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Remember when English top-flight Game s were played on Christmas Day ? Most of us don’t, but it did happen once upon time. Since a 4-2 win for Blackpool over Blackburn Rovers in 1965, no fixtures have been played on 25 December, with Boxing Day instead taking centre stage over the festive period . The first matches played the day after Christmas were held in 1957 and have been a mainstay on the English calendar ever since, becoming one of the eagerly-anticipated rounds of the season, particularly since the creation of the Premier League in 1992. For match-goers, it’s an opportunity to get together with like-minded supporters and a day out during the holidays . For armchair fans, it’s an excuse to pig out on leftover turkey, boxes of chocolate and enjoy a post-Christmas tipple in front of the television . United lead Arsenal and Liverpool for Boxing Day victories As far as clubs are concerned, Manchester United are presumably the club that most looks forward to playing on Boxing...

A MINE in Australia has produced what its owner believes are two of the biggest gold specimens in recorded history. The biggest of the stones came in at 90kg and is estimated by the company to contain about 2300 ounces of gold, a total that at current prices would be worth around £2 million . Gold encrusted rocks which were recovered from the Beta Hunt mine in Kambalda East, Australia The second-biggest piece weighed 60kg and was valued at about £1.5 million . Early estimates from RNC Minerals have put the total take of coarse gold from the cut at more than 9000oz, or more than £8 million worth . Airleg driller Henry Dole has been credited with uncovering the astonishing find at the 45-year-old Beta Hunt gold mine near Kambalda. He has been in the profession for 16 years and says he has never seen anything like it. Gold in quartz at Beta Hunt mine after the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ discovery Miner Henry Dole was the first to spot the massive nugg...