The WAB Friday Quiz #140

Have a Solly, jolly Christmas, it’s the best time of the year… that is unless Sky Sports mess around with the football fixtures and give you an 8pm kick off on Boxing Day, of course.

The Amex might look likely to be only half full for the visit of Brentford, but festive football used to prove popular among the Brighton footballing public before TV and how much money clubs could make trumped everything else.

This week’s WAB Friday Quiz is a reflection of that. 20 questions of Boxing Days (and Christmas Days from when football took place on December 25th) past to remind you of when going to games over the holiday season was fun, easy and did not involve getting home at gone 10pm.

Good luck – and a very Merry Christmas to you and your families. And if Graham Potter could find a way to win a first game in 12, then that would be even better…

The WAB Friday Quiz #140 - Festive Football
Brighton last won a game on Boxing Day back in 2005. Who did they beat 1-0 at Withdean?

In which season did Brighton play a Boxing Day game at the Amex for the first time?

Who scored the Albion equaliser in the 1-1 Boxing Day draw with Arsenal in 2018?

Which of these clubs did Brighton NOT play a Boxing Day game against at Gillingham?

Brighton's first Boxing Day game as a top flight club came against Crystal Palace in 1979. What was the final score?

Who were Brighton due to play on Boxing Day 2010 during their League One title winning season, only for the game to be postponed a few hours before kick off and rearranged for March?

With Ben Roberts and Michel Kuipers both ruled out through injury for the 4-0 Boxing Day win over Wycombe Wanderers in 2003, who played in goal?

Brighton last played Brentford on Boxing Day 2015 at Griffin Park. What was the final score that day?

Brighton lost 3-0 away against which opponents on Boxing Day 1972 in the middle of their club-record winless sequence of 16 matches without victory?

Who was the most recent Albion player to score a Boxing Day hat-trick?

One of the most famous Christmas Day games in English football history involved Brighton losing 18-0 away against which opponents in 1940?

In which season did Brighton last play Crystal Palace on Boxing Day?

Brighton made their last ever trip to which stadium for a competitive game on Boxing Day 2000, winning 1-0 thanks to a Gary Hart goal?

A 1-0 Boxing Day defeat to Bristol Rovers in the 1990-91 playoff season left Brighton in what position in the table?

Graham Potter's first Boxing Day game in charge of the Albion was a 2-1 defeat against which opponents?

The Albion hammered Cardiff City 5-0 on Boxing Day in the 1978-79 promotion season. Who scored a hat-trick for Brighton that day?

How did Dean Wilkins score a famous goal in a 1-0 win at Brentford on Boxing Day 1995?

The last Boxing Day game at the Goldstone Ground was a 1-1 draw against which opponents in 1996?

QPR provided the festive opponents in Brighton's 2016-17 promotion season on December 27th in a game moved by Sky. What was the final score?

In which season did Brighton play a fixture on Christmas Day for the final time?

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