We all know the meme by now, every year on Boxing Day every football meme page and sports section of the tabloids post the same picture. When it first came about people genuinely shared it around to illustrate how much football had changed. Fast forward to a few years later and it has become a meme, much like people saying, “He’s 6ft4, you know”, when discussing Wout Weghorst.

But what exactly happened on that day? Here is a deeper look at all the results, put into context, with some tidbits about the state of the league and the teams sprinkled in between. So take a moment to imagine the state of the world and England in the year 1963. The first episode of Doctor Who had just aired a month ago; Britain was looking nervously towards the winter, hoping the big freeze of the last one would not repeat itself and John F. Kennedy had been assassinated a month ago.

Blackpool 1-5 Chelsea

Chelsea had just been promoted to the First Division and had a youthful team partly produced from their own academy. Manager Tommy Docherty’s setup included Barry Bridges and future England boss Terry Venables, who both got on the scoresheet, with Bridges registering a brace and Peter Houseman, Bert Murray and Venables chipping in goals for a victorious display at Stamford Bridge.