🎄 Salabrations

IN-THE-INBOX: A 2-MIN READ

If you’ve woken up in a bleary haze this morning…

Just know that in 1937, a goalkeeper had to be told by a local policeman that his match (Chelsea vs Charlton) had been abandoned 15 minutes earlier due to thick fog. 😭

We’re going to keep things snappy today – you’re getting a stuffing of stats and a sack of FREE tips👇🧑‍🎄

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🗓️ Thursday 26th December

1. Nine succulent stats 🤓

2. Five free tips 💰

3. One silly quote… 🎄

THE BIG FACTS

Pub Ammo

🐓 Spurs have fallen 1-0 behind in 14 home League games in 2024.

🔵 Five of Everton’s last six PL games have seen them keep a clean sheet. 4x 0-0 draws. 1x 4-0 win. 1x 4-0 loss.

🍒 Bournemouth have now won back-to-back away games at Man United by three goals.

🇳🇴 Haaland has touched the ball fewer than 10 times in 14 of his last 16 games.

🔝 Liverpool have been top at Xmas on seven previous occasions – winning the title just once.

🐍 All four teams to have six or fewer points by Christmas in PL history have started with ‘S’: Sheffield Wednesday (99/00), Sunderland (05/06), Sheffield United (20/21) and Southampton (24/25).

🇪🇬 Mo Salah has scored or assisted 70% of Liverpool’s total League goals this season. 26 of their 37.

👺 The last time Man United were in 13th place at Christmas, Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge.

🪜 Not one team in the League is in the same position as they were last Boxing Day.

THE BIG TIPS

Christmas Toons

THE BIG DEAL

Xmas Salahbration?

Salah is yet to sign a new contract with Liverpool, and if his post below is anything to go by, he’s not afraid to make bold decisions.

Case study: posting about Christmas to his largely Muslim 19.1m followers.

Which is a bit like Sol Campbell’s move from Spurs to Arsenal. Controversial, shall we say.

Some lunatic even wrote, “That’s why Mo Elneny is the best Egyptian to ever grace Premier League.”

(One of the more tame comments...)

THE BIG OPINION

For Christ’s sake

Hope you had a fun day yesterday.

Pretty sure we know what would have made it better…

If footballers can play on Christmas Day during World War I, they can damn well get on the pitch on 25th December in the year 2024.

A few reasons why a Xmas Day game is a good idea:

1. As a punishment for the club in 20th?

2. Some fans deserve a stuffing.

3. Most players aren’t genuine Christians (Eriksen aside).

4. Those who are Christian can’t exactly drink or feast anyway.

5. Some decent hypothetical headlines

  a) Son (Heung-Min) of God
  b) (Gabriel) Jesus is re-born
 c) Bourne again Christian (Eriksen scoring against Bournemouth)
  d) King Power of Three (Leicester winning 3-0)

6. We consider footballers to be key workers.

7. They used to play on Xmas Day – 66 goals were scored in 1963.

8. Christmas is all about making sacrifices.

THE BIG QUOTE

The Gospel according to Michael

THE SOFA SCHEDULE

Prime viewing

T H U
12:30 Man City vs Everton Amazon Prime

15:00 Crystal Palace vs Arsenal Amazon Prime
15:00 Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace Amazon Prime
15:00 Chelsea vs Fulham Amazon Prime
15:00 Newcastle vs Aston Villa Amazon Prime
15:00 Nott’m Forest vs Spurs Amazon Prime
15:00 Southampton vs West Ham Amazon Prime

17:30 Wolves vs Man United Amazon Prime

20:00 Liverpool vs Leicester Amazon Prime

F R I
19:30 Brighton vs Brentford Amazon Prime
20:15 Arsenal vs Ipswich Amazon Prime

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All the best,
The Big Six