No Boxing Day results will ever come close to the free-scoring football seen on 26th December, 1963, when across the 10 games played, the old First Division produced no less than 66 goals. Maybe it was the spirit of the age. The Beatles were at the start of a run of three years at Christmas number one, singing ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ while First Division footballers were flying at each other and crashing in goals like never before.

Here are the full scores from that fateful festive fixture list.

First Division Results / 26th December, 1963:

Blackpool 1-5 Chelsea