Goals: Five great Boxing Day clashes
A festive feast of football is upon us and you can never tell what type of match Boxing Day will provide for supporters - there's been some absolute crackers.
Here,
looks at five of the best December 26 clashes that he can recall and, unsurprisingly, the score-sheets are ridiculously high.
Chelsea 4 Aston Villa 4, 2007
Eight goals and three red cards - and 10-man Villa severely dented the title aspirations of nine-man Chelsea.
Shaun Maloney's double gave Villa a 2-0 lead, only for Zat Knight to receive a red card and Andriy Shevchenko (2) equalised in the 50th minute.
Alex put the Blues ahead, only for Martin Laursen to equalise with 18 minutes left. Ricardo Carvalho was sent off, but Chelsea struck two minutes from time through Michael Ballack.
Then Ashley Cole saw red for handling, allowing Gareth Barry to level from the spot.
Albion 4 Tottenham 4, 1963
A rare goal from the late Don Howe earned the Baggies a share of the spoils in a Boxing Day cracker watched by 34,500 at the Hawthorns.
Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones and Bobby Smith's 200th League goal - and his last for Spurs - put the visitors 3-2 ahead at half-time, with John Kaye and Clive Clark replying.
After the break, Spurs looked set for victory as Greaves extended their lead. But Mickey Fudge and Howe both got on the scoresheet to give Albion a point in a storming comeback.
Derby County 4 Manchester United 4, 1970
A relic from a bygone era in football. The legends read like a 'who's who' of football with Denis Law, George Best, Bobby Charlton, Dave Mackay and Archie Gemmill among the big hitters.
Law scored twice along with Best to help United come from 2-0 down to lead 3-2. The Rams hit back to lead 4-3 only for Brian Kidd to equalise.
Snow covered pitches added a different challenge to players rather than a perfect undersoil heated stadium or tika-taka passing.
Manchester City 5 Hull City 1, 2008
Hull boss Phil Brown gave one of the more unorthodox team-talks seen in recent times, after the Tigers 4-0 down thanks to doubles from Felipe Caicedo and Robinho.
Brown held a three-minute team-talk at the break in front of the Hull supporters as he publicly gave his team a verbal lashing at the Etihad Stadium.
It brought his team a consolation through Craig Fagan, only for Stephen Ireland to restore City's four-goal advantage just two minutes later in the 82nd minute.
Fulham 10 Ipswich 1, 1963
In Boxing Day 1963, the 10 First Division games produced 66 goals, a record, but the goals peaked at Craven Cottage, where Fulham earned their biggest win.
Scotland international Graham Leggat scored four - including the fastest-ever hat-trick in three minutes - and Bobby Howfield (3), Maurice Cook, Bobby Robson and Alan Mullery also netted for Fulham.
Ipswich had been league champions 18 months earlier, but although they got revenge by beating Fulham 4-2 two days after this game, they were relegated that season, conceding 121 goals.
