Just a ‘normal’ weekend – what’s happened to Boxing Day football?

Instead, a full day of matches were scheduled for the following day, though Premier League games can be moved to December 26 to be broadcast on television.

On December 30th, a new game will be played.

To some fans, seeing the holiday season’s staple removed from the calendar, another game cut out of the equation, and the holiday season was sacrilege.

To some, having to navigate a limited or nonexistent public transportation system to a game is a welcome relief.

The Premier League’s agreement with the Football Association during the congested calendar is the crux of the situation.

The Premier League agreed to end the FA Cup fifth round in favor of removing replays, which was another tactic that the traditionalists detested, and set the record straight for midweek. Additionally, it agreed not to hold matches on the same weekend as the sixth round.

The team then made a 38-game commitment that included five midweek games and 33 weekend games.

That was what the Premier League on Wednesday produced. The five midweeks begin in December, January, and March, one in the middle of February, and then, as previously mentioned, one in December.

The only way to have 33 regular match weekend dates in 2025-26 is on December 27.

Because the competition will begin on August 16; any earlier would have shortened the Club World Cup’s time gap by just four weeks. Manchester City tried and failed to move their season opener, as it was.

A global brand, The Premier League. Since not every place with a TV deal celebrates Christmas, and hardly any of those nations play games on Boxing Day, so 27 December seems more appropriate.

On Saturday, December 27, 2015, the starting time for that match week is 15:00 GMT.

Not all games can be moved, though. The 20: 00 GMT one of the four televised kick-off slots from last year’s Boxing Day could theoretically be used.

On December 28th, or on December 28th, matches could also be shown. All of this needs to be decided.

Without defining what that means, Package E of the new TV deal that goes into effect in August makes reference to a rather ambiguous “six additional matches.”

However, nothing in the agreement mentions a weekend when all ten games will be shown.

Any games that were moved to Boxing Day will have been broadcast on a separate channel, so it doesn’t seem like all those that aren’t shown live.

There is some good news for those who watch Boxing Day football from morning until night.

The EFL will have a full schedule for all of its three divisions, and they will also stream every game.