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Every 26 Boxing Day is celebrated in the UK and Ireland. A date that has a great historical connotation and is also linked to football. On 26 December 1963 was recorded in history one of the Boxing Days with the most scores: 26 goals in 10 matches, an average of 6.6 goals per match.
That day of 1963 is the Boxing Day with the most scores in the history of this date. The matches that day were: Blackpool-Chelsea, Burnley-Manchester United, Fulham-Ipswich, Leicester-Everton, Liverpool-Stoke, Nottingham Forest-Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday- Bolton, West Brom-Tottenham, West Ham- Blackburn, Wolves-Aston Villa.
The biggest wins were those of Fulham-Ipswich which ended 10 – 1 in favor of the Fulham team. Blackburn defeated West Ham 8-2 and Liverpool defeated Stoke City 6-1.
📌In Great Britain🇬🇧 Boxing Day is celebrated every year on 26 / 12.
📌Legend tells that it was the day the aristocracy employees had free and they opened their boxes with gifts and food.
📌From 1958 is associated with football.
📌The most remembered, the from 1963: 66 goals in 10 PJ. pic.twitter.com/U3hDwW4JRl— VarskySports (@VarskySports) December 25, 2021