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Christmas Day and Boxing Day 1888 - Everton play three games in two days
IN 1888, Everton played two games on Christmas Day. First they beat an Ulster Select XI (the Irishman having only arrived on the ferry that morning) and later they won a Lancashire Cup game against Blackburn Park Road. On Boxing Day, they played Bootle, then considere...

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