Summary
THE perennial debate about a winter break for Scottish football neglects the fact that much less professional football is now played in the depths of winter, although without a formal break. This season's fixture list offers no extra games this festive season; just the routine onegame-per-week formula.
As a boy in the 1960s I recall once seeing three Second Division games - all derbies for my club Arbroath - in the course of four days around the New Year, and even one on Christmas Day. It was usual for at least one extra game to be scheduled, if not more.See the full content of this document
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Modern po-faced football takes itself too seriously, even in the lower leagues - it's supposed to be part of the...
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