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Totally Extra: Boxing Day '63, Phil Brown and all things festive football...

Dec 27, 2025
48 mins

Episode Description

Jimbo is joined by Charlie Eccleshare, Duncan Alexander and Daniel Storey for a Totally Extra festive football special.


The panel discuss Boxing Day football, the Victorian tradition of playing during the workers' time off which has provided some classic days of football over the years, from the 66 goals in 1963 to Phil Brown's on-pitch team talk in 2008.


They also discuss Christmas-time managerial sackings, including Jose Mourinho's Dad and posit purposeful Christmas cards for players trying to get time off.


Plus a Christmas-themed quiz and your questions.


Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.


• PART 1a: Your Christmas Football questions (00.40)

• PART 1b: The Criz’ Quiz question (06.59)

• PART 1c: The Totally Extra Almanac (10.02)

• PART 2: Boxing Day Football through the years (12.45)

• PART 3: Man City v Hull Boxing Day 2008 (30.00)

• PART 4a: Yuletime sackings (36.25)

• PART 4b: Christmas cards (40.30)

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