Christmas Tales

Festive fixtures were part of the football calendar for a long time, as Geoff Wicken explains   ‘Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Compliments of the Season to all our followers for Christmas, and for the New Year good health and happiness.’ So began manager Neil McBain’s programme notes fo...

Neil Dunham explains if you are good, Santa will be kind   I’m of a certain age. One of those old fashioned blokes for whom Christmas is a special time of year, when men in Pringle jumpers stand by holly decorated fireplaces, singing Silver Bells and Silent Night. Childhood Christmas was toys, ne...

Mark Harrowell shares a Christmas tale of the unexpected   My wife gifted me this on Christmas Day.  I’m not sure why, I haven’t shown an interest in anything similar since the 1970s when I tried to construct a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and neglected to paint the pilot before gluing him into hi...

Justin Beattie really doesn’t get the festive football spirit    I really don’t like Boxing Day fixtures. For me, Boxing Day itself is the worst day of the year anyway, what with it being the first of the comedown days from the Christmas festivities and another day closer to having to go back to ...