[Lord Snooty]

December 26:

Boxing Day football. One of the greatest traditions of the Christmas holidays. We started with a 3-0 win over Carlisle in 1908 in the North Eastern League and we played away at Fulham in our first Football League season in 1910. Henry Hamilton scored in a 2-1 defeat.

The first bg win was in our second season in the First Division, when on this date in 1922, we stuffed Birmingham 4-0. It was the Wilson Show. Charlie Wilson scoring a hat trick, three of the sixteen goals he scored in the campaign, and Tom Wilson scoring his only goal of the season and one of only four he scored in his Town career of 500 appearances.

The first Boxing Day game I went to was on this date in 1969. It was at home to Sheffield United. I went with my dad and we sat in the main stand at Leeds Road.

I was supposed to be going with the scouts. I'd just joined the cubs, 1st Robberttown pack, and they were organising a trip to a football match. Glad I went with my dad, don't think I would've seen much stood with the rest of the cubs in a massive crowd of 30,907. But then I spotted them all, sat around the edge of the pitch in the days when small boys were allowed to do so.

I was a bit jealous then when I realised it was them.

Anyway, the match was won 2-1 with Steve Smith scoring both of ours.

The best Boxing day game I went to was on this date in 1983. Having beaten Leeds the season before in the League Cup at Bellend Road for our first win over them for eleven years, we now went and beat them at thier place for our first league victory at the Beeston Tip for 20 years.

What an occasion it was. Colin Russell scored the first and Mark Lillis scored the second as we beat the scum 2-1.

So what's your favourite Boxing Day football memory?