Coventry City always did well when they played matches on Christmas Day.
One of Singer FC's first games on Christmas Day was a 5-1 win over Clitheroe in 1895 in a friendly.
Friendlies were also played against Rudge Whitworth and a Cov & North Warwick League in 1901 before Singers lost 1-0 at Small Heath Reserves in a Birmingham League game in 1902.
Other Birmingham League games played on Christmas Day saw Singers win twice against Dudley, once against Kidderminster and a defeat to Aston Villa Reserves.
Now as Coventry City and in the Southern League, City drew with Swindon 1-1 at home in 1908, lost 2-1 at home to Bristol Rovers in 1911, beat Portsmouth 2-0 at home the year after and lost to Northampton 1-0 in 1913.
With Coventry City now in the Football League. They played a total of 25 games on Christmas Day with twenty one of them have been at Highfield Road.
The biggest victory was a 7-1 win over Wolves in 1922. This was one of sixteen wins with the last coming in City's last game on Christmas Day in 1959 and saw a 5-3 victory against Wrexham.
City's Football League record on Christmas Day is Played 25, Won 16, Drawn 2, Lost 7, For 62, Against 34.