Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – If Europe’s elite leagues decide to take a break from competition on Hari Raya Christmasit does not apply in premier league. The Premier League actually knows the term The day after Christmas celebrate Christmas moments.
Boxing Day is often associated with the sport of boxing. Even if it has no correlation.
The term Boxing Day was well known in Britain during medieval times. It started with the tradition of nobles, landowners and capital owners giving gifts to their workers before Christmas.
The gifts are placed in a box called “Christmas Box”. Hence, the term Boxing Day emerged to welcome the celebration of Christmas.
Apart from Great Britain, this culture is also found in British Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
The term Boxing Day is then also used in football. The Premier League, aka the highest caste in the English League, experiences Boxing Day as a busy competitive time over Christmas and New Year.
So how did Boxing Day come to football?
This is the story of Boxing Day in the Premier League
There are two different versions of the history of Boxing Day in mainland UK football.
The first, Boxing Day, is said to have been played since 1888. This time coincided with the beginnings of the Football League.
Preston North End, who faced Derby County on the first Boxing Day, won with a crushing 5-0 scoreline.
Another version says Boxing Day in the Premier League was inspired by World War I, Christmas 1914 to be precise.
British soldiers fighting with Germany on the Belgian border would have stopped the war for a moment to play football.
The two teams from different camps merged and rejoiced together in a football game to spend Christmas.
Because of this iconic action, Boxing Day has been used in the Premier League. Additionally, Boxing Day is also claimed as a form of tribute to soldiers who died on the battlefield.
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