
1935…..Pompey 3 Derby County 0…..Div One
1936…..Charlton Athletic 0 Pompey 0…..Div One
1937…..Pompey 3 Preston North End 2…..Div One
1946…..Pompey 0 Arsenal 2…..Div One
1947…..Manchester United 3 Pompey 2…..Div One
1948…..Chelsea 1 Pompey 2…..Div One
1950…..Pompey 1 Chelsea 3…..Div One
1951…..Arsenal 4 Pompey 1…..Div One
1953…..Tottenham Hotspur 1 Pompey 1…..Div One
1954…..Blackpool 2 Pompey 2…..Div One
1957…..Chelsea 7 Pompey 4…..Div One
Written by NinjaTim.
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